Piddington, a village in Oxfordshire, England, has voted for the second time to secede from the United Kingdom in protest of plans to house 1,256 male asylum seekers at a nearby disused military site.
The village of Piddington in Oxfordshire, England, has voted overwhelmingly for independence for the second time, reflecting ongoing opposition to the British government’s plans to house over 1,200 asylum seekers in the area. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Piddington, a village in Oxfordshire, England, has voted for the second time to secede from the United Kingdom in protest of plans to house over 1,200 asylum seekers in a nearby military base. DETAIL: The results were announced on Wednesday, with residents showing overwhelming support for independence. The protest was organized by Piddington Parish Council. The village, which has a population of roughly 350 people, first decided to vote for independence on July 4, the 250th anniversary…Open
The conflagrations in France provide an occasion for deciding what is actually valuable. The post Preparing for the Fire appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Culture Preparing for the Fire The conflagrations in France provide an occasion for deciding what is actually valuable. All four of my grandparents were refugees, fleeing real persecution and the prospect of death. My mother was a refugee, and her sister was a refugee twice in her life by the age of 42. I, however, have never faced any danger (give or take a serious illness or two) that I did not court voluntarily. Sometimes I feel a little guilty at my own good fortune by comparison with that of my immediate ancestors. Recently, however, I experienced a very faint echo of what…Open
Hunger and disease have tormented Yemen for years. Now, fighting between the Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Houthis is pushing it to the brink.
Nazira Haji Zada conceded being an “alien terrorist” in a case heard by a secretive court established three decades ago but which held its first hearing this year.
An Afghan national who was the first-ever case before the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court has been deported, the Justice Department announced Friday. The big picture: The DOJ win before the previously dormant court could give the administration a path to remove people it links to terrorism while keeping much of its evidence secret, Axios previously reported. Driving the news: Chief Judge Joan Ericksen directed the removal of Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident whom the government accused of assisting her son and son-in-law's foiled 2024 shooting plot, in a recently unsealed August 20 order. - The DOJ said "the government used classified information to establish that Zada is an alien terrorist" and that Zada accepted…
Some restaurants, hospitals and construction firms pushed forward with layoffs as the end of temporary protected status for 232,000 Salvadorans loomed.
Five weeks after more than 70,000 migrants poured into the small Spanish enclave of Ceuta, an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 remain, caught between a home they don't want to return to and a future they can't yet reach. CNN's Clarissa Ward meets the people on both sides of a crisis that has left migrants and residents feeling abandoned, as tensions between the two come to a head. 0:00 What residents are saying about the migrants flooding their city 4:22 Why one local says both residents and migrants are victims 7:12 Spain's PM defends handling of the Ceuta border rush Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #Europe #Spain #News
