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Kazakhstan explains phased electronic entry authorisation
QazETA will be recommended during a transition period for covered visa-free visitors; mandatory use is planned from 1 July 2027.
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Migration — analysis on Shanraq.org
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15,800 migration violations: who was affected by Kazakhstan’s checks?
Police released results of an operation held on 5–16 October. Stay, work and host notification rules are different issues.
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Nine Thousand Names: The Human Cost Behind the War Headlines
By mid-July 2026 estimates of the dead in the war around Iran range from 7,144 to 9,676 and more, with the wounded put at about 46,965. The spread itself is telling: in a live war nobody knows the exact figure, and a range is more honest than a single line. Why a person must be seen behind each number.
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Migration: why walls never work the way they promise
Nobody packs up and leaves their home, their language and the graves of their ancestors because life is good. Migration is a symptom, not the disease, and while the symptom is treated the disease remains. A wall raises the price of the journey and fills smugglers' pockets, but rarely changes the decision to go.