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The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising
Deporting Mexicans via flights to the southern end of their country is part of a larger, ongoing effort among recent presidents to move the U.S. border further south and stop migration well before people reach U.S. soil, according to Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America, a human rights group.
The Trump administration’s key immigration funding measure to impose a $100 annual fee on asylum-seekers under the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Act has been temporarily halted by a federal court order. The fee, blocked by a Maryland court, would apply to thousands of asylum-seekers with pending cases—many of whom have limited income or legal support.
Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus are considered "under migratory pressure" by the European Commission, which paves the way to the relocation of asylum seekers to other EU member states. But Poland, Hungary and Slovakia refuse to contribute.
Dame Sarah, 63, who is the current Bishop of London, was announced as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury last month. She is the first woman to take on the role and will legally become the spiritual head of the Church of England during a ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral in January, followed by a formal enthronement service at a later date.