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UNHCR criticises UK’s 30-year ‘earned settlement’ plans for refugees
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Home secretary Shabana Mahmood maintains rigorous rules for those who arrive on small boats UK politics live – latest updates The UN refugee agency has said a government plan to make refugees wait up to 30 years before they get permission to settle in the UK “raises significant c
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood maintains rigorous rules for those who arrive on small boats UK politics live – latest updates The UN refugee agency has said a government plan to make refugees wait up to 30 years before they get permission to settle in the UK “raises significant concerns”. The strategy was unveiled earlier this week by Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, as she announced a softening of aspects of her immigration plans, but kept some of the rigorous rules drawn up by her office last year. Continue reading...
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Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires
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Australia has an especially bad inflation problem. So why are we only middle-of-the pack on the misery index?
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Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels
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Oil price falls amid hope of a breakthrough to end Iran war
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