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Comments by Sanwar Ali:

Trump is perhaps too willing to put restrictions on African Countries.  Security concerns have been used as an excuse for a more wide ranging ban on "black immigration" from Countries such as Nigeria.  It is one thing to prevent entry of individuals who have behaved in an unacceptable way.  It is quite another to have a more wide ranging ban on i

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

There is little more than three months to go until the last day of the Brexit transitional period on 31 December 2020.  It is very possible that a no-deal Brexit will actually happen after all.  Neither Lord Frost for the UK or Michel Barnier for the EU seem to be willing to compromise on a post-Brexit trade deal.&nbs

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

This was a cynical failed attempt (so far!) by Donald Trump to affect future elections, even if he loses in the US Presidential elections on 3 November 2020.  If he had succeeded in taking undocumented migrants away from the numbers in the census, it would mean lower funding for areas with more illegal immigran

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

More UK employers need to apply for a Tier 2 Sponsor Licence.  Free movement for EU citizens is scheduled to end after 2020.  From 1 January 2021 to employ newly arriving EU, EEA and Swiss citizens you will need to come under the UK immigration rules.   The Boris Johnson Government have said that EU citizens w

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The Southern Poverty Law Center has stated that white nationalist hate groups have grown 55 percent while Trump has been President.  They have said that there is a "surging" racist movement due to “a deep fear of demographic change”.  Top Trump aide Stephen Miller has als

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

There is bound to be friction as the SNP would like greater autonomy on immigration and would like to see the UK remain in the EU.  These are things that the Boris Johnson Government are against.  Regional variations in immigration policy can make sense and already happens in other countries.  Canada, for example, has a different immigration