Jeff Crisp

Very good point!
It is misleading to suggest, as some organizations do, that all refugees want to return to their country of origin, something that is recogniźed in the 1951 Refugee Convention.

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

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.

The Home Secretary's decision, without any attempt at consultation or oversight, to limit refugees to 30 months in the UK before having to have their claims re-confirmed is a cruel, inhumane, and ultimately unworkable policy. The Home Secretary has claimed it is necessary to tackle "legitimate grievances". There is nothing legitimate about denying those fleeing war and persecution the ability to rebuild their lives. There is nothing legitimate about leaving them in limbo, increasing the stress and trauma they are already going through, and reinforcing hostility and racism against them. People seeking asylum often already have to wait years for their claims to be heard. Increasing the number of cases which the Home Office deals with is obviously never going to be feasible. The Home Secretary knows this. That is why she has pushed this through via the backdoor without any consultation. Instead of trying to grab headlines to appear "tough", this government needs to be ensuring that those who come here seeking safety are able to receive it faster, and more effectively. This latest PR stunt from the Home Office runs counter to any practical measures which are needed.

We are disgusted by the latest cruel and inhumane anti-asylum policy announced by the Home Secretary. Limiting refugees to 30 months before needing to re-apply undermines their ability to rebuild their lives, to feel safe and secure, all while increasing Home Office bureaucracy and costs.

Mauritanian expulsìons:

UK update:

Minister makes major vow on safe routes - 'alternative to small boat crossings' Home Office minister Mike Tapp said the Government is committed to extending safe and legal routes to the UK - as he pointed to a rise in grants last year

Here's Home Minister Mike Tapp celebrating that "we have more than doubled the number of people granted sanctuary via safe and legal routes." Which is only true because they're counting extending the leave of people who arrived under the previous government... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The £500k “Boat Migrant Payout” Story Isn’t What You Think How unlawful phone seizures, selective reporting and misleading headlines turned a government failure into a culture-war outrage.

Another splendid 'debunk' from @monkemma.bsky.social. It's hard to overestimate just how much work it takes to excavate, accurately and in detail, the layers of half-truth, falsity, misinterpretation etc. of these kinds of stories: monkdebunks.substack.com/p/the-500k-b...

What does the Mixed Migration Centre think of this?

Today's good news story:

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Won't be a revelation to anyone but the reason all the worst people on the right are pivoting to talking about race and culture rather than immigration is so they can keep banging the drum even as net migration figures fall (UK) and even reverse (US).

This is the next step and it always was.

Germany moves to return more Syrians, but Damascus says the country is not yet ready Germany has announced plans to resume returns of Syrian refugees and rejected asylum seekers, marking a significant shift in its migration policy. But Syrian authorities have asked for more time to rebuild not only the country's infrastructure but its fractured social ties too.

Germany moves to return more Syrians, but Damascus says the country is not yet ready #Refugees

NGOs condemn Italy's migration bill: 'The aim is to push us out'

NGOs condemn Italy's migration bill: 'The aim is to push us out' #Refugees

Great thread!

1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.

Poster demanding an investigation for a Sudanese refugee who died in police detention

A man who is saying his nephew, a Sudanese refugee, 18 years old, died in police detention.

I can’t even explain the fear most refugees in Egypt currently have. People are being taken from the streets, the metro, their own houses. Valid residency and UNHCR cards mean nothing. Hundreds are being deported, people are dying in detention. UNHCR Egypt has been silent, no statement whatsoever.

Let’s not pretend the US wants to fund principled humanitarian action The US is trying to redefine humanitarian principles by dictating discrimination. Humanitarians – and other donors – must draw a line.

Let’s not pretend the US wants to fund principled humanitarian action: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Why Tanzania’s mass repatriation of Burundi refugees must be stopped Detentions, torture, and the extra judicial killings of government opponents is prevalent in Burundi, and a threat to returning refugees.

Why Tanzania’s mass repatriation of Burundi refugees must be stopped : www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny On Tuesday, Law Dork, with Public Justice, filed a motion to improve access to a key court case challenging ICE's new effort to detain thousands of law-abiding refugees.

NEW: Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny.

On Tuesday, Law Dork, with Public Justice, filed a motion to improve access to a key court case challenging ICE's new effort to detain thousands of law-abiding refugees.

Good.

Approved today by the European Parliament with 396 votes in favour, 226 against and 30 abstentions.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sv/pres...

EU clears way for transfer of asylum seekers to unrelated countries A legislative change approved by the European Parliament will enable EU states to send asylum seekers to countries with which they have no existing link. #EuropeNews

When the UK gov. a couple of years ago launched the idea of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, many in the EU saw this as a controversial, radical step to take.

Well, it’s now a mainstream position. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

European Parliament Tries to Bury the Right to Seek Asylum The European Parliament voted today to usher in changes to European Union asylum rules that jeopardize the right to seek asylum.

European Parliament Tries to Bury the Right to Seek Asylum #Refugees

There was systematic cruelty to children of irregular migrants under Trump 1.0. This time there are plenty of reports of mistreatment of US citizens. The ICE phenomenon is only partly about migration.

New York Times: My Rohingya People Are Running Out of Time - Refugees International

New York Times: My Rohingya People Are Running Out of Time #Refugees

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But how 'voluntary' will it really be, given Algeria's harsh treatment of migrants?

My latest blog.
'Refugee camps: a persistent paradox'.
It explains why so many refugees continue to be accommodated in camps, despite all the evidence concerning their negative characteristics and consequences:
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/20/r...

Obviously illegal & super dangerous. Let’s stand up for international law, not as some obscure text but as a basic principle that it is not acceptable to kidnap a president, however horrible, or take another country’s oil. Normative pressure and political and economic incentives are needed from all