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Gillian would like to state for the record that Zalfa is also the real deal.

In other matters:

What is the plural of “impetus”?
The answer, improbably, is impetuses!
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199661350.001.0001/acref-9780199661350-e-2776 (We note that this tracks, given one acceptable plural for “ignoramus” is “ignoramuses” – a word we use Very Often Indeed these days)

Find out more about David W. McFadden’s border-crossing travels in Great Lakes Suite: https://talonbooks.com/books/?great-lakes-suite

Here’s a very basic primer on British colonialism (in Ireland and Canada, but also elsewhere): https://daily.jstor.org/britains-blueprint-for-colonialism-made-in-ireland/

What is a Safe Third Country?
https://www.unhcr.org/uk/media/safe-third-country-concept-international-agreements-refugee-protection-assessing-state

What is the “Rwanda Bill” or “Rwanda Plan”?
https://www.unhcr.org/uk/what-we-do/uk-asylum-policy-and-illegal-migration-act/uk-rwanda-asylum-partnership

Here’s the full text of the High Court Judgement:
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AAA-v-SSHD-judgment-290623.pdf 

We will be revisiting the “Rwanda Bill” in light of more recent updates in Episode 3. Stay tuned!

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Thanks to the University of Leicester's School of Arts, Media and Communication for use of recording equipment; to India Downton for her invaluable expertise; and to the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK and the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham for financial support.

Music: “Corrupted” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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