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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 4d

New York Times: My Rohingya People Are Running Out of Time #Refugees

New York Times: My Rohingya People Are Running Out of Time - Refugees International

www.refugeesinternational.org

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 6d

But how 'voluntary' will it really be, given Algeria's harsh treatment of migrants?

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 6d

Algeria: IOM signs partnership with government expanding voluntary return partnership #Refugees

Algeria: IOM signs partnership with government expanding voluntary return partnership

www.infomigrants.net

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 6d

Algeria: IOM signs partnership with government expanding voluntary return partnership #Refugees

Algeria: IOM signs partnership with government expanding voluntary return partnership

www.infomigrants.net

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 6d

My latest blog.
'Refugee camps: a persistent paradox'.
It explains why so many refugees continue to be accommodated in camps, despite all the evidence concerning their negative characteristics and consequences:
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/20/r...

Sam Ritholtz @sritholtz.bsky.social · 13d

It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. It's been a long road. Rebecca and I started working together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we wrote and thought. Get the text 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 at www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...

The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

www.ucpress.edu

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 17d

Here we go again...

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17d

EU trade (and migration) law

Agreed text of new EU law on trade preferences for developing countries - Art 18b introduces the possibility of withdrawing preferences for insufficient cooperation on readmission - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

data.consilium.europa.eu

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17d

EU trade (and migration) law

Agreed text of new EU law on trade preferences for developing countries - Art 18b introduces the possibility of withdrawing preferences for insufficient cooperation on readmission - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

data.consilium.europa.eu

Jane Kinninmont @janekinninmont.bsky.social · 17d

una.org.uk/news/una-uk-...

UNA-UK responds to US attack on Venezuela | UNA-UK

This act of aggression is an obvious violation of the basic tenets of international law...

una.org.uk

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 18d

My latest blog.
Why does academic research on refugees have little direct impact on UNHCR policy, programmes and practice?
And will that change as a result of the localization of research?
rsc.ox.ac.uk/blog/waiting...

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 18d

Why are people migrating from Egypt? #Refugees

Why are people migrating from Egypt?

www.infomigrants.net

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21d

Frontex before the EU courts

Analysis of the two recent big losses in court for the EU border control agency, by Antje Kunst - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/fron...

Frontex before the EU Courts: Damage, Causation, and Liability under Article 340(2) TFEU

Cases: Hamoudi v Frontex (C-136/24 P) and WS and Others v Frontex (Case C-679/23 P) Antje Kunst* Photo credit : Rock Cohen ...

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · Dec 27

The people of the DRC must be punished until their government becomes sufficiently enthusiastic about the UK‘s obsession with expelling people

UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy

The Home Office says Kinshasa has failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal immigrants and foreign national offenders.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Dec 24

Today's good news story.

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · Dec 24

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 · Dec 24

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 · Dec 24

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 · Dec 24

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 · Dec 5

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 · Dec 1

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 · Nov 28

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 · Nov 28

‘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 · Nov 28

Free speech news

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Nov 28

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

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 28

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 · Nov 28

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.

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