Why EU countries are flirting with Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda migration model
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The promise of halting migration to Europe has been at the heart of centre-right and far-right parties' election campaigns across the EU for June's elections. While the strategy worked and garnered wide public approval, voters are now expecting politicians to deliver and leaders are looking beyond the EU for solutions. In this episode, host Giada Santana and Berlin correspondent Nick Alipour analyse what influence UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda model might have on future EU migration policy.
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