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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

By: Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The United Kingdom’s Home Office, led by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the country if the East African government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. The diplomatic escalation began on Thursday as Eritrean diplomats […]

Event date
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Coverage
3 outlets · 3 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Congo, United Kingdom, Ghana
English
Countries concerned
Eritrea, United Kingdom
Diplomacy · intensity 1.5 · tone -0.67
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Covered mainly by the Global South sphere (67%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.

Western 33%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 67%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

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  • Confirmed by 3 outlets in 3 countries.
  • Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
  • Propagation: first reported by Africanews (Congo), . 2 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Global South

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Event sources

  1. UK threatens Eritreans with total visa ban over migrant return policy
    AfricanewsRepublic of the CongoCongo → EritreaEnglish
  2. UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy
    gbcghanaonline.comGHGhana → EritreaEnglish
  3. UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy
    BBC RadioRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → United KingdomEnglish