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Indifference doesn’t create meaningful change. Neutrality doesn’t achieve migrant justice. Instead, indifference creates a vacuum that allows the far-right to thrive.
Read more about indifference in our latest #WordsMatter explainer buff.ly/koZ8IhC
Read more about indifference in our latest #WordsMatter explainer buff.ly/koZ8IhC
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Indifference doesn’t create meaningful change. Neutrality doesn’t achieve migrant justice. Instead, indifference creates a vacuum that allows the far-right to thrive.
Read more about indifference in our latest #WordsMatter explainer buff.ly/koZ8IhC
Read more about indifference in our latest #WordsMatter explainer buff.ly/koZ8IhC
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If you read anything today, please make it this excellent piece. Racism & nativism are catastrophic & must be defeated if we’re to avoid disaster. Voluntary migration is great & makes a better world for us all. Expand free movement wherever possible. We have to stop apologising & go on the attack.
"Go to any small town, in the US, UK, or EU, listen to young people there and you’ll hear talk of 'getting out.' If that is what they want, they should be free to make a go of it. Free movement with other countries increases their choices in doing so." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off the Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
If you read anything today, please make it this excellent piece. Racism & nativism are catastrophic & must be defeated if we’re to avoid disaster. Voluntary migration is great & makes a better world for us all. Expand free movement wherever possible. We have to stop apologising & go on the attack.
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"Denmark’s Refugee Appeals Board does deliver final decisions quickly and has very few onward challenges. However, Denmark also has far higher initial grant rates (around 65–70 per cent) than the UK (47%) and invests heavily in high-quality first decisions". ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-asyl...
Labour’s asylum appeals overhaul: what the new system means in practice - UK in a changing Europe
Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello explain what Labour's proposed overhaul in the asylum appeals process will mean in practice.
ukandeu.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
"Denmark’s Refugee Appeals Board does deliver final decisions quickly and has very few onward challenges. However, Denmark also has far higher initial grant rates (around 65–70 per cent) than the UK (47%) and invests heavily in high-quality first decisions". ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-asyl...
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Register now for our forthcoming IN-PERSON seminar later this month:
The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, 29 January 2026, 6pm-7pm, G22, Ground Floor, Senate House
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The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, 29 January 2026, 6pm-7pm, G22, Ground Floor, Senate House
Learn more and register:
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January 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Register now for our forthcoming IN-PERSON seminar later this month:
The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, 29 January 2026, 6pm-7pm, G22, Ground Floor, Senate House
Learn more and register:
rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#RefugeeConvention #InternationalLaw
The Refugee Convention in a hostile world: diverse contexts of risk, 29 January 2026, 6pm-7pm, G22, Ground Floor, Senate House
Learn more and register:
rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#RefugeeConvention #InternationalLaw