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Friday funnies: Snoop Dogg persona non grata

Friday funnies: Snoop Dogg persona non grataEven high-profile migrants have got to fit the bill. Australia's immigration services have banned rapper Snoop Dogg from entering the country after he failed a character test. The BBC quotes Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews, who notes: “He doesn't seem the sort of bloke we want in this country.” The star, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has wracked up a number of offences over the year, prompting the government to rescind his visa. This is not the first time the Dogg has run into trouble – he was also denied a visa to the UK, prompting P.Diddy to cancel their joint concert in the country.

 

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Cathryn Cluver

Cathryn Cluver is a journalist and EU analyst. Now based in Hamburg, Germany, she previously worked at the European Policy Centre in Brussels, Belgium, where she was Deputy Editor of the EU policy journal, Challenge Europe. Prior to that, she was a producer with CNN-International in Atlanta and London. Cathryn graduated from the London School of Economics with a Master's Degree in European Studies and holds a BA with honors from Brown University in International Relations.

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Refugees; Immigration; Europe

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