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Turning back boats may be the most humane response to the migrant crisis

23 June 2018

9:00 AM

23 June 2018

9:00 AM

The photographs of children in cages at US migration centres, apparently separated from the parents with whom they illegally entered the country, do not reflect well on the Trump administration. Talking tough on migration helped the President to win the election but there is a difference between building a wall and carrying out a policy which appears to use cruelty as a shock tactic.

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