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While the ruling referred to a Czech case, it also applies to the entire EU and complicates Italy's plans for detention centres in Albania meant to fast-track repatriations.

Trump has pledged to take action against these “sanctuary cities”, but America’s patchwork of local, state and federal laws further complicates the picture.

San Francisco’s ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to select multiple candidates by order of preference, complicates the process of quickly identifying a winner.

“It is already very difficult for many individuals to navigate the healthcare system and to understand where to go to receive the best care,” Sherrod said, “and this potentially further complicates that.”

Here, we’re in a world of phone booths, pagers and bulky computers no one knows how to work, of Walkmans and videotape, which both simplifies and complicates the action.