Nicola Kelly
@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social
Journalist. Used to work for the Home Office, now report on it. 'Anywhere But Here', my book on the small boats crisis, out now.
Enquiries via IG DM @nicolakellywrites.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
Enquiries via IG DM @nicolakellywrites.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
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My book, 'Anywhere But Here', is finished! It will take you inside the Home Office and behind the scenes of the small boats crisis for the first time.
You can pre-order from
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
You can pre-order from
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
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Delighted to join @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social in Oxford on Tues April 14th to discuss her vitally important new book, 'Anywhere But Here' - a powerful exposé of Britain’s broken asylum system & how it fails us all.
Please join us if you can. Tickets £6 from @blackwells.bsky.social.
Please join us if you can. Tickets £6 from @blackwells.bsky.social.
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Delighted to join @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social in Oxford on Tues April 14th to discuss her vitally important new book, 'Anywhere But Here' - a powerful exposé of Britain’s broken asylum system & how it fails us all.
Please join us if you can. Tickets £6 from @blackwells.bsky.social.
Please join us if you can. Tickets £6 from @blackwells.bsky.social.
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Tuesday 14th April, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social will be talking about her book, 'Anywhere But Here' with @drrachelclarke.com - a powerful exposé of Britain’s broken asylum system and how it fails us all.
Tickets just £6 on sale at @blackwells.bsky.social now
Tickets just £6 on sale at @blackwells.bsky.social now
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Tuesday 14th April, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social will be talking about her book, 'Anywhere But Here' with @drrachelclarke.com - a powerful exposé of Britain’s broken asylum system and how it fails us all.
Tickets just £6 on sale at @blackwells.bsky.social now
Tickets just £6 on sale at @blackwells.bsky.social now
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It appears that the Rwanda claim against UK is not based on a badly drafted termination clause, but...
...because the current government did not formally terminate the contract in time, hence the payments still due and owing.
If true, whoopsie.
Rwanda statement www.gov.rw/fileadmin/us...
...because the current government did not formally terminate the contract in time, hence the payments still due and owing.
If true, whoopsie.
Rwanda statement www.gov.rw/fileadmin/us...
January 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
It appears that the Rwanda claim against UK is not based on a badly drafted termination clause, but...
...because the current government did not formally terminate the contract in time, hence the payments still due and owing.
If true, whoopsie.
Rwanda statement www.gov.rw/fileadmin/us...
...because the current government did not formally terminate the contract in time, hence the payments still due and owing.
If true, whoopsie.
Rwanda statement www.gov.rw/fileadmin/us...
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Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A 77% increase in immigration raids, 83% increase in arrests, coupled with undermining modern slavery protections and a call to remove basic ECHR rights from migrants.
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Illegal working raids reach highest level in UK history
Enforcement raids skyrocket by 77% since the government came to power leading to an 83% increase in arrests.
www.gov.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A 77% increase in immigration raids, 83% increase in arrests, coupled with undermining modern slavery protections and a call to remove basic ECHR rights from migrants.
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Kemi Badenoch alert!
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Kemi Badenoch, MP, Leader of the Opposition share.google/O8kvpMPx9p5D...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Kemi Badenoch, MP, Leader of the Opposition share.google/O8kvpMPx9p5D...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Kemi Badenoch, MP, Leader of the Opposition
Kemi Badenoch, MP, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Kemi Badenoch alert!
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Kemi Badenoch, MP, Leader of the Opposition share.google/O8kvpMPx9p5D...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Kemi Badenoch, MP, Leader of the Opposition share.google/O8kvpMPx9p5D...
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Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
Rejoining the EU is the only way to stop Trump
It is time to return home
inews.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
Can't imagine that's a shock to anyone.
January 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Can't imagine that's a shock to anyone.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
January 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
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🔴Shabana Mahmood Accused of Treating Asylum Seekers Like ‘Lab Rats’ as Home Office Moves Migrants Into Army Camps
Campaigners fear plans to warehouse migrants in army bases will increase community tensions and embolden the far-right @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
Campaigners fear plans to warehouse migrants in army bases will increase community tensions and embolden the far-right @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
Shabana Mahmood Accused of Treating Asylum Seekers Like 'Lab Rats' as Home Office Moves Migrants Into Army Camps
Campaigners fear plans to warehouse migrants in army bases will increase community tensions and embolden the far-right
bylinetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:08 PM
🔴Shabana Mahmood Accused of Treating Asylum Seekers Like ‘Lab Rats’ as Home Office Moves Migrants Into Army Camps
Campaigners fear plans to warehouse migrants in army bases will increase community tensions and embolden the far-right @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
Campaigners fear plans to warehouse migrants in army bases will increase community tensions and embolden the far-right @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
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‼️Breaking: An exclusive article published by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social today reveals that the Home Office is failing to protect #LGBTQI+ people from bullying in immigration detention.
