Tag: Harris, Simon (1986- )

As the U.K. Tries Moving Asylum Seekers Offshore, Ireland Pushes Back

Britain’s newly ratified plan to put asylum seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda has drawn objections from human rights groups, British and European courts, the House of Lords and even some members of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. To that list, add another aggrieved party: Ireland. The Irish government said last week that asylum […]

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Simon Harris Is Set to Become Ireland’s Youngest Prime Minister. Who Is He?

Simon Harris was three years into a university degree when he dropped out in 2008. A job had come up as a parliamentary assistant to an Irish senator, and Mr. Harris, an ambitious 20-year-old from a coastal town in County Wicklow, south of Dublin, saw “an opportunity to try and make a difference,” he later […]

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