Hewson's view: Border security driven mostly by politics

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:05am, first published January 10 2019 - 7:00pm
Stand-off: Hundreds of migrants from Central America gather with supporters at the border wall with the US, where it ends at the Pacific Ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump is demanding Congress approve funding for a new wall right along the border. Picture: Meghan Dhaliwal
Stand-off: Hundreds of migrants from Central America gather with supporters at the border wall with the US, where it ends at the Pacific Ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump is demanding Congress approve funding for a new wall right along the border. Picture: Meghan Dhaliwal

So much of politics and government today is being dominated by the inter-related issues of border security, immigration, and refugees. These are very emotive and divisive issues. They have contributed to a significant upheaval in the structures of many governments, certainly across Europe, and in the US, as well as playing out, but to a lesser extent, here in Australia.

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