Deepa (pronounced Dīpā) Shah
@deepashah.bsky.social
Postgraduate researcher at the University of Sussex (Faculty of Social Sciences), researching social work with young people seeking asylum in the UK, i.e., those who arrived as unaccompanied children and are now care leavers aged 18-25.
Imagined immigration! Misconceptions and skewed perceptions seem to be leading the way. Blog by
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social @elielcohen.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social @elielcohen.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public. But there is one problem: this immigration is imagined, it doesn't really exist.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Imagined immigration! Misconceptions and skewed perceptions seem to be leading the way. Blog by
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social @elielcohen.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social @elielcohen.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Changing the conversation on asylum housing, with the voices of people living inside it. Resource from @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social: stories.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Asylum housing: Changing the conversation | Freedom from Torture
A guide on talking about refugees and torture survivors in asylum accommodation
stories.freedomfromtorture.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Changing the conversation on asylum housing, with the voices of people living inside it. Resource from @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social: stories.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
The Use of Mobile Data in the European Asylum System: 'The disclosure of such information was reported in the UK, where the Home Office was found to have breached data protection laws in 2020 by seizing phones and coercing asylum seekers to reveal passwords'. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
The Use of Mobile Data in the European Asylum System
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Use of Mobile Data in the European Asylum System: 'The disclosure of such information was reported in the UK, where the Home Office was found to have breached data protection laws in 2020 by seizing phones and coercing asylum seekers to reveal passwords'. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
CW: mentions sexual abuse.
In July 2024 prosecutors raided the Sde Teiman military detention centre, which has become notorious for torture, and detained 11 soldiers for interrogation. They were suspects in a violent assault on a Palestinian from Gaza... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
In July 2024 prosecutors raided the Sde Teiman military detention centre, which has become notorious for torture, and detained 11 soldiers for interrogation. They were suspects in a violent assault on a Palestinian from Gaza... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
CW: mentions sexual abuse.
In July 2024 prosecutors raided the Sde Teiman military detention centre, which has become notorious for torture, and detained 11 soldiers for interrogation. They were suspects in a violent assault on a Palestinian from Gaza... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
In July 2024 prosecutors raided the Sde Teiman military detention centre, which has become notorious for torture, and detained 11 soldiers for interrogation. They were suspects in a violent assault on a Palestinian from Gaza... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Content warning: includes mention of sexual abuse.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Content warning: includes mention of sexual abuse.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The refugee said she’d made it through an event alone, but the written statement seemed to ref other people - it was enough for a judge to reject her asylum claim. Mirkhail went over the docs and saw that an AI translation tool had swapped the “I” pronouns to “we.” restofworld.org/2023/ai-tran...
AI translation is jeopardizing Afghan asylum claims
Cost-cutting translations are introducing errors and putting refugees at risk.
restofworld.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The refugee said she’d made it through an event alone, but the written statement seemed to ref other people - it was enough for a judge to reject her asylum claim. Mirkhail went over the docs and saw that an AI translation tool had swapped the “I” pronouns to “we.” restofworld.org/2023/ai-tran...
How the British bakery chain Gail’s relies on young Gujarati migrants to drive its expansionist vision. In this piece, the writers investigate connections to India’s ‘Gujarat Model’ and the precarious working conditions that underpin the bakery’s success. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
At Gail’s, what is the human cost behind a £5 load of bread?
The economics and migration behind the Gail’s expansion. Words by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
How the British bakery chain Gail’s relies on young Gujarati migrants to drive its expansionist vision. In this piece, the writers investigate connections to India’s ‘Gujarat Model’ and the precarious working conditions that underpin the bakery’s success. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
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Freed Palestinian men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two days straight www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail
Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Freed Palestinian men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two days straight www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
"The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air". Drop Site presents an episode from Question Everything: A deep dive into how the BBC nixed an important and timely film on Israel's attacks on healthcare in Gaza. www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-film-t...
"The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air" from Question Everything
Drop Site presents an episode from Question Everything: A deep dive into how the BBC nixed an important and timely film on Israel's attacks on healthcare in Gaza.
www.dropsitenews.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air". Drop Site presents an episode from Question Everything: A deep dive into how the BBC nixed an important and timely film on Israel's attacks on healthcare in Gaza. www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-film-t...
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The anti-genocide protests are not made against the Jewish community. They're not even made against Israel per se. They are primarily against *our own government*, and it's complicity in the genocide being carried out by the Israeli state. The home secretary's remarks should be seen in that context.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).
Zack is spot on.
Zack is spot on.
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The anti-genocide protests are not made against the Jewish community. They're not even made against Israel per se. They are primarily against *our own government*, and it's complicity in the genocide being carried out by the Israeli state. The home secretary's remarks should be seen in that context.
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I'll say it again. Our horror at the Gaza genocide and at the atrocity in Manchester comes in both cases from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity in the face of both these evils as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.
NEW: Home secretary Shabana Mahmood urges pro-Palestine protesters to consider not taking part in marches this weekend.
"Imagine if you lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country ... sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love to other people is required"
"Imagine if you lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country ... sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love to other people is required"
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I'll say it again. Our horror at the Gaza genocide and at the atrocity in Manchester comes in both cases from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity in the face of both these evils as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.
