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...Free State became two separate entities. The initial border between North and South was drawn just south of Newry. Newry’s large nationalist majority lobbied for the removal of Newry and its surrounding hinterland into the Irish Free State, on the grounds that Newry was linked closely to the economies of the surrounding counties of Louth and Monaghan. On the unionist...

...free movement and created lives in the country under the reasonable supposition that they could stay forever, were told that their future was uncertain in the wake of the referendum about whether to leave the EU. The political rhetoric and violent incidents against people speaking European languages in public recall the experiences half a century ago of those who had...

...free movement. Throughout 2016, a round-up of rough sleepers in London is reported to have taken place with the cooperation of outreach teams from homelessness charities, which allegedly passed information about non-UK-citizens who were sleeping rough to the Home Office, leading to detentions and deportations. During this time, charities’ data were also reportedly being...