Doctors of the World
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Before, during, after a crisis. 💙 Our volunteer doctors and nurses will be here.
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
Survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking are wrongfully confined in prison-like conditions, cut off from family and friends.
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social calls this a 'clear focus on women’s welfare'? The reality tells a very different story.
@medicaljustice.org.uk
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social calls this a 'clear focus on women’s welfare'? The reality tells a very different story.
@medicaljustice.org.uk
Majority of Derwentside immigration centre's women released
Campaigner Dr Helen Groom says the figures prove many women are being held unnecessarily.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking are wrongfully confined in prison-like conditions, cut off from family and friends.
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social calls this a 'clear focus on women’s welfare'? The reality tells a very different story.
@medicaljustice.org.uk
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social calls this a 'clear focus on women’s welfare'? The reality tells a very different story.
@medicaljustice.org.uk
After surviving a traumatic journey, a phone can be the only link to family, healthcare or emergency help.
Taking it away adds yet another loss to everything people seeking safety have been forced to leave behind.
Taking it away adds yet another loss to everything people seeking safety have been forced to leave behind.
UK powers to seize phones from migrants without arrest come into force
The government says it will help gather intelligence on smuggling gangs.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
After surviving a traumatic journey, a phone can be the only link to family, healthcare or emergency help.
Taking it away adds yet another loss to everything people seeking safety have been forced to leave behind.
Taking it away adds yet another loss to everything people seeking safety have been forced to leave behind.
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Every single one of these deaths was preventable.
Safe routes save lives.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Safe routes save lives.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Small boat death victims including girl, 8, named as dozens die in 2025
At least 36 people died making the perilous journey from France to the UK in 2025, charities estimate, with an eight-year-old girl among the victims - amid calls to record all small boat deaths
www.mirror.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Every single one of these deaths was preventable.
Safe routes save lives.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Safe routes save lives.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The deregistration of INGOs in Gaza and the West Bank violates civilian rights under international humanitarian law.
We stand with 52 aid organisations demanding an end to the Israeli Government's halt of life-saving aid, denying emergency medical assistance.
Humanitarian access is not optional.
We stand with 52 aid organisations demanding an end to the Israeli Government's halt of life-saving aid, denying emergency medical assistance.
Humanitarian access is not optional.
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The deregistration of INGOs in Gaza and the West Bank violates civilian rights under international humanitarian law.
We stand with 52 aid organisations demanding an end to the Israeli Government's halt of life-saving aid, denying emergency medical assistance.
Humanitarian access is not optional.
We stand with 52 aid organisations demanding an end to the Israeli Government's halt of life-saving aid, denying emergency medical assistance.
Humanitarian access is not optional.
Thank you for your support in 2025 💙
Because of you, our medical teams provided care to people in 70+ countries, often in the toughest humanitarian crises.
Your support ensures healthcare reaches the people who need it most, even when systems are stretched. Here’s to #2026! 🎉
Because of you, our medical teams provided care to people in 70+ countries, often in the toughest humanitarian crises.
Your support ensures healthcare reaches the people who need it most, even when systems are stretched. Here’s to #2026! 🎉
December 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thank you for your support in 2025 💙
Because of you, our medical teams provided care to people in 70+ countries, often in the toughest humanitarian crises.
Your support ensures healthcare reaches the people who need it most, even when systems are stretched. Here’s to #2026! 🎉
Because of you, our medical teams provided care to people in 70+ countries, often in the toughest humanitarian crises.
Your support ensures healthcare reaches the people who need it most, even when systems are stretched. Here’s to #2026! 🎉
🚨Breaking: Russia's attack on #Ukraine kills 3, injures 11, and regions left without power.
600+ drones and 30+ missiles were launched, targeting civilians and energy infrastructure as temperatures drop to -8°C.
💙Our teams continue to provide emergency aid in mobile units and health facilities.
600+ drones and 30+ missiles were launched, targeting civilians and energy infrastructure as temperatures drop to -8°C.
💙Our teams continue to provide emergency aid in mobile units and health facilities.
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚨Breaking: Russia's attack on #Ukraine kills 3, injures 11, and regions left without power.
600+ drones and 30+ missiles were launched, targeting civilians and energy infrastructure as temperatures drop to -8°C.
💙Our teams continue to provide emergency aid in mobile units and health facilities.
600+ drones and 30+ missiles were launched, targeting civilians and energy infrastructure as temperatures drop to -8°C.
💙Our teams continue to provide emergency aid in mobile units and health facilities.
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Violence, terror and death. That's the reality facing far too many people on the France/UK border.
