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Reclaiming Borders – A Turning Point in Britain’s Immigration Policy

By Our Guest Writer London. Monday marked a defining moment in the UK’s immigration narrative with the publication of a new White Paper that the current government claims will deliver on a long-standing promise: to “take back control” of Britain's borders. Framed as both a moral imperative and a practical necessity, the strategy is positioned as a clean break from what is described as years of dysfunction and betrayal under the previous government. The central message is unmistakable—immigration must be reduced, and the system must be reoriented to serve the national interest. The Prime Minister doesn’t just outline a shift in policy; he indicts the past administration for failing spectacularly to match action with rhetoric. Between 2019 and 2023, he points out, net migration skyrocketed to nearly one million—an increase so stark that it has come to symbolize the disconnect […]

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Ugandans lose appetite for passports

BY URN KAMPALA. The ministry of Internal Affairs has reported a significant drop in the number of applicants for Ugandan passports. Internal Affairs spokesperson Simon Peter Mundeyi said the Covid-19 pandemic saw an increase in the number of Ugandans applying for passports, prompting them to upgrade their system, in anticipation of an increased number of applications. “We anticipated big numbers to go above 3,000 passport applications per day but, to our surprise, the number has reduced to less than 1,000 applicants per day,” Mundeyi said.According to the ministry, express passport applications are now disposed of in two days with applicants receiving their passports while ordinary passport applicants get theirs in 10 working days.“If you apply for an express passport, you will be given an appointment in the next 30 minutes," Mundeyi said. "I therefore call upon Ugandans to desist from […]