Waking up at last.

"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged...to conduct mass deportations of Haitian immigrants from the Ohio city of Springfield, even though the majority of them are in the United States legally. The city for days has found itself at the center of a social media maelstrom after right wing agitators latched onto false claims that Haitian arrivals were eating household pets." Reuters. "In a bold move that marked a major U-turn in immigration policy, the country of Sweden announced plans to offer up to US$34,000 in financial incentives to immigrants who would voluntarily return to their home countries. WION. In the UK, "Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed the Rwanda deportation scheme is 'dead and buried' on his first full day as prime minister." "Ending the scheme also leaves a question mark over the fate of 52,000 migrants earmarked for deportation." BBC. "Germany's migration commissioner proposed deporting to Rwanda migrants who arrive illegally to the European Union through its borders with Belarus, as Berlin contemplates measures to restrict refugees arriving in the bloc. The proposal comes after rising pressure on Germany's ruling coalition government to restrict irregular migration following a fatal stabbing linked to Islamic State at a city state last month." Reuters. "Germany's government announced plans to impose tighter controls at all of the country's land borders in what it called an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the public from threats such as Islamist extremism. Reuters. This could be the beginning of the end of free travel within the Schengen area encompassing 29 European countries  (wikipedia).  "The senate standing committee on overseas Pakistanis, chaired by senator Zeeshan Khanzada, was informed that employers in the Gulf region prefer hiring workers from countries like Bangladesh over Pakistan due to the 'deplorable standards' of Pakistani labor." "Pakistanis reportedly account for 50% of the crime rate among the labor force in the UAE." TOI. A report by the Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh "revealed that 216,219 Indians renounced their citizenship in 2023, slightly down from 225,620 in 2022. ET. "Between 2017 and 2022, 30,000 and 35,000 super-rich Indians, called High Net Worth Individuals or HNIs, left the country." "However, in 2023, only 6,500 HNIs left India. HNIs are individuals whose net worth is $1 million or more." The Print. "Indian students who have long sought education opportunities in countries like the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Australia, and Netherlands, are now facing a growing number of obstacles." BS. Most are fake students planning to somehow stay out of India permanently. Countries are waking up to the dangers of immigration. Maybe it will be good for the climate (science.org). And reduce violence.