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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 07 > the-inevitable-implosion-of-the-one-in-one-out-scheme

The inevitable implosion of the ‘one in, one out’ scheme

7+ hour, 25+ min ago  (732+ words) The Spectator Australia The inevitable implosion of the ‘one in, one out’ scheme We should have seen this coming. It was patent from the start that last year’s ‘one in, one out’ agreement with France was a toothless pact designed…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 07 > the-home-office-must-ignore-pakistan-and-deport-shabir-ahmed

The Home Office must ignore Pakistan and deport Shabir Ahmed

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (229+ words) These include Shahzad Akbar, a former cabinet minister under Imran Khan, Adil Raja, a journalist and former military officer, and Altaf Hussain, the founder of the Muttahida Qaumi opposition movement. On the face of it these seem to be three…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 07 > there-are-no-quick-wins-in-mahmoods-immigration-bill

There are no quick wins in Mahmood’s immigration bill

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (654+ words) Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood published her Immigration and Asylum Bill yesterday, claiming that it would ‘save the asylum system for a generation’. At the heart of her approach was the idea that the government would ‘open new legal routes for…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 07 > left-wing-politicians-rail-against-mahmoods-refugee-tax

Left-wing politicians rail against Mahmood’s ‘refugee tax’

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (176+ words) The policy, announced yesterday and set to be means-tested, has sparked the inevitable uproar. Labour MP Kim Johnson fumed: ‘This is a tax on refugees. It’s performative cruelty. We shouldn’t be punishing people for fleeing war and persecution. The relentless…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 06 > the-belfast-border-loophole-that-leaves-us-all-unsafe

The Belfast border loophole that leaves us all unsafe

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (375+ words) On Monday night, a video from Belfast was shared on social media. It shows a black man raising his bloodstained hand as he pins a white man to the tarmac on a suburban Belfast street. Onlookers shout. ‘He’s trying to…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 06 > watch-hilary-benns-belfast-evasion

Watch: Hilary Benn’s Belfast evasion

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (278+ words) Jim Allister: “What will be done to stop the importation of an alien culture that thinks it’s appropriate to try and behead someone?” — Tom Harwood (@tomhfh) June 9, 2026 The United Kingdom was yesterday hit by yet another horrific act of violence,…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 06 > britain-should-listen-to-americas-mass-migration-warning

Britain should listen to America’s mass migration warning

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (560+ words) Back in November, the US State Department warned that ‘mass migration poses an existential threat to western civilisation and undermines the stability of key American allies’. In February, in his address to the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 06 > why-would-france-help-britain-stop-the-boats

Why would France help Britain stop the boats?

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (713+ words) It is nearly a year since Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron agreed their ‘ground-breaking’ deal to stop the small boats crisis in the Channel. Dubbed the ‘one in, one out’ agreement, the scheme was hailed as a triumph by the…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 05 > we-cannot-stop-the-small-boats

We cannot stop the small boats

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (186+ words) In the interests of fairness – the figures could easily be inflammatory – we also don’t record data about what proportion of crimes, or violent crimes, in this country are committed by small boat migrants Dominic Cummings has suggested that the solution…...

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spectator.com.au > 2026 > 05 > net-emigration-isnt-soaring

Net emigration isn’t soaring

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (282+ words) This morning the government was able to celebrate some sorely needed good news. Long-term net migration has fallen sharply to 171,000 per year, down from 331,000 this time last year. Net migration is now less than a fifth of what it was…...