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The Humanitarian Concerns Behind the Dispendious UK-France New Migration Agreement

The Humanitarian Concerns Behind the Dispendious UK-France New Migration Agreement

Lucrezia Santa Maria, MSc International Politics On the 11th of November 2022, the UK’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman and France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin agreed to update the deal on Channel migration, signed in 2021, which aimed to prevent illegal migration and human smuggling. According to the agreement,

Mandatory Vaccine Pass Sparks Dissent in French Capital

Mandatory Vaccine Pass Sparks Dissent in French Capital

By Artemis Sianni-Wedderburn, BA (Hons) Politics and Arabic Thousands of police officers mobilised in Paris on Saturday, 12 February following the ‘vaccine pass’ coming into effect on 25 January 2022. This was after approval by Parliament and being judged as constitutional by the ‘Conseil Constituionnel.’ The vaccine pass replaces the

Focus: What is Happening in Mali?

Focus: What is Happening in Mali?

By Clayton Barrington-Russell, BA Arabic and International Relations After almost a decade, the French military presence in the West African state of Mali has drawn to a close. Despite President Emmanuel Macron denying a military ‘failure,’ many Malians feel that the European ‘counter-terrorist’ force has contributed to the destabilisation of

SOAS goes to Calais to meet Syrian refugees

SOAS goes to Calais to meet Syrian refugees

Marta Garcia Aliaga, LLB (Law) They are 80. And they are trapped behind the double wall of barbed wire that separates the French city of Calais and the English Channel. All forms of transport that could take them to the promised land that is meant to grant them asylum — Britain