My tired scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My tired scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
'So how do you start a conversation with someone shouting abuse, I ask?
It all starts with “would you like some cake?” Heston replies.'
goodapocalypse.substack.com/p/cake-or-de...
It all starts with “would you like some cake?” Heston replies.'
goodapocalypse.substack.com/p/cake-or-de...
Cake or death?
How cupcakes are helping to defuse far right protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers
goodapocalypse.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
'So how do you start a conversation with someone shouting abuse, I ask?
It all starts with “would you like some cake?” Heston replies.'
goodapocalypse.substack.com/p/cake-or-de...
It all starts with “would you like some cake?” Heston replies.'
goodapocalypse.substack.com/p/cake-or-de...
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Food, medical care, in-facility stores. There's 💰 to be gained from the business of immigration detention.
Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Food, medical care, in-facility stores. There's 💰 to be gained from the business of immigration detention.
Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
My daily scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My daily scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
The UK-France agreement uses a former EU member state as a return destination without the Common European Asylum System safeguards. Blog: blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centr...
Outsourcing Through the Back Door. The UK France Deal Undermines the Legal Basis of CEAS | Sussex Centre for Migration Research Blog
blogs.sussex.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The UK-France agreement uses a former EU member state as a return destination without the Common European Asylum System safeguards. Blog: blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centr...
Yes, I want something better! I've finally joined a political party - obviously the Green one!
Starmer says past governments have been "squeamish" talking about immigration. Bullshit.
Starmer isn't bravely breaking a taboo. He's blaming vulnerable people & deflecting attention from the super rich who hoard power & wealth.
Want something better? join.greenparty.org.uk
Starmer isn't bravely breaking a taboo. He's blaming vulnerable people & deflecting attention from the super rich who hoard power & wealth.
Want something better? join.greenparty.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yes, I want something better! I've finally joined a political party - obviously the Green one!
A difficult but important read scroll.in/article/1086...
The chilling parallels between famine in Palestine and colonial Bengal
Democratic governments, accountable to their citizens, have a strong incentive to prevent large-scale starvation, as Amartya Sen has noted.
scroll.in
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A difficult but important read scroll.in/article/1086...
And 'some are thugs, but not most of them'. What are you trying to defend here? And then the person talking about how the govt needs to listen to people's concerns (I can't remember the exact wording).
I got into Gogglebox through my brother in law, but seeing a few of their stars' responses to the far right rally has put me off, e.g., 'the person I know who went is not a far right fascist'. They might not be, but nevertheless they purposely attended an obviously far right fascist rally. So...
September 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And 'some are thugs, but not most of them'. What are you trying to defend here? And then the person talking about how the govt needs to listen to people's concerns (I can't remember the exact wording).
I got into Gogglebox through my brother in law, but seeing a few of their stars' responses to the far right rally has put me off, e.g., 'the person I know who went is not a far right fascist'. They might not be, but nevertheless they purposely attended an obviously far right fascist rally. So...
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I got into Gogglebox through my brother in law, but seeing a few of their stars' responses to the far right rally has put me off, e.g., 'the person I know who went is not a far right fascist'. They might not be, but nevertheless they purposely attended an obviously far right fascist rally. So...
'A moving testament to the transformative impact of open hearts and open minds, illustrating that even in the face of adversity, a community can emerge as a guiding light for those seeking refuge and a sense of belonging' m.youtube.com/watch?v=p3LE...
The Lost Guide - The Pickwell Foundation
YouTube video by The Pickwell Foundation
m.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
'A moving testament to the transformative impact of open hearts and open minds, illustrating that even in the face of adversity, a community can emerge as a guiding light for those seeking refuge and a sense of belonging' m.youtube.com/watch?v=p3LE...
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A Israeli soldier who was attached to the GHF "relief" operation, and was ordered to shoot at the crowd:
"The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children".
Haaretz.
"The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children".
Haaretz.
September 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A Israeli soldier who was attached to the GHF "relief" operation, and was ordered to shoot at the crowd:
"The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children".
Haaretz.
"The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children".
Haaretz.
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Let me elaborate my disagreement with @zackpolanski.bsky.social in a 🧵. The scenes on our streets are not "the consequences of decades of austerity" but of centuries of racism propagated by the British ruling classes to rationalise the social order they have constructed at home and abroad.
I'm genuinely grateful for the solidarity, irrespective of how rare this is from a politician. But fascism can't be reduced to displaced economic concerns. It doesn't stand up analytically, it won't help politically or strategically, and I really wish the left (of which I'm part) wouldn't do this.
The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality.
We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.
We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.
September 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Let me elaborate my disagreement with @zackpolanski.bsky.social in a 🧵. The scenes on our streets are not "the consequences of decades of austerity" but of centuries of racism propagated by the British ruling classes to rationalise the social order they have constructed at home and abroad.
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For the next fascist demo we need to organise lots of lovely joyful anti-fascist activities that are not about physically turning up to face them. I’m talking street parties, discos, community events that drown them the hell out.
September 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
For the next fascist demo we need to organise lots of lovely joyful anti-fascist activities that are not about physically turning up to face them. I’m talking street parties, discos, community events that drown them the hell out.