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There’s Not Enough of Liverpool in the City’s Biennial
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Getting rid of the ECHR won’t stop a single boat of migrants
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The ‘one-off scheme’ which could see asylum hotels close next year
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Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plans are ‘beneath us as a nation’, UK’s top bishop says
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Call for better data systems as migration rises across countries
Igad’s Oumalkaire Ahmed, Moaghed Ware and Rosemary Bowen in Mombasa on Thursday / BRIAN OTIENO Migration of people in the Igad region is on the rise, underscoring the need for stronger data collection systems, harmonised statistics and...

The Price of Belonging: Passports, Power, and the Peril of Monetizing Citizenship
Africa By Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma I have always believed that a passport is more than a booklet of paper; it is a key, a symbol, a bridge between where we are and where we dream to be. It is a tangible manifestation of the social contract between...

Starmer could end asylum hotel use in six months with this one move, charity claims
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Promoting Speaking Up Through Interprofessional Identity Triggers in a Mixed-Profession Simulation Scenario: Two Group Double-Blinded Pre-Test-Only Design
Introduction In healthcare settings, when individuals refrain from speaking up, critical concerns can go unaddressed, errors may remain uncorrected, and valuable insights are lost. The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasises the importance of...

The government must consider all options for a more forceful approach to migration
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Biography of Zewde Gebre-Sellassie (12 October 1926 – 15 December 2008)
Zewde Gebre-Sellassie was an Ethiopian nobleman, a noted historian, and a former Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia. People search: who was he, what did he accomplish, and why does his story matter? Born to royal lineage with ties to Yohannes IV,...

People smugglers are ‘drugging children and charging £2,600’ to cross the Channel
A ‘taxi boat’ picks up migrants attempting to cross the English Channel from a beach in Gravelines, northern France (Picture: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP) People smugglers are conducting ‘organised exploitation’ as they charge up to 3,000 euros (£2,600)...

Effort To Control Prevalence Of Non-Communicable Diseases
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KEREN, Eritrea, August 25, 2025/APO Group/ -- Effort to control the prevalence of non-communicable diseases including the increasing prevalence diabetes and hypertension is being conducted in Anseba Region. Mr....

Farage ‘copying our homework’ with immigration plans, Badenoch says
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Why Nigel Farage’s migrant deportation plans don’t quite add up
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Children to be deported under Reform’s plan to tackle migration, Nigel Farage says
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Reform would pay the Taliban to take back migrants, Zia Yusuf admits
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Abiy Ahmed Liberal Or Strongman Gedu Andargachew Speaks Out
“It is difficult to categorize Abiy Ahmed as a liberal. You cannot take him from any political alignment unless you consider him a person who suddenly emerged in Ethiopian history and brought chaos to the country.” Is Abiy Ahmed a liberal, a...

Courts would block Farage’s ‘mass deportation’ plan using common law, says former attorney general
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Voices: It’s time for Starmer to expose Farage’s snake oil on immigration
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President Of Ghana John D. Mahama At United Nations General Assembly 80th Se
Kudus Research and Advocacy Center a Ghanaian base organization would like to share an insight on expectations of the Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama the 4th and 6th president of the fourth Republican constitution of Ghana,as an...