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The government has dropped plans to forcibly turn around small refugee boats in the Channel. The climbdown came days before a legal challenge by the PCS trade union and migrants’ rights organisations was due to reach court. Active involvement by PCS — the union representing many workers who would have been carrying out the policy — was very positive. Even more important was their threat to block pushbacks by industrial action. This victory is a spark of hope in an otherwise dark situation. The government’s anti-refugee Nationality and Borders Act became law on 28 April.

The government has dropped plans to forcibly turn around small refugee boats in the Channel. The climbdown came days before a legal challenge by the PCS trade union and migrants’ rights organisations was due to reach court. Active involvement by PCS — the union representing many workers who would have been carrying out the policy — was very positive. Even more important was their threat to block pushbacks by industrial action. This victory is a spark of hope in an otherwise dark situation. The government’s anti-refugee Nationality and Borders Act became law on 28 April.

PHOENIX — State legislatures will begin debating changes to voting rights and election administration laws in the coming days after an unprecedented wave of reforms passed in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.