Priti Patel and the Death of Asylum

“quickly”; “case loads are growing to unsustainable levels”. Never mind the UN Refugee Convention and human rights: what matters is bureaucratic efficiency. To achieve that, Patel hopes to “stop illegal arrivals gaining immediate entry into the asylum system if they have travelled through a safe country – like France.” Any arrivals doing so could not be said to be “seeking refuge from imminent peril”. Stiffer sentences are also suggested for those aiding asylum. “Access to the UK’s asylum system should be based on need, not on the ability to pay people smugglers.”

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AP-NORC poll: Border woes dent Biden approval on immigration

By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT, WASHINGTON (AP):- More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling waves of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and approval of his efforts[ ... ]

New VISA rule for foreigners in South Korea

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Priti Patel and the Death of Asylum

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(Alliance of Doctors medical trade union member and Navalny's personal doctor Anastasia Vasilyeva walks after her negotiation with a police officer at the entrance to the penal colony N2, where Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to serve a two-and-a-half year prison term for violating parole, in the town of Pokrov on April 6, 2021. - The Alliance of Doctors medical trade union said it would organise a protest outside the penal colony in Pokrov on Tuesday, demanding Navalny receive adequate medical treatment. Photo: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV-AFP)
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The population of the province of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, is majority Maya. It’s a remote region near the border with Mexico, about a seven-hour drive from