The UK needs to understand its role in funding this violence - so we can stop it.
Tell your MP to back calls for an inquiry and an end to criminalisation:
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
The UK needs to understand its role in funding this violence - so we can stop it.
Tell your MP to back calls for an inquiry and an end to criminalisation:
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Violence, terror and death. That's the reality facing far too many people on the France/UK border.
The UK needs to understand its role in funding this violence - so we can stop it.
Tell your MP to back calls for an inquiry and an end to criminalisation:
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
The UK needs to understand its role in funding this violence - so we can stop it.
Tell your MP to back calls for an inquiry and an end to criminalisation:
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
We stand with @bmj.com against proposed changes to the UK asylum system.
As health workers, we must speak up when policies put people’s health at risk. Weakening refugee protections & fuelling divisive narratives won’t unite the country - it will only benefit those who profit from keeping us apart.
As health workers, we must speak up when policies put people’s health at risk. Weakening refugee protections & fuelling divisive narratives won’t unite the country - it will only benefit those who profit from keeping us apart.
UK asylum proposals harm health and human rights
Antimigrant rhetoric distracts from crises of poverty, housing, and health
The Labour government’s proposed changes to the asylum system, published in the policy document Restoring Order and Control ...
www.bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We stand with @bmj.com against proposed changes to the UK asylum system.
As health workers, we must speak up when policies put people’s health at risk. Weakening refugee protections & fuelling divisive narratives won’t unite the country - it will only benefit those who profit from keeping us apart.
As health workers, we must speak up when policies put people’s health at risk. Weakening refugee protections & fuelling divisive narratives won’t unite the country - it will only benefit those who profit from keeping us apart.
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🚨People are dying in the hostile asylum system.
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Home Office urged to be transparent about deaths of asylum seekers in its care
Campaigners call for quarterly data to be published in line with other departments instead of FoI route
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨People are dying in the hostile asylum system.
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.
We must #KnowTheirNames.
@asylummatters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We took the French government to court - and WE WON. But the work isn’t over.
The court ruled that living conditions in Dunkirk camps are illegal and inhumane, ordering urgent action. But basic healthcare is still missing. We have appealed to push for its inclusion.
@humansforrights.bsky.social
The court ruled that living conditions in Dunkirk camps are illegal and inhumane, ordering urgent action. But basic healthcare is still missing. We have appealed to push for its inclusion.
@humansforrights.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We took the French government to court - and WE WON. But the work isn’t over.
The court ruled that living conditions in Dunkirk camps are illegal and inhumane, ordering urgent action. But basic healthcare is still missing. We have appealed to push for its inclusion.
@humansforrights.bsky.social
The court ruled that living conditions in Dunkirk camps are illegal and inhumane, ordering urgent action. But basic healthcare is still missing. We have appealed to push for its inclusion.
@humansforrights.bsky.social
So the plan is to close one ‘fundamentally unsuitable’ barracks… only to open more? The same prison-like, isolating conditions that harm people’s health and wellbeing don't magically improve with a new postcode. #CloseTheCamps
Folkestone barracks housing asylum seekers has closure date set
Napier Barracks in Folkestone is closing on 19 December, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So the plan is to close one ‘fundamentally unsuitable’ barracks… only to open more? The same prison-like, isolating conditions that harm people’s health and wellbeing don't magically improve with a new postcode. #CloseTheCamps
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Shipping people off to military land in the middle of nowhere does nothing to solve the problems in our asylum system.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Seeker Military 'Warehousing' Plans Delayed Amid Opposition by Labour MPs
Home Office sources tell Byline Times that local Labour MPs are opposing plans by the Home Secretary to use barracks and army bases to house asylum seekers amid rising community tensions
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Shipping people off to military land in the middle of nowhere does nothing to solve the problems in our asylum system.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
WE DID IT! Together, we’ve raised over £18,000 to help people in need.
Thanks to our wonderful supporters, we have exceeded our @biggive.bsky.social target.
Because of you, we’re able to make accessible, equitable healthcare a reality for more people across the UK. Thank you! 💙
Thanks to our wonderful supporters, we have exceeded our @biggive.bsky.social target.
Because of you, we’re able to make accessible, equitable healthcare a reality for more people across the UK. Thank you! 💙
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
WE DID IT! Together, we’ve raised over £18,000 to help people in need.
Thanks to our wonderful supporters, we have exceeded our @biggive.bsky.social target.
Because of you, we’re able to make accessible, equitable healthcare a reality for more people across the UK. Thank you! 💙
Thanks to our wonderful supporters, we have exceeded our @biggive.bsky.social target.
