9 August

2022 - 8 - 9

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Hard Times in a Safe Haven: Protecting Venezuelan Migrants in ... (ReliefWeb)

What's new? Close to 2.5 million Venezuelans are living in Colombia, having fled their home country's economic collapse and political crisis. While Bogotá has ...

Colombia’s offer of a safe haven for Venezuelans is both a grand gesture of solidarity and a promise the country has been hard pressed to meet. Colombia has had no previous experience of offering shelter and respite to so many migrants, and its lack of know-how and capacity is conspicuous. Migrants have been immersed in conflict zones with no understanding of the unwritten rules for survival. Thriving armed and criminal groups in Colombia’s cities and countryside have absorbed Venezuelans as cheap recruits, often deploying them for high-visibility crimes while exposing them to great physical danger. Escaping a huge economic contraction, rising insecurity, collapsing public services and a political crackdown, over six million migrants and refugees from Venezuela have sought a new, safer life abroad over the past decade – with most leaving home since 2017. While Bogotá has generously offered residency rights, many migrants and refugees nevertheless face extreme hardship and have few resources to sustain themselves.

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PM call with President Macron: 9 August 2022 (GOV.UK)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron this afternoon.

The Prime Minister thanked President Macron for his efforts to help resolve border disruption and tackle the scourge of illegal people trafficking. President Macron praised the Prime Minister’s leadership on Ukraine. The leaders thanked one another for their friendship and comradeship over the last few years.

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PM remarks at Points of Light Downing Street reception: 9 August ... (GOV.UK)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave opening remarks at a reception for Points of Light recipients in Downing Street.

Tony has already raised £1 million for the hospital that helped to save your life, and you’ve also instituted Tony’s Law to make sure that people do not suffer the kind of abuse that you suffered so tragically, and thank you Tony for coming. And I want to pay tribute to all of you Points of Light. I want to pay tribute to centenarians, like Dabirul Choudhury, who’s walked round his communal garden 100 times and has raised prodigious sums. And of course as some of you may have picked up, this is going to be one of my last events in the garden in Downing Street and there will be a new Prime Minister very shortly, I can tell you for certain will be either a man or a woman.

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UK PM remarks at Points of Light Downing Street reception 9 August ... (Mirage News)

In these difficult financial times people are feeling the squeeze across our country and they're feeling the impact in particular of the energy price.

Tony has already raised £1 million for the hospital that helped to save your life, and you’ve also instituted Tony’s Law to make sure that people do not suffer the kind of abuse that you suffered so tragically, and thank you Tony for coming. And I want to pay tribute to all of you Points of Light. I want to pay tribute to centenarians, like Dabirul Choudhury, who’s walked round his communal garden 100 times and has raised prodigious sums. And of course as some of you may have picked up, this is going to be one of my last events in the garden in Downing Street and there will be a new Prime Minister very shortly, I can tell you for certain will be either a man or a woman.

US Executive Branch Update – August 9, 2022 (The National Law Review)

President Biden signs CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, Instruments of Ratification for the Accession Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Republic ...

The Secretary of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget will also attend 10:00 a.m. EDT – THE VICE PRESIDENT will join THE PRESIDENT at the signing of H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. - Press Release: Three Smuggling Events Leads to the Arrest of 12 Subjects (Texas) James S. Brady Press Briefing Room - Press Release: Two Operation Fly Formula Flights Scheduled for Week of August 8 - Press Release: Interior Department Announces Full Operation of Palen Solar Project in California - Press Release: Dozens of migrants discovered in an El Paso stash house (Texas) - Press Release: Virginia Landlords to Pay $225,000 to Resolve Violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act - Press Release: The United States Contributes $4.5 Billion to Support the Government of Ukraine The White House - Press Release: SEC Proposes Rules to Improve Clearing Agency Governance and to Mitigate Conflicts of Interest - Press Release: Summary of the Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

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