Bradley Hillier-Smith

Does anyone reasonably think you would be doing anything wrong by then seeking asylum in either Germany or Spain? 

This is comparable to experiences of refugees in France currently who may have family, diaspora, language abilities, previous connections or other weighty interests in safety in the UK

You are displaced into France into a refugee camp, but the asylum system is overwhelmed and you don't speak French, and the camp is horrible, you do speak a bit of German and other Brits have settled there, and your brother has made it to Spain. 2/n

A response to @rory-stewart.bsky.social 's claim there's no reason for refugees in France to then seek asylum in UK: There is no legal or moral obligation to seek safety in the first or state you enter or transit through. An example helps: imagine you're a UK citizen, then there's a UK-civil war 1/n

Edinburgh Folks, we are playing Sneaky Pete's this Sunday x

Demonstration in Edinburgh against Trump and his administration's policies, and for protecting migrants freedoms and rights

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

People are starving in to death in Gaza. no excuse not to deliver urgent aid now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

For your summer reading: In a new piece on the ethics of migration policy dilemmas, we explain why a 'myth busting' approach to migration policy is insufficient and sometimes misleading.
All contributions to this roundtable on "dilemmas" are linked below.

On my way to Braga, Portugal to present my research on Artificial Intelligence, Basic Income, and Migration at the braga workshop on migration and forced displacement

- Safe routes save lives. They are the best way to stop people from dying in the Channel

- Under the Refugee Convention, everyone who arrives in the UK has the right to seek asylum here

Bertrand Russell on the importance of a guaranteed basic income to support artists and creativity: “to keep alive a much needed element of lightheartedness which our sober, serious civilization tends to kill.” Roads to Freedom (1918)

Rights, Duties, and Inviolability Rights entail corresponding negative duties not to violate those rights. On this, all rights theorists agree. Yet, in our non-ideal world, these negative duties and thereby persons’ rights are pervas....

Congratulations to our own Bradley Hillier-Smith, whose new paper 'Rights, Duties, and Inviolability' was just published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Dear @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social As your constituent, I’m urging you to attend today’s Westminster Hall debate on the refugee citizenship ban. This plan punishes people who’ve already fled war and danger, instead of helping them build a life here. Will you speak up for refugees today?

Edinburgh - Simon Community Scotland Location If you need immediate support, please call us on 0808 178 2323 or visit one of our hubs. Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city, is a place that thousands of tourists every year. Yet for anyone w...

Out today with Street Work Edinburgh. Its a difficult time for the homeless community in Edinburgh with a lot of recent deaths. There's an urgent need for more supported accomodation from Edinburgh council. If you want to support Street Work you can do so here www.simonscotland.org/get-help/our...

In it I argue that rights entail not only negative duties but also additional positive duties to protect and assist right-holders against violations of their rights, and these are grounded in the very same justification of rights and negative duties: the inviolable moral status of persons. 2/n

In it I argue that rights entail not only negative duties but also additional positive duties to protect and assist right-holders against violations of their rights, and these are grounded in the very same justification of rights and negative duties: the inviolable moral status of persons.

Rights, Duties, and Inviolability Rights entail corresponding negative duties not to violate those rights. On this, all rights theorists agree. Yet, in our non-ideal world, these negative duties and thereby persons’ rights are pervas...

My latest paper Rights, Duties, and Inviolability has just been published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy. @the-joap.bsky.social #PhilSky 1/n

Rights, Duties, and Inviolability Rights entail corresponding negative duties not to violate those rights. On this, all rights theorists agree. Yet, in our non-ideal world, these negative duties and thereby persons’ rights are pervas...

My latest paper Rights, Duties, and Inviolability has just been published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy. It’s probably my most theoretical work so far being in normative ethics and on the metaphysics of rights and duties. 1/n

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A philosophical view of our ethical obligations to refugees | Aeon Essays You can believe in border control yet protect those fleeing to safety. So what is our ethical obligation to refugees?

@rory-stewart.bsky.social Hi Rory, I listened to your proposals on responses to refugees on @therestpolitics.bsky.social. I'm an academic researcher on refugees and thought you might be interested in this short piece I wrote on ethical responses/solutions aeon.co/essays/a-phi...

A philosophical view of our ethical obligations to refugees | Aeon Essays You can believe in border control yet protect those fleeing to safety. So what is our ethical obligation to refugees?

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Hi Alistair, I listened to your discussion on responses to refugees on @therestpolitics.bsky.social. I'm an academic researcher on refugees and thought you might be interested in this short piece I wrote on ethical responses/solutions aeon.co/essays/a-phi...

What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed? Humanitarian aid systems are under mounting pressure, with key donors like the US and UK cutting funding despite growing needs. New research in one of the world’s largest refugee camps shows that aid ...

🆕What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?

A 20% aid cut in one of the world's largest refugee camp didn’t just reduce what and how much refugees eat; it also triggered a cascade of effects across households and markets. voxdev.org/topic/instit...

with Vittorio Bruni and @wfp.org

wish i could join, but alas am based in Edinburgh

A family of 3, outlined in green, hide behind a roaring bear, as large foreboding black shadows with nightsticks and helmets lurk behind it. A green star outstretched at their feet as they try to hide from view. Text at the bottom reads in call caps: "SHIELD YOUR NEIGHBORS"

SHIELD • YOUR • NEIGHBORS

Here in #LosAngeles, we protect our neighbors at all costs.

Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy It is well-established that those facing homelessness suffer severe harms and deprivations. Homeless persons are among the worst-off people in any given society. And yet homelessness is a relatively u...

ICYMI: My recent publication The Moral Harms of Homelessness analyses a serious harm that homeless persons face - social and moral status poverty - that grounds obligations to provide durable solutions to alleviate homelessness

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A philosophical view of our ethical obligations to refugees | Aeon Essays You can believe in border control yet protect those fleeing to safety. So what is our ethical obligation to refugees?

Hi @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social I just bought your book and looking forward to reading it! Thank you for writing.

I thought you might be interested in a piece I wrote for Aeon on what an ethical response to refugees would be

I would be interested to hear your thoughts

aeon.co/essays/a-phi...

A philosophical view of our ethical obligations to refugees | Aeon Essays You can believe in border control yet protect those fleeing to safety. So what is our ethical obligation to refugees?

Hi @zoejardiniere.bsky.social. I greatly appreciate your work and voice speaking up for migrants and refugees. I thought you might be interested in this piece I wrote for Aeon on achieving an ethical response to refugees.

It would be great to hear your thoughts.

aeon.co/essays/a-phi...

Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Launch the Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy Now Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organizations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified call: The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international commu...

The blocking of humanitarian supplies, food, and life-saving assistance to Gaza cannot be justified, as it is causing, and will cause, immense suffering, with nearly half a million people facing starvation.

A philosophical view of our ethical obligations to refugees | Aeon Essays You can believe in border control yet protect those fleeing to safety. So what is our ethical obligation to refugees?

Our own Bradley Hillier-Smith has just published a piece in Aeon. In it, he establishes what an ethical response to refugees would be, how it is possible, and how we can achieve it. Read it here:
aeon.co/essays/a-phi...

And still, the UK government won't open safe routes or remove barriers for Palestinian families to reunite.

A few weeks ago, they even vowed to close down a "loophole" that allowed a Palestinian family to be granted protection under the Ukraine schemes.

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Our hearts break as the violence in Gaza reaches unbearable new levels.

Children are being starved to death.

People have been killed by the hundreds in just a few days.
Life-saving aid is arriving too late and is wholly inadequate.

Refugee camps are being bombed one after another. 🧵