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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 2d

Today's good news story.

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Really important reminder that whilst anti-asylum riots grab the headlines and dictate political responses, they are very far from the whole story

Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 2d

I've been aware for a while of the work by faith and other community groups to support people seeking asylum. So I asked the @refugeecouncil.bsky.social where there was really vigorous community support. They said Northallerton. Here's what I found when I went there: as.ft.com/r/b3449fbd-3...

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Really important reminder that whilst anti-asylum riots grab the headlines and dictate political responses, they are very far from the whole story

Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 2d

I've been aware for a while of the work by faith and other community groups to support people seeking asylum. So I asked the @refugeecouncil.bsky.social where there was really vigorous community support. They said Northallerton. Here's what I found when I went there: as.ft.com/r/b3449fbd-3...

‘A place of welcome’: Yorkshire town rallies round to help asylum seekers

[FREE TO READ] Churches and community groups in Northallerton provide food, clothing and company for refugee families

as.ft.com

euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 21d

Secret plan for east Africa: Austria looking to set up 'transit centres' for rejected asylum seekers

An internal document from the home affairs ministry outlines Austrian plans to turn east African countries into “transit hubs” for rejected asylum seekers — regardless of where they come from.

euobserver.com

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 25d

My latest article:
'Can Trump dismantle the UN Refugee Convention?'
passblue.com/2025/12/01/c...

Can Trump Dismantle the UN Refugee Convention? - PassBlue

passblue.com

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 28d

So the Home Office, which is responsible for the welfare of asylum seekers & for determining their claims, has decided to call them “illegal migrants” & tell everyone it’s “furious” about them being here, but I’m sure this is fine and not a symptom of a culture of disbelief & gratuitous cruelty

Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 28d

‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse

DEPARTMENT
Homeland Security
@DHSgov

The stakes have never been higher, and the goal has never been more clear:
Remigration now.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28d

Free speech news

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28d

The President of the United States promising a policy of mass denaturalization of citizens "who undermine domestic tranquility"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 28d

Europe's new migration deals promise 'safe and legal routes,' but who really has access? #Refugees

Europe's new migration deals promise 'safe and legal routes,' but who really has access?

www.infomigrants.net

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Nov 18

Useful thread on the UK's latest approach to asylum.

Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · Nov 18

Reading through the asylum policy document, the post-refugee status process is going to be a dream for anyone who enjoys needlessly complex & bureaucratic processes. First, the Home Office will review whether people still need protection every 2.5 years. That's tens of thousands of people each year.

Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · Nov 18

Reading through the asylum policy document, the post-refugee status process is going to be a dream for anyone who enjoys needlessly complex & bureaucratic processes. First, the Home Office will review whether people still need protection every 2.5 years. That's tens of thousands of people each year.

Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Nov 16

Among the many things wrong with Labour’s immigration strategy, this stands out: to “fight” a few thousand so-called illegal migrants, Shabana Mahmood is willing to make life hell for hundreds of thousands of people who are legally in the UK.
🔗 theconversation.com/labours-plan...

Labour’s plan for migrants to ‘earn’ permanent residency turns belonging into an endless exam

In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.

theconversation.com

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Nov 13

I can't stand 'statistics' like this one!

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · Nov 13

Weather-related disasters are forcing people to flee their homes.

But did you know that over the last 10 years, there’s been an average of one new displacement every 1.5 seconds?

#COP30

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · Nov 13

Weather-related disasters are forcing people to flee their homes.

But did you know that over the last 10 years, there’s been an average of one new displacement every 1.5 seconds?

#COP30

euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · Nov 13

EU member states are once again locking horns over asylum policy, reviving old rifts that never truly healed.

EU’s migration dilemma returns as ‘solidarity’ meets political reality

EU member states are once again locking horns over asylum policy, reviving old rifts that never truly healed.

euobserver.com

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Nov 6

Repatriated or deported?

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Nov 5

Tunisia: 10,000 irregular migrants repatriated this year #Refugees

Tunisia: 10,000 irregular migrants repatriated this year

www.infomigrants.net

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Nov 6

Exactly what the right-wing ecosystem has been trying to achieve.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Nov 5

It's obviously a bad thing if any prisoner is released by mistake, but why is it worse if it's an asylum-seeker?

It seems just to be taken for granted now that someone is more dangerous because they're an asylum-seeker than because they're a criminal.

Something very dangerous is building here.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Nov 5

Well, that was a very weird deputy PMQs. James Cartlidge asking the same question five times – could David Lammy guarantee no other jailed asylum seekers have been accidentally released rather than deported – and Lammy each time instead condemning the Tories' record on prisons and justice.

Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · Nov 5

Europol set to grow.
”Beyond privacy fears, rights groups argue the reform entrenches a ’Fortress Europe’ approach by framing migration as a criminal and security issue. www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Parliament backs expanded Europol powers to fight migrant smuggling amid privacy concerns | Euractiv

Rights groups argue that the reform frames migration as a criminal and security issue

www.euractiv.com

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Nov 5

I continue to believe that the Trump *campaign* successfully convinced quite a lot of people that mass deportations did not mean mass deportations; that it meant targeted enforcement against “the bad guys.”

The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Nov 5

Tunisia: 10,000 irregular migrants repatriated this year #Refugees

Tunisia: 10,000 irregular migrants repatriated this year

www.infomigrants.net

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Nov 5

It's obviously a bad thing if any prisoner is released by mistake, but why is it worse if it's an asylum-seeker?

It seems just to be taken for granted now that someone is more dangerous because they're an asylum-seeker than because they're a criminal.

Something very dangerous is building here.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Nov 5

Well, that was a very weird deputy PMQs. James Cartlidge asking the same question five times – could David Lammy guarantee no other jailed asylum seekers have been accidentally released rather than deported – and Lammy each time instead condemning the Tories' record on prisons and justice.

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Oct 25

Refugee and forced migration studies:
How it started. How it's going'.
My presentation to the 2025 Refugee Law Initiative Conference.
Now on Youtube!
youtube.com/watch?v=g05p...
PowerPoint available on request.

Refugee and Forced Migration Studies: How It Started. How It’s Going.

YouTube video by SchAdvStudy

youtube.com

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Oct 24

Dublin riots subside after days of anti-immigration violence at asylum seeker hotel #Refugees

Dublin riots subside after days of anti-immigration violence at asylum seeker hotel

www.infomigrants.net

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Oct 24

Switzerland: Travel ban announced for refugees and asylum seekers #Refugees

Switzerland: Travel ban announced for refugees and asylum seekers

www.infomigrants.net

Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · Oct 24

Cairo friends, join us for this fabulous conference on Sudanese Experiences in Egypt since April 2023. Hosted by CEDEJ Khartoum on Nov 12-13. #KeepEyesOnSudan 🇸🇩
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · Oct 24

Unsurprisingly, people who actually have to deal with dead bodies in the water are more reluctant to embrace risky and dangerous methods than grandstanding politicians are.

French coastguards demand halt to ‘deadly plans’ to intercept small boats

Union says UK-French Channel deal is inhumane and contravenes international conventions

www.theguardian.com

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Oct 23

"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent | Editorial

Editorial: Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe parties

www.theguardian.com

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Oct 22

'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Oct 20

Some good news/

Home Office evaluation of the Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund - pilot schemes to help employment, housing and integration for newly recognised refugees.

Substantially improved employment outcomes & had positive fiscal impacts.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · Oct 19

🚨Small boat migrants getting “private health care” while the rest of us have to use the NHS?!🚨

That’s outrageous!

Or is it?

Might the reality be a little more mundane and a little less clickbait-worthy?

Let’s take a 👀

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