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Slipping Over Mexico Border, Migrants Get the Jump on U.S. Court Ruling
Date: December 28, 2022
By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring illegal border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking matters into their own hands to slip into the United States. The contentious...
UK Businesses Call for Looser Immigration Rules to Boost Growth
Date: November 21, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain should create a programme of temporary work visas to boost economic growth and also resolve a dispute with the European Union over trade rules in Northern Ireland, one of the country’s leading business organisations said on Monday. “We don’t have enough Brits to go round for the vacancies that exist, and...
UK Needs to Make Politically Unpopular Reforms to Boost Growth, Business Group Says
Date: November 14, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government must be willing to make politically unpopular choices in areas such as immigration and regulation to boost business investment and economic growth, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said on Monday. Finance minister Jeremy Hunt is due to set out a raft of spending cuts and tax rises at...
UK Government Under Pressure Over Conditions at Migrant Centre
Date: November 1, 2022
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – The British government came under increasing pressure on Monday to tackle deteriorating conditions at a migrant processing centre in southeast England a lawmaker said was “overwhelmed” by the numbers of people arriving across the English Channel. Nearly 1,000 migrants arrived in Britain in small boats on Saturday alone, according...
British PM Sunak Discussed Channel Migration With France’s Macron, Downing Street Says
Date: October 28, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the issue of clandestine migration across the English Channel in their first telephone conversation since Sunak took office, the British government said. However, while both sides sought in comments after the conversation to smooth over recent bilateral tensions, the French government...
Central European Leaders Pledge New Measures to Stem Flow of Migrants to EU
Date: October 3, 2022
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Austria pledged new measures on Monday to contain the flow of illegal migrants into the European Union through the Western Balkans, as border control forces become increasingly strained. In the first eight months of this year, 86,581 irregular entries were detected at the external borders of...