I've been following the politics of the UK's Afghan resettlement schemes closely throughout and my mind is still a bit boggled by it all...

Understandable… the people who personally affected by this are also the people least likely to have the spare energy to protest and mobilise…

Thanks @podmalm.bsky.social - hope you’re doing ok.

I’d like to take part in a public consultation on this but the DWP have chosen to not include a fair question about the #PIP 4 point rule in their consultation 🤷‍♀️ see www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/dwp-lau...

I.e. not being able to attend family events because families are split by the fence. Also practical effects for those with farmland/property split by the fence. Hopefully he’ll publish on these things soon!

I’ll have to introduce you. A small number of people (with the right paperwork to move back and forth) have benefitted economically from the fence but for most increased prices, govt presence/securitisation have been a real problem. His most prevalent finding is the social effects.

One of my PhD supervises (Hafeez Ullah) is researching the after effects of the Afghanistan/Pakistan fence on communities who live on the border. Lots of parallels. Thanks for sharing!