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Lawyer, working on refugee & migrant rights. Legal Director @RLSAthens. Usual disclaimer. Email: [email protected] refugeelegalsupport.org London, England Joined May 2012-
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Amidst all the dazzling idiocy, noise and distraction of the unworkable Rwanda farce, this is vital:
Amidst all the dazzling idiocy, noise and distraction of the unworkable Rwanda farce, this is vital:
In all the debate on the Rwanda bill there's been less focus on how it, along with the Illegal Migration Act, shuts down the asylum system. In new @refugeecouncil analysis, we warn the system is in meltdown with more than 100k people facing being shut out by the end of the year.
Five people have died. This could & should have been prevented. Instead, our govt tries to distract; to morally & financially bankrupt us with cruel, batshit #RwandaBill nonsense. A shameful and disgusting day for all who care about our shared humanity.
Five people have died. This could & should have been prevented. Instead, our govt tries to distract; to morally & financially bankrupt us with cruel, batshit #RwandaBill nonsense. A shameful and disgusting day for all who care about our shared humanity.
You just woke up in a country where the ruling party thinks it can pass laws to say 2+2 = 5, and can muzzle the courts when they say 2+2 = 4 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
We're on the lookout for a Supervising Lawyer at @RLSAthens to work within our Afghan Pro Bono Initiative team in London. This is an exciting role in a groundbreaking project. Join us! lnkd.in/dfSDHm-W
Join us! We are recruiting for a legal role within our U.K. team: refugeelegalsupport.org/single-post/rl…
We're recruiting! Could you be our new Fundraising Officer? buff.ly/4atnyFv
🧵 We have coordinated a letter to the Home Secretary @JamesCleverly signed by 60+ organisations & law firms calling for the introduction of a Gaza Family Scheme. Letter in thread below. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr… Sign the petition to join these calls 👇1/ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6485…
What is France doing in return for UK cash to ‘stop the boats’? Unseen footage obtained by @LHreports shows new aggressive campaign where French police carry out violent interceptions at sea – flooding & ramming into vessels & using pepper spray Thread 🧵
Today I get to pay $300 to take a 3-hour English test in order to be eligible to stay in the country where I am employed to teach English language courses at an English language institution, a prerequisite for which was the PhD I earned at an English language university.
Why you might wonder has the UK Govt not set-up a scheme for the family members of refugees in Gaza? (i.e., a bespoke family reunion scheme) The answer appears to be the Govt hasn't even bother to think about it: [?] theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2024…
Brilliant event - an incredibly moving and essential conversation. Immense gratitude is owed to all of the speakers. The strength and courage to be able to talk about it all, and to do so without flinching seems impossible to fathom.
Brilliant event - an incredibly moving and essential conversation. Immense gratitude is owed to all of the speakers. The strength and courage to be able to talk about it all, and to do so without flinching seems impossible to fathom.
"This new research shows how people arriving on small boats are being imprisoned for their ‘illegal arrival’. Among those prosecuted are people seeking asylum, victims of trafficking & torture, & children with ongoing age disputes." Coverage in @guardian🔽 theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…
RLS has joined over 100 civil society organisations to send a letter to #European governments insisting that they stop the inhumanity that people on the move face as they make their way to the continent. Organised by @UAI_Initiative A thread summarising our demands 👇 🧵
How people seeking asylum arriving after 20 July 2023 have been granted leave, in the UK?... Its a grand total of: FIVE. 5! See: whatdotheyknow.com/request/decisi… So what are Home Office caseworkers actually doing over there?
Every term, I teach border harms and border related deaths and every month the numbers of humans that die at borders increases. We see it in real time if we look. Hardly a mention in the media. 29,087 humans have died in the Mediterranean in 10 years. A humanitarian disgrace.
[Report Launch 📢] Announcing new research from Border Criminologies on the criminalisation of people arriving to the UK on 'small boats' Written by @VEMTaylor with @CaptainSuppUK @humansforrights and @RLSAthens law.ox.ac.uk/content/news/r…
New research by @VEMTaylor shows that hundreds have been jailed for arriving to the UK on 'small boats' since June 2022, in collaboration with us, @humansforrights and @RLSAthens theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…
No-one forced the Home Office to make people live in hotels, no-one made it suspend decisions so asylum seekers remain dependent on it, no-one forced it to prevent them working Home Office asks for emergency £2.6bn after asylum seeker hotels overspend theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
Finally, The full @Frontex Serious Incident Report on the #Pylos shipwreck, where over 650 people were killed by Greek authorities, in a fatal pushback attempt June 14 last year. Big thanks to @EleonoraVasques for making it available to the public. Link to download the full PDF…
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🔥Urgent #Liverpool & #Manchester Solidarity Actions🔥 Say NO to #detention and the #Rwanda plan! Today, the government started a "Rwanda Operation". The operation will target people attending reporting centres across the country, as well as through raids on our community.
