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Ten years instead of five. Britain tightens rules for immigrants

UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday unveiled an immigration reform plan that will now see most legal immigrants having lived in the country for at least ten years to apply for permanent residence, or ILR. Illegal immigrants and refugees will have to wait twenty or even thirty years.

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Charles III will not apologize for Britain's role in the slave trade. The Prime Minister can do it, but we are not talking about reparations

During the British monarch's tour of the former colonies in the Caribbean, the issue of recognizing the role of the country and the crown in the transatlantic slave trade occupies a significant place. The leaders of these countries are seeking not only an official apology for Britain's participation in the slave trade, but also reparations for the damage suffered. However, both are a matter for the government, not the monarch, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham recently wrote that he would be willing to consider an apology - but not reparations.

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