Chai Patel
@chaipatel.net
Migration, human rights, public law. He/him.
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🎺🎺The @CalaisAppeal fundraiser just hit £20,000!!!!!🥳🤩🤩
This is amazing! They’re so close to reaching their goal 😭🙏🥰
Thank you so much everyone, let’s make it happen for them!
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
This is amazing! They’re so close to reaching their goal 😭🙏🥰
Thank you so much everyone, let’s make it happen for them!
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🎺🎺The @CalaisAppeal fundraiser just hit £20,000!!!!!🥳🤩🤩
This is amazing! They’re so close to reaching their goal 😭🙏🥰
Thank you so much everyone, let’s make it happen for them!
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
This is amazing! They’re so close to reaching their goal 😭🙏🥰
Thank you so much everyone, let’s make it happen for them!
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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Everyone sat around talking about how these people were incredibly stupid and then they managed to successfully implement large swathes of the plan that they all told us they were going to execute and you really have to wonder who is the stupid in this equation
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Everyone sat around talking about how these people were incredibly stupid and then they managed to successfully implement large swathes of the plan that they all told us they were going to execute and you really have to wonder who is the stupid in this equation
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This is wholly unsurprising but absolutely appalling. This is like concluding a coin always lands on heads because every time it lands on tails you discard the result.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is wholly unsurprising but absolutely appalling. This is like concluding a coin always lands on heads because every time it lands on tails you discard the result.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
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The immigration hostile environment encourages overzealous over enforcement because there is no penalty in that direction. But there are severe penalties for under enforcement.
Universities have an extreme fear of the Home Office and have created a nightmarish administrative apparatus to implement the government’s hostile environment.
The outcome is that overseas students futures can be crushed for the most trivial of administrative errors.
The outcome is that overseas students futures can be crushed for the most trivial of administrative errors.
New from Free Movement: Court declares University’s failure to rescind its withdrawal of sponsorship as unlawful | Ben Maitland freemovement.org.uk/court-declar...
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The immigration hostile environment encourages overzealous over enforcement because there is no penalty in that direction. But there are severe penalties for under enforcement.
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🤩More than £16,000 raised now for @calaisappeal.bsky.social!!
You guys are so amazing!
Please do share the link with anybody who might be able to donate this Christmas to help the people freezing at our border 🥰🥰🥰🥰
You guys are so amazing!
Please do share the link with anybody who might be able to donate this Christmas to help the people freezing at our border 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Here’s the link to donate 🥰🥰
Thank you so much to anybody who can give a little or even just share this appeal.
Together we can make love win! ❤️ www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Thank you so much to anybody who can give a little or even just share this appeal.
Together we can make love win! ❤️ www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Together in Solidarity
At Calais Appeal, we come together with varied areas of expertise to provide essential support. We are committed to continuing this essential network of solidarity, but we need your support to do so.
www.justgiving.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🤩More than £16,000 raised now for @calaisappeal.bsky.social!!
You guys are so amazing!
Please do share the link with anybody who might be able to donate this Christmas to help the people freezing at our border 🥰🥰🥰🥰
You guys are so amazing!
Please do share the link with anybody who might be able to donate this Christmas to help the people freezing at our border 🥰🥰🥰🥰
They are really doing a fantastic job at an awful time.
Far right scum have been out harrassing the homeless on the streets & they are proud of it.
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
Far Right SCUM harass the HOMELESS
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
They are really doing a fantastic job at an awful time.
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"May"?
Helpful reminder that this is the country which Labour is touting as an example for its own anti-immigration policies.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Helpful reminder that this is the country which Labour is touting as an example for its own anti-immigration policies.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
EU court says Denmark's ethnic-based 'ghetto law' may be discriminatory
The EU's top court ruled on Thursday that Denmark's 2018 "ghetto law," which relocates residents from minority-heavy areas, could amount to ethnic discrimination, dealing a blow to the country's integ...
www.reuters.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"May"?
Helpful reminder that this is the country which Labour is touting as an example for its own anti-immigration policies.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Helpful reminder that this is the country which Labour is touting as an example for its own anti-immigration policies.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Genuinely one of the worst articles ive ever read. I had to walk out of the room after I read this part
December 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Genuinely one of the worst articles ive ever read. I had to walk out of the room after I read this part
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This is incredibly obviously going to be the rolling problem with a “tougher” immigration stance. We still need people to do things. And, ultimately, either we hire/retain them or the things don’t get done. Everything else is hollow rhetoric.
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Hundreds of foreign prison staff who could have faced deportation and the sack have been offered an emergency extension to their visa in order to stop the prison system collapsing, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is incredibly obviously going to be the rolling problem with a “tougher” immigration stance. We still need people to do things. And, ultimately, either we hire/retain them or the things don’t get done. Everything else is hollow rhetoric.
