Vicky Taylor
@vickytaylor.bsky.social
Attempting DPhil · Border Criminologies · writing about the UK's criminalisation of asylum seeking · otherwise found in cold water somewhere
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✨What does hope have to do with researching hostile border policies?✨
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
✨What does hope have to do with researching hostile border policies?✨
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
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Great article from @vickytaylor in @opendemocracy on Labour's new one in one our policy: "Labour has done what they said they wouldn’t – introduce performative gimmicks to convince voters they’re in ‘control’ of migration." www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
July 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great article from @vickytaylor in @opendemocracy on Labour's new one in one our policy: "Labour has done what they said they wouldn’t – introduce performative gimmicks to convince voters they’re in ‘control’ of migration." www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
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Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people.
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‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick
Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people
www.opendemocracy.net
July 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people.
✍️ @vickytaylor.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
✍️ @vickytaylor.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
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@vickytaylor.bsky.social on the continuity of cruelty in the UK/France deal and the lack of evidence about deterrence. Of interest to @bordercrim.bsky.social folks too: www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick
Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people
www.opendemocracy.net
July 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@vickytaylor.bsky.social on the continuity of cruelty in the UK/France deal and the lack of evidence about deterrence. Of interest to @bordercrim.bsky.social folks too: www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
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Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
June 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
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Check out this updated reported by a team of committed colleagues including our very own DPhil student @vickytaylor.bsky.social
Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Check out this updated reported by a team of committed colleagues including our very own DPhil student @vickytaylor.bsky.social
Latest research in @theguardian.com with @humansforrights.bsky.social & @reflegalsupport.bsky.social
We document how ppl arriving on 'small boats', including asylum seekers, victims of trafficking & children are prosecuted for 'illegal arrival'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We document how ppl arriving on 'small boats', including asylum seekers, victims of trafficking & children are prosecuted for 'illegal arrival'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
June 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Latest research in @theguardian.com with @humansforrights.bsky.social & @reflegalsupport.bsky.social
We document how ppl arriving on 'small boats', including asylum seekers, victims of trafficking & children are prosecuted for 'illegal arrival'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We document how ppl arriving on 'small boats', including asylum seekers, victims of trafficking & children are prosecuted for 'illegal arrival'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Border Criminologies ( @vickytaylor.bsky.social ) and @humansfordogs.bsky.social have submitted joint written evidence to the UK’s Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, addressing the new and expanded criminal offences in the proposed legislation: bills.parliament.uk/publications...
March 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Border Criminologies ( @vickytaylor.bsky.social ) and @humansfordogs.bsky.social have submitted joint written evidence to the UK’s Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, addressing the new and expanded criminal offences in the proposed legislation: bills.parliament.uk/publications...
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Electronic Immigration Network (@ein-website.bsky.social) features the joint briefing on the UK government's new Border Security Bill by Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social in their latest article. Read more here: www.ein.org.uk/news/border-...
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill expands criminalisation of asylum seekers, report warns
Briefing by Border Criminologies and Humans for Rights Network highlights range of new criminal offences in the bill
www.ein.org.uk
February 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Electronic Immigration Network (@ein-website.bsky.social) features the joint briefing on the UK government's new Border Security Bill by Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social in their latest article. Read more here: www.ein.org.uk/news/border-...
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In response to the Border Security, Asylum & Immigration Bill introduced by the UK government on 30 Jan, Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social issued a briefing on the criminalisation provisions related to irregular arrival: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
February 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In response to the Border Security, Asylum & Immigration Bill introduced by the UK government on 30 Jan, Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social issued a briefing on the criminalisation provisions related to irregular arrival: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
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This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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⚡ The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has its Second Reading in the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk today. Read our detailed briefing 👇
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February 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
⚡ The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has its Second Reading in the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk today. Read our detailed briefing 👇
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The new ‘Border Security Bill’ heralds the legal & political end to the UK/Rwanda migration deal but life at the border, whether in the English Channel or in Kivu, remains securitized. My latest for @bordercrim.bsky.social
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Life and Law at the Border: UK Immigration Law After Rwanda
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February 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The new ‘Border Security Bill’ heralds the legal & political end to the UK/Rwanda migration deal but life at the border, whether in the English Channel or in Kivu, remains securitized. My latest for @bordercrim.bsky.social
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In response to the UK government's new Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, @vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz have written this blog post analysing the implications of this bill and how it may further criminalise people on the move: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
February 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In response to the UK government's new Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, @vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz have written this blog post analysing the implications of this bill and how it may further criminalise people on the move: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
We argue that the proposed new offences will imprison more people trying to seek safety and a better life in the UK
This is already happening - over 550 people have been imprisoned 2022-24 for crossing the Channel.
@captainsupportuk.bsky.social works in solidarity with them.
This is already happening - over 550 people have been imprisoned 2022-24 for crossing the Channel.
@captainsupportuk.bsky.social works in solidarity with them.
New on the blog!
@vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz discuss the new offences on Labour's Border Security, Asylum and Immigration bbill, which would significantly expand the state’s ability to use criminal powers against those it labels as having played a role in ‘facilitating migration’.
@vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz discuss the new offences on Labour's Border Security, Asylum and Immigration bbill, which would significantly expand the state’s ability to use criminal powers against those it labels as having played a role in ‘facilitating migration’.
