Rebecca Hacker

For over 75 years, generations of #Palestinian children have been born and grown up as refugees.

This #blog highlights a selection of research that can help inform efforts to protect displaced Palestinian children—research that, regrettably, remains as relevant one year on: buff.ly/Xc4x6WL

EVENT NEXT WEEK - Breaking through the Wall: Taking Forced Migration Research Outside the Academy, Tuesday 3 June 2025, 17:30 - 18:30 BST, Beveridge Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

rli.sas.ac.uk/events/break...

#Migration #Displacement #ForcedDisplacement #AmericanHistory

Join us and other community leaders for a network meeting, Citizenship Ban and the creation of ‘Systemic Statelessness’ on the recently announced changes to the ‘good character requirement’ for who can get citizenship, tonight online 6-7:30pm.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/citizenshi...

In-Person | Access to what justice? Rebuilding a sustainable, good-quality legal aid system This event is organised by the UCL Centre for Access to Justice in collaboration with Migrants Organise and Public Law Project.

1 April at UCL: Important discussion on rebuilding the legal aid system www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

our first event in brooklyn 🩷 are you trans? do you write poetry or prose or standup? do you sing or play an instrument? be visible!
tinyurl.com/ever-TDoV

this event is FREE but we'll be taking donations all night to help us open in brooklyn. all welcome but the mic's reserved for the trannies 🎙️

RLI ANNUAL CONFERENCE - EARLY BIRD TICKETS SALES END TOMORROW 👇 👇 👇 Featuring keynote speakers Dr Jeff Crisp and Professor Maja Janmyr 👇 👇 👇 2 - 4 June 2025, London.

Register here: rli.sas.ac.uk/rli-annual-c...

#refugees #refugeeprotection #forcedmigration #displacedpeople

Ahmed Najar

Thanks too to the over 400 people who attended in person or online.

We’ve raised £4000 so far through ticket sales and additional donations for the Educational Bookshop and Hanoon Foundation – please continue to donate to Hanoon via this link: www.kindlink.com/fundraising/...

🔥 New sessions alert! 🔥 #StandUpSpeakOut is back with over 20 info packed sessions to build migrant solidarity. From narrative change to housing justice - join over 20 online sessions from march- June 2025. Full info and sign up ➡️

actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

@socialworkerswb.bsky.social

Nicholas Reed Langen | Imagined Loopholes Last month, the Upper Tribunal for Immigration and Asylum granted six displaced Palestinians entry into the UK to stay...

‘The Palestinian applicants knew they weren’t entitled to entry under the Ukraine Family Scheme: they used the UFS form only because that was “in accordance with [Home Office] policy”.’

@nicholasrl.bsky.social on immigration and asylum, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

The UK government - run by the Labour Party - is about to break the Refugee Convention as regards access to citizenship.

Second reading, when MPs debate the broad principles of the bill, will be on Monday 10 Feb. We will look to have a Commons Library briefing published on Thursday 6 Feb.

4 years and still counting! 🧿

A proud moment for everyone who’s been part of THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE. Thank you to everyone who supported us on this journey!

#migrantvoices #othersideofhope #poetry #anniversary

New Briefing: Stateless people in the UK – Challenges and Urgent Reforms | JRS UK

📢 New briefing on statelessness

In collaboration with @asylumaid.bsky.social, @liverpooluni.bsky.social Law Clinic, @enstatelessness.bsky.social, & @justrightscot.bsky.social, we've published a briefing exploring the challenges faced by stateless people in the UK and proposing solutions to reform.

People ask us "but where are the democrats?".
They were in the prisons, they were driven from their land.
And today they are returning home.

Syrians everywhere are awake and on edge, anxiously awaiting news from Damascus, news that opposition forces have taken over the capital.
From every city, we have relatives in the notorious Sednaya prison, where as much as 20k detainees are believed to be, about to taste freedom.

Hama. The city that gave 40,000 souls in 1982. The city that was besieged, destroyed, entire lineages wiped out in the space of 3 weeks by Assad’s father. Hama the city that broke us all, the city that Syrians have been asking for forgiveness from since 2011. Our Hama is being liberated.

Event TODAY in Senate House! There's still time ro register: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/launc...

Also while I'm here, it is mad that the Home Office has secretly deported 600 Brazilians including women fleeing dv, essentially to put out a press release on tackling illegal immigration... as if that will make a difference to attitudes on Channel crossings

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

History Made on the Ground You know the multiverse theory, that there are many parallel universes, and that they may contain alternate versions of ourselves and our conditions in this universe…. Well, the last couple of days…

I've written a summary/ initial analysis of what's happening in Syria. qunfuz.com/2024/12/01/h...

📢BREAKING📢 After years of pressure from migrant groups and legal aid workers, the government has finally announced a £20million increase to civil legal aid.

Today we’re celebrating, but tomorrow we continue the work of organising for justice. Here’s why today’s news matters 🧵

Our friend, Ibrahima Bah, is having his case considered for appeal on 4th December.

Join us and @freeibrahimabah.bsky.social to demand justice

Hello everyone at Blue Sky.

Our 4th print issue is now out, featuring refugee & immigrant writers from around the world.

fiction || poetry || narrative non-fiction

172 pages | softback

Get a copy here: othersideofhope.com/read--shop.h...

Protect People, Not Polluters Joint statement for Climate and Migrant Justice Day – November 22 This year, for the second year running, we lived through the hottest summer in recorded human history. From coastal erosion and bad…

🌍📢 #ProtectPeopleNotPolluters: A Joint Statement for Climate and Migrant Justice Day

Today, 60+ organisations unite to launch Climate and Migrant Justice Day—a call to protect people affected by climate destruction and to end border violence: jcwi.org.uk/campaigns/cl...

JUSTICE intervenes in U3 Supreme Court deprivation of citizenship case - JUSTICE Wednesday 20th November, 2024 JUSTICE today intervenes in the Supreme Court case, U3 v Secretary of State for the Home Department (UKSC 2023/0145). Its intervention concerns how to ensure appeals agai...

Our whole lives are built on our citizenship rights. When someone is deprived of their citizenship without being heard from, their right to a meaningful appeal becomes a vital safeguard.

Read why JUSTICE is intervening in the U3 Supreme Court case: justice.org.uk/justice-inte...

📢 On #WorldChildrensDay, our new analysis shows that birth registration in Europe is still not universal. [1/3]

Our new briefing spotlights good practice and recommends actions that must be taken to guarantee every child’s right to a nationality.

Read more: www.statelessness.eu/updates/publ...

Was in the Supreme Court today on this very interesting case about citizenship deprivation - issue in a nutshell is: if you win your appeal because you were made stateless, were you British while pursuing your appeal? And are any children born in that period British?

Judgment expected early 2025.

📌 thank you!

I made yet another starter pack of migration folks who I didn't have space for in my original starter pack. Please share. Lots of space in here still; so, message me if you'd like to be included! go.bsky.app/BZGyuZm

Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

Interesting question from Pete Wishart asking about the regs the last government passed to add India and Georgia to the countries whose nationals' asylum claims would be inadmissible. Answer was that the future of the IMA is still being considered questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

Coloniality and the racialisation of refugee protection: Reflections on asylum law and policy in South America and the UK

Also tonight, at the Refugee Law Initiative in London - seminar on coloniality and the racialisation of refugee protection: rli.sas.ac.uk/events/colon...