Excellent explainer of Shabana Mahmood's proposed changes to refugee and asylum policy
19.11.2025 14:47
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Excellent explainer of Shabana Mahmood's proposed changes to refugee and asylum policy
Cruelty isn’t a solution - and it’s not a distraction we should fall for.
The real issues we face - fixing the NHS, building affordable housing, reducing wealth inequality - are not solved by making life harder for people seeking safety.
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Timely issue of @fmreview.bsky.social ahead of #COP30 on ‘Climate change: choices for displaced people’
www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...
New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani thanks immigrants and says 'we will fight for you because we are you ' . So good
youtube.com/watch?v=zP96...
Great to hear a positive case for migration on the BBC. @wanderinggaia.bsky.social on Radical with Amon Rajan saying global heating will cause more migration, albeit mostly within countries, and we can benefit from it.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Elected, Marina Lademacher, Queen's Park
🎉 A NEW GREEN COUNCILLOR IN BRIGHTON & HOVE
Marina Lademacher has been elected as the new Green councillor for Queen's Park!
@greenparty.org.uk
Looking at the piles I think it might be a Green win here but the figures are not out. #LDreporter #Brighton
Such a moving interview on #r4today with Laila Soueif on hunger strike in attempt to get the UK to do more to push Egypt to release her son British writer and activist Alaa abd el-Fattah .
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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@sianberry.bsky.social please support Borders Bill Amendment NC1 so that we know every person who dies seeking our protection and can learn from it
#Knowtheirnames
Why Labour should be seizing the narrative on human rights and not attacking the ECHR
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
We’ve extended the deadline for our call for article proposals for our theme of #ClimateChange: choices for displaced people!
Submit your article proposals via the online form by 14th May 2025, 23:00 GMT.
See: www.fmreview.org/climate-change-cfa/
#Displacement #Refugees #Migration #AcademicSky
Great opportunity for activists, community organisers, politicians, lawyers and scholars to reflect on the #sanctuarymovement and the challenges it faces in south-east England
#sanctuarysolidarities
easternarc.ac.uk/news/sanctua...
1 The article’s based on a govt briefing - they’re clearly thinking about it
2 Labour have been obsessed with offshoring of various sorts for 20+ years
3 Other European govts are considering this too & Italy has already tried
4 I don’t agree we need to wait till it’s a reality before opposing it
Stunning story of how an Atlantic journalist was inadvertently added to a Signal group that shared top secret US plans to attack the Houthis
Utterly shameful - a sickening betrayal of some of the poorest people. And counterproductive too - as if global security isn’t also dependent on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, global poverty, inequality, and humanitarian needs.
The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it?
Zoe Williams names it for us
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great job going in Brighton: Director of @voicesinexile.bsky.social , the leading charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the city.
nfpconsulting.co.uk/executive/jo...
A reminder of my take on the Green party’s manifesto on immigration & asylum.
It was full of good, workable & effective ideas that simply never get a hearing in mainstream media
(Sorry I had to do a super awkward edit cos @bsky.app limits vids to under 1minute still 😤😤)
When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*
So much for supporting our troops.
@merielbeattie.bsky.social
Welcome Meriel! Great to see you on here
what a warm and moving farewell to Mishal Husain on #r4today . Such a brilliant presenter, she will be much missed
There is something especially dark, cynical and shameless about today's Commission Communication on the 'weaponisation' of migration. A troubling endorsement of European states' violations of international and EU law, which doubly punishes people in need of safety.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
The 🇪🇺 Commission embraces the framing of migration at the Eastern borders as a ”weapon” and speaks of ”hybrid threats” & ”hybrid attacks”.
It says that ”Member States may need to adopt measures that could entail serious interferences with fundamental rights, such as the right to asylum…”
Los Angeles fires a first shot of resistance to Trump’s plan for mass deportations of migrants 👏👏👏 #sanctuarycity
So many people have been coming on here over the past few days . Exciting . Maybe it can work as an alternative to that other place
This piece by an immigration judge explaining why he resigned is well worth a read. He felt the role was "
irrevocably tainted by the politics of asylum"
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Please throw a beak full of water on to a forest fire by donating to this amazing organisation that supports young refugees in the UK
chuffed.org/project/the-...
Great to see a positive outcome from scoping work I did a while ago for the IRC