“Security at the heart”: Criminalisation and Labour’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We argue that the proposed new offences will imprison more people trying to seek safety and a better life in the UK
This is already happening - over 550 people have been imprisoned 2022-24 for crossing the Channel.
@captainsupportuk.bsky.social works in solidarity with them.
This is already happening - over 550 people have been imprisoned 2022-24 for crossing the Channel.
@captainsupportuk.bsky.social works in solidarity with them.
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Excellent and timely article from @vickytaylor.bsky.social on how previous measures have criminalised people seeking to come to the UK and not smuggling gangs. The new Border Security Bill has the potential to only make that situation worse, while doing nothing to reduce dangerous journeys.
The Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Excellent and timely article from @vickytaylor.bsky.social on how previous measures have criminalised people seeking to come to the UK and not smuggling gangs. The new Border Security Bill has the potential to only make that situation worse, while doing nothing to reduce dangerous journeys.
The Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
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Section 59 of the IMA is also retained, which is definitely problematic. S59 makes any asylum or human rights claim made by a national of a "safe state" automatically inadmissible. Those states are listed and notably includes Albania. India and Georgia have since been added.
January 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Section 59 of the IMA is also retained, which is definitely problematic. S59 makes any asylum or human rights claim made by a national of a "safe state" automatically inadmissible. Those states are listed and notably includes Albania. India and Georgia have since been added.
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It's also worth being clear on what bits of the IMA are retained. Section 12 of the IMA is not being repealed. That significantly reduced judicial oversight over immigration detention by giving the Home Secretary the ability to decide what a reasonable period of detention is, rather than the courts
January 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's also worth being clear on what bits of the IMA are retained. Section 12 of the IMA is not being repealed. That significantly reduced judicial oversight over immigration detention by giving the Home Secretary the ability to decide what a reasonable period of detention is, rather than the courts
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New from Free Movement: What is in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill? | Colin Yeo
What is in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill? - Free Movement
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has landed. It weighs in at 57 clauses ("sections" once it is an Act), two schedules and 74 pages. Let's take
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New from Free Movement: What is in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill? | Colin Yeo
The Border Security Bill expands the Gov's powers to use criminal offences against people arriving irregularly to the UK.
Criminalising movement does not 'stop' people coming. It only forces them into more dangerous situations, and imprisons them for seeking safety.
From my research...
Criminalising movement does not 'stop' people coming. It only forces them into more dangerous situations, and imprisons them for seeking safety.
From my research...
January 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Border Security Bill expands the Gov's powers to use criminal offences against people arriving irregularly to the UK.
Criminalising movement does not 'stop' people coming. It only forces them into more dangerous situations, and imprisons them for seeking safety.
From my research...
Criminalising movement does not 'stop' people coming. It only forces them into more dangerous situations, and imprisons them for seeking safety.
From my research...
NEW DATA: In their first three months, the Labour government put 46 people in prison for their 'illegal arrival' on a 'small boat'
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/q3_2...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/q3_2...
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December 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM
NEW DATA: In their first three months, the Labour government put 46 people in prison for their 'illegal arrival' on a 'small boat'
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/q3_2...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/q3_2...
We are in court this morning for Ibrahima's permission to appeal hearing.
Ibrahima Bah is in prison for steering a dinghy across the Channel. He was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison in Feb 24.
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Ibrahima Bah is in prison for steering a dinghy across the Channel. He was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison in Feb 24.
Follow:
@captainsupportuk.bsky.social
@freeibrahimabah.bsky.social
@humansforrights.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 11:32 AM
We are in court this morning for Ibrahima's permission to appeal hearing.
Ibrahima Bah is in prison for steering a dinghy across the Channel. He was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison in Feb 24.
Follow:
@captainsupportuk.bsky.social
@freeibrahimabah.bsky.social
@humansforrights.bsky.social
Ibrahima Bah is in prison for steering a dinghy across the Channel. He was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison in Feb 24.
Follow:
@captainsupportuk.bsky.social
@freeibrahimabah.bsky.social
@humansforrights.bsky.social
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Earlier this year, I sat through a trial that never should have happened, and watched as a young asylum seeker was prosecuted for a tragedy dealt by forces far greater than him.
On Wednesday, his legal team will seek permission to appeal -I am hopeful this will be a step towards justice
On Wednesday, his legal team will seek permission to appeal -I am hopeful this will be a step towards justice
Ibrahima Bah is a teenage asylum seeker from Senegal who is being imprisoned in the UK. In December 2022, he was steering a dinghy that broke apart in the Channel. Very sadly, four people drowned, and five are still 'missing at sea'.
December 2, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Earlier this year, I sat through a trial that never should have happened, and watched as a young asylum seeker was prosecuted for a tragedy dealt by forces far greater than him.
On Wednesday, his legal team will seek permission to appeal -I am hopeful this will be a step towards justice
On Wednesday, his legal team will seek permission to appeal -I am hopeful this will be a step towards justice
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[Film Review 🎞️ ] Vicky Taylor reviews David Fedele's new film, which follows Sudanese migrants facing violence and dispossession in Morocco. The film captures their struggles, the UNHCR’s failures, and EU-funded anti-migrant policies in North Africa: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
November 22, 2024 at 11:22 AM
[Film Review 🎞️ ] Vicky Taylor reviews David Fedele's new film, which follows Sudanese migrants facing violence and dispossession in Morocco. The film captures their struggles, the UNHCR’s failures, and EU-funded anti-migrant policies in North Africa: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...