Governments can use secret court orders (super‑injunctions) and classification to conceal the scale and mechanics of emergency relocation and visa programs, effectively converting judicial secrecy into an administrative instrument of migration policy. That practice bypasses parliamentary scrutiny and the press, reshapes public consent, and concentrates discretion in a small executive circle.
— If true, this reframes migration governance: legal secrecy becomes a routine policy lever with implications for democratic oversight, press freedom, and the obligations of states toward displaced people.
2026.01.04
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Mason reports the UK MoD obtained a super‑injunction blocking reporting on a leaked 25,000‑name spreadsheet and subsequent large relocation plans (actors: MoD, Ben Wallace, Grant Shapps; event: injunction and secret relocation program).
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