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Politicians are responsible for inequality in Britain. No wonder they blame refugees
A police van parked outside the migrant processing centre in Dover, England, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. An attacker threw firebombs an immigration center in the English port town of Dover on Sunday before killing himself, officials said.
AP / Kin Cheung
2022-10-31, The Observer
Actions have consequences. Britain’s political elite has for a long time decided to pander to – or deliberately stoke – bigotry against migrants and refugees. This is a...
UK pushes ahead with Rwanda migrant scheme as small boats keep coming
A woman thought to be a migrant who undertook the crossing from France in a small boat and was picked up in the Channel, makes a love heart gesture with her hands in reaction to being photographed as she waits to be disembarked from a small transfer boat from a larger British border force vessel that didn't come into the port, in Dover, south east England, Friday, June 17, 2022. The British government vowed Wednesday to organize more flights to deport asylum-seekers from around the world to Rwanda, after a last-minute court judgment grounded the first plane due to take off under the contentious policy.
AP / Matt Dunham
2022-08-15, Yahoo Daily News
By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Housed in a detention centre in southern England, Aladeen says he risked his life to travel thousands of miles...
Channel smugglers drop prices and cram more people on to boats
In this file photo dated Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, a French gendarme patrols the beach in Ambleteuse near Calais, northern France. Fifteen migrants have been saved Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020, and rescue and search operations are still under way, but at least four migrants, including a 5-year-old and 8-year-old child, have died Tuesday when their boat capsized while they and other migrants tried to cross the English Channel to Britain, French authorities said.
AP / Michel Spingler, FILE
2022-08-07, The Observer
People-smugglers have dropped their prices and are cramming more people than ever before into already overloaded, flimsy boats, the Guardian has learned. This week 696...
Scenes from the Tree Lighting2022-12-06
Rutland Herald: The annual Christmas tree lighting was held on the State House steps on Monday evening. There were real reindeer, horse drawn...
Louder than words: How Jaguars' Tyler Shatley earned nomination for NFL's most prestigious honor2022-12-06
The Florida Times Union: Show Caption Hide Caption Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence talks NFL 'My Cause, My Cleats' initiative Lawrence presents cleats for this week's 'My Cause, My Cleats' showcase againstDetroit. The QB partnered with Lift Jax and the 'Out East' initiative. Demetrius...
Migrants speak of ‘hell on Earth’ near Paris’ Louvre2022-12-06
Russia Today: 350 young men, mostly from Africa, have set up camp in the city, demanding the authorities provide them with accommodation Hundreds of migrants have occupied a square near the iconic Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris, demanding “emergency...
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award 2022: Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott, Saquon Barkley ...2022-12-06
CBS Sports: The NFL announced the 32 nominees for Walter PaytonMan of the Year Tuesday, which represent the best of the NFL's commitment to philanthropy and community impact. All 32 nominees for each team's Man of the Year are eligible for the national award -- which...
Alice Diop on the real-life inspiration behind France’s Oscar entry ‘Saint Omer’2022-12-06
Screen Daily: director Alice Diop speaks to Screen about the perplexing real-life infanticide case that inspired her debut fiction feature, her desire to confront taboos and what it means to be in the awards conversation. When writer/director Alice Diop glanced at the...
Ravens-Broncos in review: Highlights, notables and quotables from a Week 13 victory2022-12-05
Pioneer Press: The Ravens lost quarterback LamarJackson to a knee injury at the end of the first quarter and nearly lost the game to the offensively inept Denver Broncos. But Jackson’s backup, Tyler Huntley, mustered a 91-yard touchdown drive in the last five minutes,...
Number of people in ‘cruel’ short-term immigration detention trebles in year2022-12-05
Metro UK: People inside the Manston short-term holding facility located at the former DefenceFireTraining and DevelopmentCentre in Kent (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire) The number of people detained in ‘short term’ immigration holding facilities almost tripled in the...
Walter Tull: The footballer who became a war hero2022-12-05
Al Jazeera: Earlier this year, 43,000 people gathered at Rangers’ Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow for a pre-season friendly. The game between Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers was to honour the memory of a footballer who had died more than 100 years earlier. Walter Tull’s life had...
Five things we learned from the Ravens’ 10-9 win over the Denver Broncos2022-12-05
Boston Herald: The Ravens lost LamarJackson to a knee injury and came perilously close to a defeat that would have cast doubt on their playoff chances. But backup quarterback Tyler Huntley mustered a 91-yard touchdown drive to drag them past the hopeless Denver Broncos and...
Saint Jude: a beautiful, blistering debut from south London’s producer of the moment2022-12-05
NME: Saint Jude is currently locked in a search engine battle with a lesser-known disciple of Jesus. It’s not a fight he’s winning. When did the south London artist – born Jude Woodhead – decide to become a saint? “It’s just a name, there’s no real meaning,” he...
Mike Preston’s report card: Position-by-position grades for Ravens’ 10-9 win over Broncos | COMMENTARY2022-12-05
Pioneer Press: Here’s how the Ravens graded out at each position after a 10-9 win over the Denver Broncos in Sunday’s Week 13 matchup at M&T Bank Stadium. Quarterbacks The quarterbacks were under duress the entire game but backup Tyler Huntley still came through...
Antwerp van der Poel won his second cyclo-cross2022-12-05
Swords Today: Wout van Aert makes his comeback in the Belgian champion jersey (Photo by ChristopheRamon / Red BullContentPool) This Sunday, Mathieu van der Poel won Antwerp’s cyclo-cross, counting for the UCI World Cup on December 4th. The Dutchman dominated the...
Ravens try to rebound from loss against struggling Broncos2022-12-04
CBS News: DENVER (3-8) at BALTIMORE (7-4) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, FOX FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFLLINE: Ravens by 8 1/2. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Denver 3-8, Baltimore 5-6. SERIES RECORD: Ravens lead 9-6. LAST MEETING: Ravens beat Broncos 23-7 at Empower Field at Mile High on Oct. 3,...
ME Caribou ME Zone Forecast2022-12-04
The Berkshire Eagle: ME Caribou MEZoneForecast for Saturday, December 3, 2022 560 FPUS51 KCAR 040758 ZFPCAR Zone Forecast Product for MaineNational Weather Service Caribou ME 258 AM EST Sun Dec 4 2022 MEZ001-042130- Northwest Aroostook- Including the cities of Allagash, Clayton...