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Britain to Deny Entrance and Send Refugees to Rwanda

Britain to Deny Entrance and Send Refugees to Rwanda

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Posted by Ryan Moffatt, Colgate University Class of 2023 Castle, Stephen, et al. “U.K. Plans to Send Some Asylum Seekers to Rwanda.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/world/europe/uk-rwanda-asylum-seekers.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Britain is in the process of implementing a new plan that would deny certain refugees entrance to the country and send them to Rwanda. The plan would stop refugees and asylum seekers from entering Britain, instead forcing them to relocate to Rwanda. The U.K would be…

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As The Pandemic Recedes, Let Migrants Move Again

As The Pandemic Recedes, Let Migrants Move Again

Post by Isabel Wang. Source: “As The Pandemic Recedes, Let Migrants Move Again,” The Economist. August 1, 2020. The coronavirus has led to immense global immobility. Borders are closed. Trips are canceled. Jobs are cut. Dreams are deferred. Although the pandemic is starting to recover and countries are gradually starting to open up again, some nations are unwilling to open their doors to migrants. There is a fear of a second wave of the pandemic. And even if a vaccine…

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Coronavirus May Force The UK To Rethink Its Relationship With Migrant Workers

Coronavirus May Force The UK To Rethink Its Relationship With Migrant Workers

Post by Jared Cockrell. Colgate class of 2020. Source: Reynolds, Emma. “Coronavirus May Force the UK to Rethink Its Relationship with Migrant Workers.” CNN, Cable News Network, 17 Apr. 2020.             On April 17th,  CNN London reported on the impact of COVID-19 concerning the British agricultural sectors that typically rely heavily on seasonal migrant workers from Europe. G’s Fresh, Uk’s largest produce supplier has stated that it had used a company plane to import workers to the UK from Romania….

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Leaving the EU: What Brexit Means for Immigration

Leaving the EU: What Brexit Means for Immigration

Post by Willa King. Colgate Class of 2022. Based on the Economist article “Britain’s Post-Brexit Immigration Rules Worry Business.” The Economist , The Economist Group Limited, 19 Feb. 2020. On January 31, 2020, the UK officially left the EU. Now they are in charge of revamping their immigration policy. Earlier in the month, the British government put out their proposed plan on how they will let new migrants into the country. A recap of the new plan is detailed in…

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