Migration
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New Panama president vows to halt migration
Speed Read José Raúl Mulino will stop migration through the Darien Gap
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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What are digital nomads?
The Explainer Dozens of countries now offer remote working visas but the schemes vary and there are downsides too
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The UK's asylum trap
The Explainer The UK asylum system is widely acknowledged to be broken. It's also an electoral 'wedge issue' between the Tories and Labour
By The Week UK Published
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Rwanda plan on hold until general election
Speed Read Sunak frames future of deportation scheme as the 'choice' before voters in July
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Rishi Sunak's asylum spat with Ireland explained
In Depth Irish government plans to override court ruling that the UK is unsafe for asylum seekers
By The Week UK Published
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Rwanda plan: Home Office launches surprise sweep to fill first flights
Speed Read Lib Dem spokesman condemns 'cruel gimmick', but Sunak says plan is already having deterrent effect
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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North Korea's stranded migrant workers
The Explainer Hermit kingdom sent labourers overseas to fund cash-starved regime and weapons programme, but shut borders during pandemic
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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AfD and the trouble with banning political parties
Talking point As support for the far-right party surges, politicians are debating whether it poses a threat to German democracy
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Last updated
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How the UK's asylum case backlog is measured
The Explainer Government denies 'massaging figures' to show a reduction in the backlog of people seeking asylum
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Worklessness: a national 'scandal'
Talking Point One in five working-age adults in Birmingham, Glasgow and Liverpool are neither in work nor seeking work
By The Week UK Published
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'Scars of Dublin's riots will remain in people's souls'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By The Week UK Published
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Migration: the Tories' electoral kryptonite?
Talking Point Conservative MPs have described the controversial issue as 'existential' for the party
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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'Smoke and mirrors can't distract from the government's addiction to mass immigration'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By The Week UK Published
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Europe’s migration crisis: how radical are the responses?
Talking Point Germany and Italy announce new tighter restrictions as tide turns on open borders
By The Week UK Published
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