Because of you, we’re able to make accessible, equitable healthcare a reality for more people across the UK. Thank you! 💙
Only one day left to DOUBLE your donation!
Thanks to your generosity, we've raised over £9,000 to help people access essential healthcare. Your support has been incredible, but we need one final push to reach our target.
Support our humanitarian work here 💙➡️ tinyurl.com/4azeew8t
Thanks to your generosity, we've raised over £9,000 to help people access essential healthcare. Your support has been incredible, but we need one final push to reach our target.
Support our humanitarian work here 💙➡️ tinyurl.com/4azeew8t
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Only one day left to DOUBLE your donation!
Thanks to your generosity, we've raised over £9,000 to help people access essential healthcare. Your support has been incredible, but we need one final push to reach our target.
Support our humanitarian work here 💙➡️ tinyurl.com/4azeew8t
Thanks to your generosity, we've raised over £9,000 to help people access essential healthcare. Your support has been incredible, but we need one final push to reach our target.
Support our humanitarian work here 💙➡️ tinyurl.com/4azeew8t
📢 We’re searching for our next Executive Director!
This role will lead our strategy, programmes and operations, and be a powerful voice for universal access to healthcare.
🗓 Deadline: 15 December 2025
Full details on how to apply here ⬇️
This role will lead our strategy, programmes and operations, and be a powerful voice for universal access to healthcare.
🗓 Deadline: 15 December 2025
Full details on how to apply here ⬇️
Jobs and Volunteering roles - Doctors of the World
Visit the Doctors of the World online jobs site to search and apply for the latest rewarding jobs and volunteering roles.
tinyurl.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 We’re searching for our next Executive Director!
This role will lead our strategy, programmes and operations, and be a powerful voice for universal access to healthcare.
🗓 Deadline: 15 December 2025
Full details on how to apply here ⬇️
This role will lead our strategy, programmes and operations, and be a powerful voice for universal access to healthcare.
🗓 Deadline: 15 December 2025
Full details on how to apply here ⬇️
Before, during, and after a crisis - we are there.
When systems fail and people are left without healthcare - in conflict zones, asylum camps, after climate disasters, or on migration routes - we step in.
For 45 years, we have stood with people in need, and we'll never turn away.
When systems fail and people are left without healthcare - in conflict zones, asylum camps, after climate disasters, or on migration routes - we step in.
For 45 years, we have stood with people in need, and we'll never turn away.
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Before, during, and after a crisis - we are there.
When systems fail and people are left without healthcare - in conflict zones, asylum camps, after climate disasters, or on migration routes - we step in.
For 45 years, we have stood with people in need, and we'll never turn away.
When systems fail and people are left without healthcare - in conflict zones, asylum camps, after climate disasters, or on migration routes - we step in.
For 45 years, we have stood with people in need, and we'll never turn away.
There have NEVER been ‘unrestricted’ taxis for asylum seekers. Travel to medical appointments has ALWAYS required Home Office approval.
Many of the people we support miss urgent care because they can't get there. UK Gov must stop scapegoating people for its poor management ➡️ tinyurl.com/fzsk3aen
Many of the people we support miss urgent care because they can't get there. UK Gov must stop scapegoating people for its poor management ➡️ tinyurl.com/fzsk3aen
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
There have NEVER been ‘unrestricted’ taxis for asylum seekers. Travel to medical appointments has ALWAYS required Home Office approval.
Many of the people we support miss urgent care because they can't get there. UK Gov must stop scapegoating people for its poor management ➡️ tinyurl.com/fzsk3aen
Many of the people we support miss urgent care because they can't get there. UK Gov must stop scapegoating people for its poor management ➡️ tinyurl.com/fzsk3aen
APPEAL ⬇️ UK mobile clinics, advice line & outreach ⬇️
For 7 days only, every £1 you donate will be matched, doubling your support for the 1.8 million people in the UK who are currently unable to access healthcare.
We're so grateful for any support you can give.
For 7 days only, every £1 you donate will be matched, doubling your support for the 1.8 million people in the UK who are currently unable to access healthcare.
We're so grateful for any support you can give.
Mobile clinics and outreach for people at risk – Big Give
We are raising funds for our mobile health clinics, free advice line service and support to GP surgeries to ensure …
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December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
APPEAL ⬇️ UK mobile clinics, advice line & outreach ⬇️
For 7 days only, every £1 you donate will be matched, doubling your support for the 1.8 million people in the UK who are currently unable to access healthcare.
We're so grateful for any support you can give.
For 7 days only, every £1 you donate will be matched, doubling your support for the 1.8 million people in the UK who are currently unable to access healthcare.
