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‘Mr Sūnac sd ɖt “fernis” mst b ɖ oṿarćñ prínsipl, n z fond v pôntñ ǎt hǎ tolṛnt n welcmñ h ʈncs ɖ YC z.’ Foṭgraf: Rôtrz

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Sūnac’s asîḷmplan: tuf tōc c’nt masc past fełrz

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 Dec. 2022)

Tac̣lñ ɖ baclog v clemz z ɖ rît îdīa. Bt ɖ guvnmnt sīmz unlîcli t aćiv it

Tyzde 13 Dsmbr 2022

Ɖ  YC’z baclog v asîḷmclemz, ẃć cuṛntli standz at abt 140,000, hz bn bildñ p sins 2013. Ɖ guvnmnt, n sṗsificli ɖ Hom Ofis, berz rsponsbiḷti fr ɖs. Trî az h mt t priznt himslf az a ny brūm, swīpñ awe old cobwebz n clīnñ p a scrapi sistm, Riśi Sūnac mst tec hiz śer v rsponsbiḷti fr ɖ cuṛnt dsfuñśn – n ɖ akt suḟrñ it līdz t.

In ɖ Hǎs v Comnz on Tyzde, ɖ prîm̦inistr sòt t priznt hiz fîv-pônt plan az a blast v bold, freś ʈncñ. Hiz ambiśn t drasticli rdys ɖ baclog nxt yir, n promis v ny rzorsz includñ xtra, speṣ́list ceswrcrz, sǎnd lîc cnstructiv steps. Bt it z dǎtfl ẃɖr ɖz emz wl b met, n ɖ rest v ɖ anǎnsmnt gev mor rīzn fr alarm ɖn rlif at ɖ d’rex́n v travl.

Last munʈ an acoṃdeśnsntr at Manstn erport in Cnt wz clozd dǎn aftr un’xptbl cndiśnz includñ dziz ǎtbrecs wr xpozd. Bt ministrz sīm az dtrmind az evr t avôd ɖ xpns v hotelz, n Mr Sūnac clemd in parḷmnt ɖt vecnt hoḷdecamps n armibaṛcs wl sn pṛvîd bedz fr 10,000 ppl. Sáitñ hiz clos wrcñ rleśnśp wɖ ɖ homsecṛtri, Suela Braṿmn – hu śd hv rzînd in Octobr fr brīćñ ɖ miṇstirịl cod – Mr Sūnac olso signld hiz s’port fr ɖ poḷsi v dportñ asîḷmsīcrz t Rwanda. N h promist ny lejsleśn ɖt wl – f pást – mc it imposbl fr ppl arîvñ in ɖ YC on smōl bots t sbmit asîḷmclemz at ol.

Mr Sūnac sd ɖt “fernis” mst b ɖ oṿarćñ prínsipl, n z fond v pôntñ ǎt hǎ tolṛnt n welcmñ h ʈncs ɖ YC z. Bt h dclînd t xplen ẃt z mnt bî ɖ stetmnt ɖt ɖ xistñ inṭnaśnl fremwrc fr refyjīz z “obṣlīt”. N h ofrd no clir aśuṛnsz ɖt sef n līgl rùts, includñ sṗsific pṛviźn fr ćildṛn n faṃli ri-yńn, wd b pt in ples.

A rīzṇbl ces cn b md fr fast-tracñ rtrnz t Albeńa, az sm YY cuntriz r olrdi dwñ, n fr an inhanst rǒl fr ɖ Naśnl Crîm Ejnsi in cmbatñ traḟcñ. Bt it z roñ t priznt sć meźrz in miliṭristic reṭric abt “būts on ɖ grǎnd” ptrolñ Frenć bīćz. Ẃtvr ɖ rīznz fr ɖ śift in deṃgrafics v smōl-bot pasinjrz, ɖ riaḷti v lîf fr most asîḷmsīcrz v ol naṣ́naḷtiz z a levl v hardśp dificlt fr ppl livñ setld lîvz t imajin. Dsgresḟli, ɖ ceotic cloźr v Manstn léd t a numbr v its formr rezidnts biyñ dumt in sntṛl Lundn, wɖ nẃr t g. In Octobr it imrjd ɖt 222 ćildṛn hv dis’pird fṛm hotelz in ẃć ɖ Hom Ofis pt ɖm.

Ɖ guvnmnt’s cruwl n westfl Rwanda scīm mcs it an inṭnaśnl ǎtlîr. Ɖr z evri rīzn t dǎt ɖ plej t tacl wêtñlists wɖ ny stāf, gvn ɖt rcrūtmnțargits acrs ɖ public sectr r rūtīnli biyñ míst. Folowñ Liz Trus’z dsgresfl sjsćn in ɖ sumr ɖt ɖ Frenć prezidnt cd b cnsidrd a “fo”, Mr Sūnac’s cmitmnt t wrc wɖ YY partnrz z a welcm ćenj. Fr ɖ sec v ɖ ʈǎzndz v ppl stuc in limbo, wêtñ fr ɖer clemz t b prosest, it mst b hopt ɖt hiz rnyd foc̣s on ɖs iśu wl brñ sm beṇfiśl ifcts, hvr liṃtd.

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