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They are turning citizenship into a login. Every service, every movement, every transaction will pass through their control. This is happening now. Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Rwanda, and every Nordic country are rolling out national digital ID programs. Biometric databases, mobile apps, central registries. Every step of your life tracked in …
‘It’s infuriating watching a brilliant British idea being taken up by other countries!’ Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson on comments on Britain’s border security under the Labour Party, and his regret over the failed Rwanda plan.
The UK expects to deport nearly 6,000 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial scheme. The figures come days after the plan aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became law following months of parliamentary wrangling. Rwanda has “in principle” agreed …
Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images CNN — The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African nation. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts had been stuck between opposition in the Houses of Parliament and challenges in the …