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The mantra of “safe and legal routes” is regularly repeated by the government when justifying increasingly draconian legislation in an attempt to prevent refugees from travelling to the UK under their own steam. The argument is that refugees should use these safe and legal routes instead of arriving in small boats or the back of …
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It has become fashionable for government ministers to refer to “bespoke” humanitarian schemes and such like, referring to programmes like those for Ukrainians and Hong Kongers. The illusory scheme for Afghans was once trumpeted as a “bespoke” scheme as well, but it has effectively been mothballed and some of those who were evacuated back in …
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http://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2023/EU EOM NGA 2023 FR.pdf
Chuku’s in Tottenham received £8,000 from BeyGood Foundation, which pledged $1m to businesses near world tour venues Squishy rectangles of bean moi moi, warmly spiced egusi stew and rice pancakes topped with savoury-sweet pumpkin and peanut – these are among the Nigerian dishes that deserve a greater showing in the UK’s culinary repertoire, and Beyoncé is here …
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I can think of nothing more dangerous than the ongoing assault on our nation’s true history. This year, people all over the United States will celebrate the third federal Juneteenth holiday. But the journey to Juneteenth goes back more than a century. It was Sept. 22, 1862, when then-President Abraham Lincoln decreed: Those words are …
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