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Nationalities and Borders Act 2022, https://www.legislation.gov.
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Alice Ross, “UK risks legitimizing Sudan’s rights abuses with
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Mark Townsend, “EU countries snub Priti Patel’s
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See Freedom in the World 2022 which rates Rwanda as “Not Free” https://
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