Deepa (pronounced Dīpā) Shah

Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public. But there is one problem: this immigration is imagined, it doesn't really exist.

Imagined immigration! Misconceptions and skewed perceptions seem to be leading the way. Blog by
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social @elielcohen.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Asylum housing: Changing the conversation | Freedom from Torture A guide on talking about refugees and torture survivors in asylum accommodation

Changing the conversation on asylum housing, with the voices of people living inside it. Resource from @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social: stories.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...

The Use of Mobile Data in the European Asylum System

The Use of Mobile Data in the European Asylum System: 'The disclosure of such information was reported in the UK, where the Home Office was found to have breached data protection laws in 2020 by seizing phones and coercing asylum seekers to reveal passwords'. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

CW: mentions sexual abuse.
In July 2024 prosecutors raided the Sde Teiman military detention centre, which has become notorious for torture, and detained 11 soldiers for interrogation. They were suspects in a violent assault on a Palestinian from Gaza... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

Content warning: includes mention of sexual abuse.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

AI translation is jeopardizing Afghan asylum claims Cost-cutting translations are introducing errors and putting refugees at risk.

The refugee said she’d made it through an event alone, but the written statement seemed to ref other people - it was enough for a judge to reject her asylum claim. Mirkhail went over the docs and saw that an AI translation tool had swapped the “I” pronouns to “we.” restofworld.org/2023/ai-tran...

At Gail’s, what is the human cost behind a £5 load of bread? The economics and migration behind the Gail’s expansion. Words by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla.

How the British bakery chain Gail’s relies on young Gujarati migrants to drive its expansionist vision. In this piece, the writers investigate connections to India’s ‘Gujarat Model’ and the precarious working conditions that underpin the bakery’s success. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...

It's so ridiculous. One of my dad's carers, who's Indian, calls him dādā, i.e., paternal grandfather, and others call him uncle. A previous carer from Sudan called him bābā, i.e., father.

I have tinnitus from all the alarm bells ringing

‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

Freed Palestinian men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two days straight www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

"The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air" from Question Everything Drop Site presents an episode from Question Everything: A deep dive into how the BBC nixed an important and timely film on Israel's attacks on healthcare in Gaza.

"The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air". Drop Site presents an episode from Question Everything: A deep dive into how the BBC nixed an important and timely film on Israel's attacks on healthcare in Gaza. www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-film-t...

The anti-genocide protests are not made against the Jewish community. They're not even made against Israel per se. They are primarily against *our own government*, and it's complicity in the genocide being carried out by the Israeli state. The home secretary's remarks should be seen in that context.

I'll say it again. Our horror at the Gaza genocide and at the atrocity in Manchester comes in both cases from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity in the face of both these evils as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.

My tired scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

Cake or death? How cupcakes are helping to defuse far right protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers

'So how do you start a conversation with someone shouting abuse, I ask?
It all starts with “would you like some cake?” Heston replies.'
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Food, medical care, in-facility stores. There's 💰 to be gained from the business of immigration detention.

Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️

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My daily scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

Sounds exciting to me! When I start working again after this PhD, a hoover that doesn't get hair stuck in it will be on my shopping list.

The UK-France agreement uses a former EU member state as a return destination without the Common European Asylum System safeguards. Blog: blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centr...

Thank you! And thanks for holding onto hope on my behalf, during this time where I don't really have any.

Yes, I want something better! I've finally joined a political party - obviously the Green one!

A difficult but important read scroll.in/article/1086...

And books by Behrouz Boochani, such as 'Freedom, Only Freedom'. I haven't read 'No Friend but the Mountains' yet, but that's another of his. Behrouz is a journalist who was held in Australia's offshore detention centre in Papua New Guinea.

'Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control, by Mary Bosworth

And 'some are thugs, but not most of them'. What are you trying to defend here? And then the person talking about how the govt needs to listen to people's concerns (I can't remember the exact wording).

I got into Gogglebox through my brother in law, but seeing a few of their stars' responses to the far right rally has put me off, e.g., 'the person I know who went is not a far right fascist'. They might not be, but nevertheless they purposely attended an obviously far right fascist rally. So...

Same

YouTube video by The Pickwell Foundation The Lost Guide - The Pickwell Foundation

'A moving testament to the transformative impact of open hearts and open minds, illustrating that even in the face of adversity, a community can emerge as a guiding light for those seeking refuge and a sense of belonging' m.youtube.com/watch?v=p3LE...

And adding to the racism is the opportunity by those racists to make money through securitisation and the private security industry.