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Sans intervention immédiate, les derniers reporters de Gaza vont mourir 21 juillet 2025 L'AFP travaille avec une pigiste texte, trois photographes et six pigistes vidéo dans la Bande de Gaza depuis le départ de ses journalistes staff courant 2024. Avec quelques autres, ils sont aujourd'hui les seuls à rapporter ce qu'il se passe dans la Bande de Gaza. La presse internationale est interdite d'entrer dans ce territoire depuis près de deux ans. Nous refusons de les voir mourir. L'un deux, Bashar, collabore pour l'AFP depuis 2010, d'abord comme fixeur, ensuite comme photographe pigiste, et depuis 2024 comme principal photographe. Samedi 19 juillet, il est parvenu à poster un message sur Facebook: « Je n'ai plus la force de travailler pour les médias. Mon corps est maigre et je ne peux plus travailler ». Bashar, 30 ans, travaille et vit dans des conditions égales à celles de tous les Gazaouis, allant d'un camp de réfugiés à un autre camp au gré des bombardements israéliens. Depuis plus d'un an il vit dans le dénuement le plus total et travaille en prenant d'énormes risques pour sa vie. L'hygiène est pour lui un problème majeur, avec des périodes de maladies intestinales sévères. Bashar vit depuis février dans les ruines de sa maison de Gaza City avec sa mère, ses quatre frères et sœurs et la famille d'un de ses frères. Leur maison est vide de tout aménagement et confort, à part quelques coussins. Dimanche matin, il a rapporté que son frère aîné était « tombé, à cause de la faim ». Même si ces journalistes reçoivent un salaire mensuel de l'AFP, il n'y a rien à acheter ou alors à des prix totalement exorbitants. Le système bancaire a disparu, et ceux qui pratiquent le change entre les comptes bancaires en ligne et l'argent liquide prennent une commission de près de 40%. L'AFP n'a plus la possibilité d'avoir un véhicule et encore moins de l'essence pour permettre à ses journalistes de se déplacer pour leurs reportages. Circuler en voiture équivaut de toutes les façons à pre…

🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.

They are out of energy and they are starving to death.

I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.

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Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.

#asylum #refugees #housingjustice #sanctuary #homelessness #housingrights #peerresearch

We touch on emergency support for destitution, life in dispersal accommodation, refusal and No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), the 'move on' period and family experiences in temporary accommodation.

The decision to discuss asylum housing alongside experiences following a grant of refugee status reflects the reality that for the people navigating these processes, they are interconnected parts of the same journey.

Pleased to share this report! Grounded in participatory research, 'No Place for Me' contains accounts of housing injustice shared by refugees and people seeking asylum in Wales.

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The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025: A Dangerous Reconfiguration of UK Asylum Law - DPG Law Welcome to the first post of DPG’s new legal blog series!  As the UK’s legal and political landscape continues to evolve, we will use this platform to unpick the implications of developments in legisl...

Useful blog post on the legal implications of the new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025

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How will they build enough homes without people working in construction?
How will the NHS and social care survive?
How will they help the children who lose being with a parent?
How will they make up for the lost taxes?
How will they defend it when other countries reciprocate?
What next? 2/

As far as I can tell the immigration announcement this morning seems like it will harm key sectors (especially care), harm people who are living here, working, and are further than ever from citizenship, and legitimises Reform's agenda, giving them a boost. Great job guys!

Important report on the need to embed a holistic, relational, compassionate, culturally sensitive and rights-based approach to mental health support for people seeking sanctuary in Wales

The Charity Service, working in partnership with @boothcentre.bsky.social and a group of people with lived experience of homelessness and experience of accessing homeless services, are proud to announce the launch of their Participatory Grantmaking Programme.
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@oasiscdf.bsky.social was devastated to come to work this morning to discover that our beloved Oasis Food Truck was stolen over the weekend.

If anyone has seen anything, please get in touch with us.

An important, human-centred piece

Hey folks! We initially started Crips Against Cuts over on Instagram but have been restricted.
We are a Crip-led grassroots group organising a day of action on March 22nd to fight against proposed welfare cuts! Several demos are happening and here is the info for our Bristol one!
Solidarity always💗

Home Office spends £650,000 defending use of asylum centre on former RAF base Costs have spiralled on the case, rising by £300,000 since August 2024

It's appalling that the Home Office has spent such an eye-watering amount of tax-payers' money defending their decision to keep Wethersfield open, given the overwhelming evidence of the harm it causes.

People seeking asylum must be housed in communities, not camps.
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Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the

NEW: The UK Government has changed immigration rules, potentially blocking refugees from ever applying for British citizenship if they arrived by small boat or other dangerous journeys. (1/3)

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Devastating news from Cardiff University. Solidarity with all the staff, not least those in the School of Geography and Planning. Can't put into words what an exceptional team is based here.