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Bronya Smolen

@bronyasmolen.bsky.social

Human rights campaigner. Currently at Refugee Action

67 Followers  |  235 Following  |  1 Posts  |  Joined: 11.07.2025  |  1.4918

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Yesterday, Members of the House of Lords stood up for the right to work, thanks to the thousands of you who emailed them using our tool!

09.09.2025 16:13 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
An infographic criticising government funding, with text that reads "Public money is being paid to privat companies to provide terrible asylum accommodation. It's time to invest in social housing—so everyone, no matter their immigration status, has a safe, secure place to call home." The upper part of the image shows a silhouette marked with against a height chart background, overlaid with a red X. Below, an image of three people happily interacting at a table.

An infographic criticising government funding, with text that reads "Public money is being paid to privat companies to provide terrible asylum accommodation. It's time to invest in social housing—so everyone, no matter their immigration status, has a safe, secure place to call home." The upper part of the image shows a silhouette marked with against a height chart background, overlaid with a red X. Below, an image of three people happily interacting at a table.

It’s time to invest in communities and social homes, not private pockets.

The government is handing money to companies that make huge profits from housing people seeking safety in appalling conditions.

But this could be used to fund a joined-up, local approach to housing people seeking safety.

16.07.2025 08:33 — 👍 72    🔁 82    💬 2    📌 2
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📣We now have flyers for our National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention in October!📣

Join our online launch on 17 July to find out how to get involved, including the demo!

Book your place here ⬇️

righttoremain.org.uk/17-july-onli...

08.07.2025 16:40 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s almost like the right wing press has an agenda and will throw basic editorial codes like “be accurate” out the window for it 👀

pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...

11.07.2025 12:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Do you follow this brilliant group of campaigners yet?

RAS Voice is a campaign group represented by refugees and people seeking asylum, supported by us.

With their own lived experience of the asylum system, they're experts in how to change it. Watch them speak truth to power on the regular 🙌

11.07.2025 12:30 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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