As Britain continues its plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda,remember that Australia spent millions attempting to send its unwanted refugees to Cambodia.
Never mind the family feuds - the House of Windsor must also navigate a colonial reckoning over the British Empire’s dark past and doubtful future.
Home Secretary Priti Patel says she would not be “deterred from doing the right thing”. Refugee advocates call the deportation policy immoral and inhumane.
The heir has been embarrassed that his scathing views of Britain’s controversial plan to send illegal arrivals to Rwanda have been made public.
Some 160 charities and the Opposition condemned it,but the British PM says he’ll even enact legal reforms to ensure his Australian-inspired plan isn’t challenged.
Britain will adopt Australia’s Pacific solution by shipping those trying to cross from France more than 6000 kilometres offshore to process their claims.
The Queen said she hoped the people of the Commonwealth could “draw strength and inspiration” during these “testing times”.
While the vaccine dose,which was sent to Rwanda,is a significant moment for what has become the largest vaccine operation in history,it lags well behind where the scheme hoped to be.
The outcome of the months-long trial of Paul Rusesabagina will be a surprise to few.
A memory from Rwanda consigns to crackpottery the argument that a decision not to vaccinate during an emergency is a “freedom”.
An immigrant in France already under investigation for setting the Nantes cathedral on fire last year has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Catholic priest.