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Other Countries Receive a Conditional Notice
· New York time
The home secretary says she would not hesitate to impose measures on other countries refusing to cooperate over migrant returns, the BBC reports. That expands the government's warning beyond Eritrea without establishing that particular further restrictions will follow. The criterion is the government's stated assessment of cooperation. The warning leaves both future decisions and the effectiveness of the threatened leverage unsettled. Naming a willingness to act is not the same as securing another country's agreement. Diplomatic pressure has acquired the tone of an administrator preparing additional envelopes. There may be more notices, but the stationery cupboard does not determine foreign policy outcomes. Even the most emphatic stamp cannot supply the cooperation being sought.
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