Immigration to the United Kingdom: “No compassion!”

Published on : 05/26/2023 – 10:06

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On the front page of the British press, a figure: more than 600,000 people, that of the number of people who arrived on British territory in 2022, mainly from countries outside the European Union. Donated by the British Office for National Statistics, it translates, according to The Daily Mirror, uncontrolled immigration. A newspaper that lets its anger explode: no compassion.

The Guardian delivers the Conservative government’s solution: deport up to 3,000 asylum seekers a month. Le Figaro He sees it as a failure of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

In France, Release evokes the contradictions of TotalEnergies. The oil group holds the general meeting of its shareholders. The daily recalls that despite the display of ecological promises, Total is the champion in 2022 of investments in gas. The cross relays the mobilization, Thursday, May 25, of certain religious. The latter chained themselves to a Parisian bridge to denounce the group’s pipeline project in Uganda.

Finally, the second round of the presidential election in Turkey takes place on May 28. Foreign Policy looks at the motivations of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conservative electorate. Religion is now in the background, replaced by nationalism. The sports daily The Team went to meet supporters of the Besiktas club. The latter, opponents of the Turkish president, take advantage of the stands to launch political messages.

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