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In total, we estimate 115,575 men, women and children will be stranded as a result of the IMA 2023 by the end of this year. It should be a basic function of the Home Office to process claims. The IMA stops them from doing this. It must be scrapped, along with the Rwanda Plan.
The migration trilemma: Governments can't simultaneously (1) maintain economic openness and prosperity, (2) respect foreigners' basic human rights and (3) fulfil their own citizens’ anti-immigration preferences. One of the three has to go. See also ft.com/content/2e1f59…
More than 100 Margate residents stopped a coach from moving 22 asylum-seekers from a Kent hotel to the #BibbyStockholm. They were led by Mayor Rob Yates, who said: “I've been clear with the Home Office - if they send more coaches tomorrow we'll be here, and every day after that.”
Particularly if you want less immigration, it should interest you why 33 years of 'Fortress Europe' has turned out to be a fiasco. It has not stopped immigration, discouraged returns and fuelled human smuggling. A huge waste of taxpayers' money resulting in a lot of suffering.
I can’t see anything here about protecting refugees and providing them with sanctuary in line with our international responsibilities under the Refugee Convention, which is very disappointing. There is not even a commitment to contract adequate housing?
Here is Labour’s five-point plan to reform the asylum system 👇
A government that uses the deaths of 5 humans in the Channel - including a child - to justify their dystopian, empirically void approach to refugee rights is the *utter* definition of ethical and moral bankruptcy
I spent today being fed tasty lunch lovingly prepared by a group of refugees, while watching volunteers running a mobile free hair salon to penniless refugees who crave dignity like everyone else. This solidarity community will outlive the Rwanda Bill.
The Rwanda Act passing marks a sad day for the UK - a bad plan based on undermining the rule of law by relying a legal fiction that Rwanda is safe for asylum seekers - and an inhumane policy. Now let’s see what the courts say
It is shocking to see reports of the terrible loss of yet more lives in the Channel this morning, including a four-year-old girl. This is another devastating human tragedy that could and should have been avoided.
On the risks of refoulement and complicity in torture inhuman and degrading treatment - our joint statement in relation to obligations of airlines and airline regulators. Previous communcations to the UK authorities linked below. #UK
#UK: Airlines should not facilitate unlawful removals of asylum-seekers to Rwanda 🇷🇼, UN experts say. Such actions might make these companies complicit in violating internationally protected #HumanRights and court orders. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
When politics (petty & partisan) trumps law, truth & basic human decency… Safety of Rwanda Bill now waiting the King’s formal assent: amnesty.org.uk/act-parliament…
Five die in the Channel on the day the Rwanda bill passes.... Can we still imagine a world in which we recognise the humanity of those crossing borders? And put our energies into building caring communities rather than destroying people's lives? We have to keep that hope alive.
Devastated to hear of the deaths of five people at sea including one child as they attempted to cross the Channel this morning. We stand with all those grieving this tragic loss. #SafeRoutes for people in seeking refuge are needed now theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…
The Rwanda Bill is an absolute travesty, when I didn’t think we could sink much lower. Fundamentally non-compliant with our international obligations (not that we have shown much regard for them of late), and unspeakably cruel towards those most in need of protection.
We want to see a world where everyone is free to move, but no one is forced to move. We'll continue to stand in solidarity with all migrants, including refugees, to create a world where no one is punished by borders, deportations or cruel immigration systems. #RefugeesWelcome
After months of drafting evidence, briefings, Lords amendments, speeches, and attending countless meetings on the Rwanda Bill, the inevitable came last night. I know the brilliant lawyers on the frontline will continue the fight of attempting to hold the Government to account.
The average person in Britain, in their entire lifetime, will not earn as much money as the Tories are spending to send ONE refugee into dangerous exile. This is where we are. Madness. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…
A sad morning for those who believe in the *domestic and international* rule of law and in a global commitment to refugee protection. As we mark Passover, the Jewish holiday of liberation, the British Parliament legislates to deny it to desperate asylum-seekers. For shame.
You just woke up in a country where the ruling party thinks it can pass laws to say 2+2 = 5, and can muzzle the courts when they say 2+2 = 4 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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