We're so grateful for any support you can give.
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“What we need is a competent and efficient refugee protection system that prioritises the health and wellbeing of people seeking safety and suitable housing for all who need it.
This is what humanity looks like. This is what truly matters.“
This is what humanity looks like. This is what truly matters.“
🔴 The government's latest plans will push an already failing asylum system to new extremes of harm.
The uncertainty, fear & instability the proposed changes create will only deepen the trauma faced by refugees & people seeking safety.
Read our full statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/mphbj2m3
The uncertainty, fear & instability the proposed changes create will only deepen the trauma faced by refugees & people seeking safety.
Read our full statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/mphbj2m3
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“What we need is a competent and efficient refugee protection system that prioritises the health and wellbeing of people seeking safety and suitable housing for all who need it.
This is what humanity looks like. This is what truly matters.“
This is what humanity looks like. This is what truly matters.“
🔴 The government's latest plans will push an already failing asylum system to new extremes of harm.
The uncertainty, fear & instability the proposed changes create will only deepen the trauma faced by refugees & people seeking safety.
Read our full statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/mphbj2m3
The uncertainty, fear & instability the proposed changes create will only deepen the trauma faced by refugees & people seeking safety.
Read our full statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/mphbj2m3
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🔴 The government's latest plans will push an already failing asylum system to new extremes of harm.
The uncertainty, fear & instability the proposed changes create will only deepen the trauma faced by refugees & people seeking safety.
Read our full statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/mphbj2m3
The uncertainty, fear & instability the proposed changes create will only deepen the trauma faced by refugees & people seeking safety.
Read our full statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/mphbj2m3
Dealing with sickness is scary enough as it is, nobody should feel like there will be consequences for seeking care. This is the sad reality of so many of our patients, stuck in our broken immigration and asylum systems.
For migrants, the NHS is a hostile environment
Asylum seekers are not receiving care they urgently need, and to which they are entitled
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Dealing with sickness is scary enough as it is, nobody should feel like there will be consequences for seeking care. This is the sad reality of so many of our patients, stuck in our broken immigration and asylum systems.
Did we make it festive enough for you, boss? 🎅
Our Christmas card shop is now live! Grab a pack today and help bring vital medical aid to people around the world.
Click here, and we’ll send them straight from our HQ to your door ➡️ shop.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
Our Christmas card shop is now live! Grab a pack today and help bring vital medical aid to people around the world.
Click here, and we’ll send them straight from our HQ to your door ➡️ shop.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Did we make it festive enough for you, boss? 🎅
Our Christmas card shop is now live! Grab a pack today and help bring vital medical aid to people around the world.
Click here, and we’ll send them straight from our HQ to your door ➡️ shop.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
Our Christmas card shop is now live! Grab a pack today and help bring vital medical aid to people around the world.
Click here, and we’ll send them straight from our HQ to your door ➡️ shop.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
Deeply concerned about the Home Secretary’s planned asylum overhaul.
The current system needs fixing, but today's proposals will bring more chaos while failing to address the real issues. Refugees need safety & stability to rebuild their lives - these changes threaten both.
The current system needs fixing, but today's proposals will bring more chaos while failing to address the real issues. Refugees need safety & stability to rebuild their lives - these changes threaten both.
What changes to the UK asylum system are Labour proposing?
Refugees would face longer waits and possible return to their home country if deemed safe, under proposals
tinyurl.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Deeply concerned about the Home Secretary’s planned asylum overhaul.
The current system needs fixing, but today's proposals will bring more chaos while failing to address the real issues. Refugees need safety & stability to rebuild their lives - these changes threaten both.
The current system needs fixing, but today's proposals will bring more chaos while failing to address the real issues. Refugees need safety & stability to rebuild their lives - these changes threaten both.
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Forcing people into small cells in harsh, prison-like facilities and preventing proper support is cruel and totally unacceptable. We urge the government to change course on this deal and stop harming people who have already lived through war, torture and trauma.
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Forcing people into small cells in harsh, prison-like facilities and preventing proper support is cruel and totally unacceptable. We urge the government to change course on this deal and stop harming people who have already lived through war, torture and trauma.
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It’s been 100 days since the UK-France deal came into force. Every day, our Casework Team sees the serious harm it’s causing to people seeking asylum. Beyond the government's failures, detention harms people — even more so for those fleeing war, torture and persecution.
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It’s been 100 days since the UK-France deal came into force. Every day, our Casework Team sees the serious harm it’s causing to people seeking asylum. Beyond the government's failures, detention harms people — even more so for those fleeing war, torture and persecution.