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As we look fwd to Christmas dinner, remember the migrant workforce who make it all possible on our farms, picking & processing our food🎄
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
As we look fwd to Christmas dinner, remember the migrant workforce who make it all possible on our farms, picking & processing our food🎄
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
These workers should be protected from exploitation but restrictive visa conditions make them vulnerable-
@focusonlabour.bsky.social looks at solutions:
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🎧There are incredible people up and down the country propping up the asylum system. I'm so glad @aloner.bsky.social and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social chose the clip of me talking about it on their podcast for this uplifting end of year episode of the @prospectmagazine.co.uk podcast.
🎧: In the final podcast of the year, @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social look back at their favourite episodes from 2025. During a dark year, Prospect has been collecting glimmers of hope.
‘Despair is a luxury’: A year of hope with Zizek, Mehdi Hasan, Robert Macfarlane and others
Ellen and Alona hear from some of their past guests. What keeps them fighting for a more just world?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🎧There are incredible people up and down the country propping up the asylum system. I'm so glad @aloner.bsky.social and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social chose the clip of me talking about it on their podcast for this uplifting end of year episode of the @prospectmagazine.co.uk podcast.
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I said this at the time, but anyone suggesting the flag things was anything other than a far-right campaign of racist intimidation, was either lying, or kidding themselves
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I said this at the time, but anyone suggesting the flag things was anything other than a far-right campaign of racist intimidation, was either lying, or kidding themselves
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Nigel Farage said that the 'Raise the Colours' campaign was a "grassroots movement driven by ordinary people”.
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
Nigel Farage-Backed 'Raise the Colours' Campaign Pivots to Racially Abusing Migrants and Harassing Aid Workers on French Beaches
Far-right activists were seen stabbing dinghies and releasing dogs to intimidate migrants and aid workers
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Nigel Farage said that the 'Raise the Colours' campaign was a "grassroots movement driven by ordinary people”.
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
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@themountaingoats.bsky.social played @colbertlateshow.bsky.social with Tommy Stinson in tow
The Mountain Goats Played 'Colbert' With Tommy Stinson In Tow
The Mountain Goats’ recent album Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan features a bunch of guests, from Lin-Manuel Miranda to Mikaela Davis to Josh Kaufman. The coolest name on the list — and he’...
stereogum.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@themountaingoats.bsky.social played @colbertlateshow.bsky.social with Tommy Stinson in tow
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Colleague sends me this from the partner leave to remain application they are completing... I had not seen this before. Ask yourself, why would the Home Office need to know how your partner became British?
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Colleague sends me this from the partner leave to remain application they are completing... I had not seen this before. Ask yourself, why would the Home Office need to know how your partner became British?
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Honoured to host the parliamentary launch of @zoejardiniere.bsky.social’s report with @anothereurope.bsky.social and @fesonline.bsky.social pragmatic steps the government could take to fix our immigration system.
December 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Honoured to host the parliamentary launch of @zoejardiniere.bsky.social’s report with @anothereurope.bsky.social and @fesonline.bsky.social pragmatic steps the government could take to fix our immigration system.
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“Without certainty from yourself we are unable to accept your fear of return to your country as you are unable to be sure the fear on return from [persecutor] is a valid reason for fearing return to [country].”
Actual sentence from asylum refusal letter.
Actual sentence from asylum refusal letter.
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Without certainty from yourself we are unable to accept your fear of return to your country as you are unable to be sure the fear on return from [persecutor] is a valid reason for fearing return to [country].”
Actual sentence from asylum refusal letter.
Actual sentence from asylum refusal letter.
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We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social were delighted the European Commission yesterday announced it will investigate Google AI Overviews in response to our complaint.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social were delighted the European Commission yesterday announced it will investigate Google AI Overviews in response to our complaint.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🌧️ hey yeah it’s launch day. had a blast making this website with the inimitable @likethecolour.red, a Bluesky Account & in many ways a dear friend whose outlook on life inspires me deeply :)
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
Strangers By Spring
Strangers, By Spring is a blog about escapism, romance, and rebirth.
strangersbyspring.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🌧️ hey yeah it’s launch day. had a blast making this website with the inimitable @likethecolour.red, a Bluesky Account & in many ways a dear friend whose outlook on life inspires me deeply :)
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
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If you’ve fled by the skin of your teeth and rebuilt your life in exile, you might one day want to go back, whether temporarily or permanently. Or you might not. Or you might just want to wait and see how things pan out. The choice should be yours and not the government’s
Syrians in the UK reflect one year on from the fall of Assad
Imad Alarnab, who fled to London from Damascus in 2015, returned to Syria for the first time last month.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If you’ve fled by the skin of your teeth and rebuilt your life in exile, you might one day want to go back, whether temporarily or permanently. Or you might not. Or you might just want to wait and see how things pan out. The choice should be yours and not the government’s
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This is so disgusting.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is so disgusting.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system
A new report from prominent migration expert Zoe Gardner has been enthusiastically welcomed by senior Labour backbenchers.
www.anothereurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
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This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
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h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
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I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.