Survivors of trafficking are regularly subjected to immigration detention and retraumatised.
Amid a legal aid crisis that's even worse in detention, they are trapped, with no way of getting desperately needed advice and support.
Survivors of trafficking are regularly subjected to immigration detention and retraumatised.
Amid a legal aid crisis that's even worse in detention, they are trapped, with no way of getting desperately needed advice and support.
I am so very very tired of the lives of people seeking protection being treated as a political football, their treatment being decided by whatever the politicians think will most appeal to voters. It always results in cruelty, chaos, and doesn’t actually make anyone happy.
05.03.2026 08:03 — 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1Asylum policy shouldn’t be about “appealing to people who feel that we’ve lost control.” It shouldn’t be about appealing to anyone. It should be about doing what is best and safest for the people who are here seeking protection.
05.03.2026 07:58 — 👍 88 🔁 38 💬 2 📌 1Brilliant 😑
05.03.2026 07:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0People waiting more than a year can already apply for permission to work which is restricted to the salary list, so are they announcing something that already exists as if it’s a new policy???
05.03.2026 07:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
🔴‘Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Lives at Risk for No Purpose’
The Government talks about wanting to reduce division and increase integration and then implements policies which will do the complete opposite, argues @danielsohege.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/03/s...
I actually don't have words as to how angry I am.
Wonder what happened in these countries that people on student visas in the UK found themselves needing to apply for asylum instead of going home post 2021.
UK Labour are heartless bastards & apparently have bo idea whats happening in the world.
But fundamentally Mahmood’s video is just a shocking way to speak about people. Abandoning refugees is bad! Reducing numbers is not a valid policy goal! (Until you’ve sorted out the causes of forced migration, which she seems to have no interest in.) People aren‘t a means to a party political end!
03.03.2026 20:10 — 👍 46 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0This must be very universal because my husband’s Jewish and they tell the same joke but with synagogues 😂
03.03.2026 21:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🧵 Some points about migration, asylum and 'deterrence':
In order for a government to deter people seeking asylum, they must cross a 'line of cruelty'. I think that what most governments - and people - fail to realise - is how extremely cruel a government must be to actually drive people away.
1/15
Today is a dark day for anyone who believes in sanctuary in the UK.
People who've fled war and torture should be able to rebuild their lives in peace and security - not live under a constant threat of removal.
We must not stop fighting these appalling anti-refugee laws.
This stinks at every level. What refugees desperately need after their claims are accepted is the stability to rebuild their lives. This change will cause immeasurable stress and anxiety to some of the most vulnerable people in the country
01.03.2026 22:52 — 👍 150 🔁 53 💬 10 📌 15
Putting things like basic ethics aside...
... does anyone really believe that the Home Office, which cant deal with its present asylum responsibilities, is going to be able to review every application, every 30 months?
I have a bridge to sell you
Deaths in channel are preventable, but require governments to focus on ensuring people can seek asylum. It's repeatedly shown that hostile measures increase death tolls. Labour's decision to halt family reunification alone is already putting more children at risk.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
@greenpartyhan.bsky.social
27.02.2026 09:08 — 👍 1316 🔁 241 💬 3 📌 1In my entire adult life, I’ve never once woken up after a vote to hear that the thing I wanted to win had won. It’s nice! I’d like it to happen more often please 💚
27.02.2026 08:14 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0But it should now be clear that we can have a progressive conversation on migration if people are BRAVE. So if you’ve ever wondered before if it was time to step in - it is. We must not lose momentum, things do not have to be this way. By the next election, everything could be different.
27.02.2026 06:38 — 👍 59 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1Today’s win in Gorton and Denton shows such an utter rejection of that idea. But we still have a long way to go. The language and hate for migrant communities has been set and will continue. Charities are still under-resourced and under physical/political attack.
27.02.2026 06:38 — 👍 49 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0A reflection from the leader of a migration charity. We have been told over and over again by politicians - even from “partners” and “allies” that we will not win on our policies unless we concede. Throw some migrants under the bus - they’re too unfavourable. Public doesn’t agree with us.
27.02.2026 06:38 — 👍 93 🔁 29 💬 1 📌 1A very excellent thread. Call things what they are. It’s important.
20.02.2026 07:55 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wrote this for @migrantvoice.bsky.social on hostility of this government's changes to immigration rules for "earned settlement". We hear politicians talk about "British values", "integration" and "fairness". Labour destroys any concept of all three with its treatment of migrants through this policy.
17.02.2026 15:11 — 👍 34 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
Once again, people demanding an “open debate” on things we’ve been forced to debate for fucking ages are simply demanding the right to be vile and bigoted without pushback
12.02.2026 21:33 — 👍 93 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 2If no one hears from me again, it’s because I spent time helping 3 separate people last week who all had terrible colds and I seem to have picked up all of their germs and they’ve combined to form a sort of super cold and I don’t think I’m gonna make it. Tell my family I love them ⚰️
10.02.2026 18:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How to tell a real Christian from a fake-ass JD Vance pretender: ask them about their stance on immigration.
I’m not what you’d call a hardcore believer these days, but I can say for certain that the values I live by now are profoundly linked to my Catholic upbringing.
Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Labour is creating a vulnerable migrant underclass
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social
How do I convince Spotify that, no, I don’t like generic male indie singer-songwriters and don’t want to fill my ‘for you’ playlist with them. I just really like Sam Fender, okay? He’s the exception, not the rule! Stop trying to make me listen to Noah Kahan!
05.02.2026 08:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"They don’t just delay settlement, they delay recovery. They delay stability. They delay family life. They delay healing. They delay dignity."
A brilliant explanation of everything that's wrong with the horrifying 'earned settlement plans':
righttoremain.org.uk/if-you-are-l... "
The paperback's here! Lighter in weight, lighter on your wallet, with an update to boot.
Wild that it's been out in the world for nine months. Best thing I've ever done (professionally, certainly!). Out 12 March, pre-orders wherever you usually get your books. 🧡
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be…
The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.