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Government & Politics
UK minister denies barge housing asylum seekers is a ‘potential death trap’ Grant Shapps defends Bibby Stockholm vessel, currently moored in Dorset as part of UK plans to cut asylum accommodation costs.
(Politico) Cabinet minister Grant Shapps rejected claims Wednesday that the Bibby Stockholm, a barge the U.K. government is planning to use to house asylum seekers, represents a fire safety “death trap.” The stark warning over the 222-bedroom ship — currently moored at […]
Demonstrations
Trump’s ambassador lobbied Britain on behalf of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson
(Reuters) Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, complained to the British ambassador in Washington, D.C., about the treatment of an English right-wing activist who is in jail for disrupting a trial, according to three sources familiar with the discussion. […]
News: Europe
Filmmaker who met Shamima Begum describes her as a ‘narcissist’
(Arab News) Andrew Drury, a documentary filmmaker who met Shamima Begum in a Syrian refugee camp, describes her as a “narcissist” who sees herself as a “celebrity” after the recent media attention, the Times reported. Drury has traveled to Syria several times […]