Francesca Pizzutelli

Is UNHCR's chief Filippo Grandi advocating for a better global protection system for refugees - or is he advocating for more money to the agency? Further proof, if any were needed, of the clash between UNHCR protection and assistance mandates

While the world is burning and Gaza is starving, the UK government is intent on demonizing an underclass of workers whose exploitation is created by the government's own migration and asylum policies.

It has been described as a ‘game-changer for human rights’, but what does the #ICJ Advisory Opinion issued overnight signal for #refugees and other people displaced in the context of #climate change? @profjmcadam.bsky.social finds some answers: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...

How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design Barriers to migrants’ family life are embedded in the UK’s immigration system.

"That the Home Office sent a removal letter to an eleven-year-old is not a clerical error. It is the system working as designed." @nandosigona.bsky.social on the UK migration system intentionally splitting families apart
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Very concerning.
I have an idea.
Two, in fact.
Give asylum seekers the right to work.
And increase the restrictions to betting shops. (Or close them down, ideally.)

Excellent analysis of the new Greek asylum ban by Minos Mouzourakis @rsaegean.org bit.ly/46c2TXi

🔴La Cour nationale du droit d’asile (CNDA) vient de reconnaître le statut de réfugié aux Palestinien·nes de Gaza.

The global asylum system is falling apart What should replace it?

The global asylum system is falling apart, says @economist.com. Indeed. What should replace it? More of the same? A new system cannot be imagined without a proper analysis of the colonial roots of this one - and efforts to dismantle them.
www.economist.com/briefing/202...

Amnesty says Cambodia is enabling brutal scam industry Human rights group Amnesty International accused Cambodia’s government on Thursday of "deliberately ignoring" abuses by cybercrime gangs who have trafficked people from across the world, including children, into slavery at brutal scam compounds.

Amnesty says Cambodia is enabling brutal scam industry reut.rs/4liRCbW

Militarization and Suppression of Protests in the Age of Trump As a human rights organization with experience monitoring protests, Amnesty International answers FAQs regarding the militarization of protests in the U.S

Ahead of this weekend’s military parade in Washington, planned protests across the US, and an increase in ICE raids and enforcement actions, Amnesty International answers FAQ about human rights & protests www.amnestyusa.org/blog/militar...

Malnutrition in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp after US aid cuts A UN official warns that hundreds of thousands in the sprawling camp are

Hundreds of thousands of people are "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps after US funding cuts reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels
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Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

Israeli army officers refuse to serve in ‘unnecessary, eternal war’ in Gaza In letter to Netanyahu, 41 signatories say government’s orders are ‘clearly illegal’ and hostages have been given ‘death sentence’

"When a government acts for ulterior motives, harms civilians and leads to the killing of innocent people, the orders it issues are clearly illegal, and we must not obey them"
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Civil servants told to consider quitting if they disagree with policy over Gaza More than 300 Foreign Office staff had raised concerns about potential UK

More than 300 Foreign Office staff raised concerns about potential UK "complicity" in Israel's conduct in Gaza.

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Deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles in Response to ICE Raids Is Dangerous President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to protests against recent ICE raids is deeply alarming.

The ICE raids are rooted in discrimination & racial profiling. People have the right to protest. President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to LA is not about protecting communities, it is about crushing dissent and instilling fear.
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I'll say it over and over again; you can't build the mass deportation machine without first building the police state machine.

Scott Morrison sought advice to obstruct Nauru asylum seekers from accessing abortions, documents reveal Advocate claims Abbott government was concerned asylum seekers and refugees were using medical transfers as a back door to get into Australia

Paraphrasing David Manne: in a system underpinned by an extreme deterrence agenda, the basic rights and dignity of people are essentially irrelevant #australia #nauru
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Trump’s travel ban will spread hate and harm people seeking safety It is discriminatory, racist, and downright cruel

USA: Trump’s travel ban will harm people seeking safety, spread hate and discrimination
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President Trump’s new travel ban is discriminatory, racist, and downright cruel. By targeting people based on their nationality, this ban only spreads disinformation and hate.
Detailed Amnesty International's reaction coming soon

Our latest on the seasonal worker visa.

What jumped out at me when reading this government-commissioned report is that farm-owners will quite openly say that they prefer migrant workers to accrue huge levels of debt, because this pushes them to work harder so that they can pay it off.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
What a beautiful epitaph
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

"Sending people to countries to which they have no connection, no support and no prospects, or may have only briefly transited through, is not only chaotic and arbitrary, but also devastating on a human level"

At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

But also: deportations without due process are illegal, whether the person you're deporting has regular or irregular migration status
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Russia: Amnesty International declared “undesirable organization” amid escalating crackdown on dissent The authorities are deeply mistaken if they believe that by labelling our organization “undesirable” we will stop our work documenting and exposing human rights violations – quite the opposite

You must be doing something right if the Kremlin bans you
#undesirable
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This article won’t change your mind. Here’s why | Sarah Stein Lubrano Evidence shows that arguing our case rarely convinces others. It’s social relationships and actions that have that power, says author Sarah Stein Lubrano

This is very good - not just because it confirms what I’ve come to believe after decades in the public debate business, but yes, also that
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Guerre à Gaza : les alliés d’Israël face au risque de la complicité La répugnance des Etats occidentaux à prendre des mesures concrètes contre l’Etat hébreu, en dépit de l’ordonnance de la Cour internationale de justice reconnaissant le risque de génocide à Gaza, les ...

L'article que l'UE aimerait ne pas devoir lire sur un sujet qu'elle voudrait ne pas voir www.lemonde.fr/internationa... @stephmaupas.bsky.social @hensmans.org @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social

Yemen: US air strike that has left dozens of migrants dead must be investigated A US air strike on a migrant detention centre in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen on 28 April killed and injured dozens of migrants and must be investigated as a violation of international humanitarian law...

@amnesty.org : #Yemen - US air strike that has left dozens of migrants dead must be investigated www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

When abusive migration policies and visa systems reflect and amplify racism and discrimination: new @amnesty.org report on the exploitation and racism against Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia

EU commission defends declaring Tunisia as 'safe' The European Commission continues to defend Tunisia as 'safe' for prospective Tunisians wanting international protection in Europe.

While @ec.europa.eu defends declaring Tunisia a safe country to return Tunisians to, @amnesty.org’s @oliviasundberg.bsky.social warns that the assessment “absolutely downplays the human rights backsliding that we've seen in the last few years”.

Via @euobserver.com 👇

Rwandan talks with US over deported migrants are chance to expand its influence African country looks to position itself as a useful option for countries’ anti-migration policies

Who is profiting from the fabricated migration "crises" in the West?
Rwanda-Israel deal: secret and stopped in court
Rwanda-UK: stopped in court and abandoned
Rwanda-Denmark: discussed but never concluded
Rwanda-US: currently being negotiated
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