Read the article and join our #NoPrideInDetention campaign!
Read the article and join our #NoPrideInDetention campaign!
🔴Home Office Accused of Failing to Protect Vulnerable LGBT+ People in Immigration Detention
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
Home Office Accused of Failing to Protect Vulnerable LGBT+ People in Immigration Detention
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them
bylinetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
‼️Breaking: An exclusive article published by @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social today reveals that the Home Office is failing to protect #LGBTQI+ people from bullying in immigration detention.
Read the article and join our #NoPrideInDetention campaign!
Read the article and join our #NoPrideInDetention campaign!
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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Competition: I’ve got three hardback copies of ‘Anywhere But Here’ to give away. Tell me who you think would benefit from reading it and why and I'll send you a copy with a personalised note to that person. It can be you!
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
Nicola Kelly | Substack
Journalist, writer. ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain (April '25).
substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Competition: I’ve got three hardback copies of ‘Anywhere But Here’ to give away. Tell me who you think would benefit from reading it and why and I'll send you a copy with a personalised note to that person. It can be you!
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
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🔴Home Office Accused of Failing to Protect Vulnerable LGBT+ People in Immigration Detention
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
Home Office Accused of Failing to Protect Vulnerable LGBT+ People in Immigration Detention
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them
bylinetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:57 AM
🔴Home Office Accused of Failing to Protect Vulnerable LGBT+ People in Immigration Detention
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
LGBT+ detainees report being harassed and experiencing suicidal thoughts, with centres failing to follow official guidelines designed to protect them, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social reports
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
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Crucial context for Trump’s latest brain belch…
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
How Brexit helped Britain lose the Chagos Islands
After more than half a century, the U.K. is passing sovereignty of the disputed territory back to Mauritius. Why now?
www.politico.eu
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Crucial context for Trump’s latest brain belch…
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Competition: I’ve got three hardback copies of ‘Anywhere But Here’ to give away. Tell me who you think would benefit from reading it and why and I'll send you a copy with a personalised note to that person. It can be you!
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
Nicola Kelly | Substack
Journalist, writer. ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain (April '25).
substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Competition: I’ve got three hardback copies of ‘Anywhere But Here’ to give away. Tell me who you think would benefit from reading it and why and I'll send you a copy with a personalised note to that person. It can be you!
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win.
substack.com/@nicolakelly
A few words on what I've learned about the need to slow down over the last week.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
Slowing down
Sometimes there's no other choice
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
A few words on what I've learned about the need to slow down over the last week.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
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Abandoning mandatory digital ID is a good thing. A triumph for liberalism and immigrant rights. Now that the compulsory element has been scrapped, the scheme can do all sorts of useful things to make the state more effective.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Abandoning mandatory digital ID is a good thing. A triumph for liberalism and immigrant rights. Now that the compulsory element has been scrapped, the scheme can do all sorts of useful things to make the state more effective.
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🔴100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
🔴100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
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It would be good if the dehumanising and abusive way migrants still get treated in the UK got even half the coverage and attention as what is happening under Trump in the States
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
It would be good if the dehumanising and abusive way migrants still get treated in the UK got even half the coverage and attention as what is happening under Trump in the States
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
🚨More than 100 immigration detainees say they have been physically, verbally and psychologically abused at two immigration removal centres.
Those detained under the 'one in, one out' scheme said they would rather take their lives here than be deported to France.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
Those detained under the 'one in, one out' scheme said they would rather take their lives here than be deported to France.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🚨More than 100 immigration detainees say they have been physically, verbally and psychologically abused at two immigration removal centres.
Those detained under the 'one in, one out' scheme said they would rather take their lives here than be deported to France.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
Those detained under the 'one in, one out' scheme said they would rather take their lives here than be deported to France.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
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🔴British Woman Left ‘Stranded’ in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office’s decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office’s decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
British Woman Left 'Stranded' in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given parental responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM
🔴British Woman Left ‘Stranded’ in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office’s decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office’s decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...