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New: Migration & Families in Europe Briefing! Read about Policy& Practice issues here @EthnicityUK: projects.socialsciences.manc…
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"People talk about missing their families. The strain and uncertainty of waiting, without anything to do, affects all of them".
What the lives of people living in asylum hotels can be like - as explained by Refugee Council's Sonia Lambert.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025…
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The @iclaimeu #podcast series Mobility, Work & Rights may be of interest for #imiscoe2025 participants. Latest episode ft Michele Levoy, director of @picum_ngo
open.spotify.com/episode/0pq…
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It’s tiresome to keep repeating a debunking of this. But Goodwin never tires of misleading people it seems, so:
The vast majority of people in this statistic are people who have lived here many years (often decades). Most have ILR or citizenship. Vast majority of recent immigrants, including all of those on work and study visas, are explicitly banned from accessing council housing.
People are rightly shocked that 48% of London's social housing has gone to people who were not born in the UK. But look at some other parts of the UK:
St Matthews Leicester 80%
Ealing Southall East 76%
Brent Northwick 75%
Harrow Rayners Lane 72%
Westminster St George's 72%
Leicester Spinney Hill 72%
Brent Wembley 72%
Newham Plashet West 72%
Kensington Abingdon 69%
Birmingham Dartmouth 69%
Leicester Highfields 69%
Luton Bury Park 69%
Westminster Church St 69%
Oldham Alexandra Park 68%
Sheffield Burngreave 68%
Newham Manor Park 67%
I could go on ...
See my post below for areas where most social housing has gone to people not born in the UK, who tend not to be in work, who often do not identify as British/English and where lots of people live in households where no adults speak the English language ...
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So a vicious far-right mob attack asylum accommodation, and this government's response is to lock people seeking safety inside?
This is *not* the response we need to see - it's punishing people seeking safety here for the violent actions of others. thetimes.co.uk/article/curfe…
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The disappearance of hundreds of children from asylum accommodation must mark a turning point.
This Government needs to listen to common sense and properly resource local authorities to provide accommodation, rather than lining the pockets of private companies
Today, 160 local councillors from different regions and political parties have joined forces and told the Government: stop the profiteering on asylum accommodation ✊
localgov.co.uk/Councillors-c…
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Each one represents a lost child.
Migrants rights activists @lgsmigrants pasted 200 missing posters in front of the @ukhomeoffice this morning.
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Zahawi might think he's getting off lightly with a hefty fine laid on him for his tax return 'carelessness '. Here's what the Home Office have laid on immigrants who've made considerably less serious errors with their tax returns.
qz.com/1275866/the-british-g… – at Eltham, London
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📺 WATCH: Recording of the latest @EthnicityUK seminar:
Crisis ordinariness and racial justice - by @NasarMeer
@uomsoss @RaceEDS @IDjnl @MCRSociology
youtu.be/IwnFcpz0G2o
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🗞️FEATURED @MetroUK!
Minority ethnic groups ‘still dealt with more harshly at courts’ new @adr_uk @EHRC research by @LymKitty, supported by @EQUAL_CJS @Clinks_Tweets finds.
metro.co.uk/2023/01/20/minor…
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⚖️🆕
New research by @LymKitty @PatrickWillia17 & Prof #JonBannister @ManMetUni, published by @EQUAL_CJS, reveals compelling evidence that race & ethnicity play a significant role in remand & sentencing decisions
ow.ly/lj4K50MrZFk
@EHRC @adr_uk @Clinks_Tweets @MoJGovUK
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#ICYMI, earlier today we published a new briefing by @LymKitty @ManMetUni looking at ethnic inequalities in #sentencing & #remand.
Our Vice-chair + @AREtweets_ CEO, Jeremy Crook OBE, calls on the #Police, judiciary and @HMIProbation to examine the data & recommendations urgently
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The UK Government:
❌shuts down the Syrian, Afghan & children's refugee schemes
❌creates one online application form, ONLY for Ukrainians
❌ gives huge fines to airlines, ferries etc that bring refugees to the UK.
Also the UK Government: Why are people coming by boat?!
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Brexit remains ‘open wound’ for EU citizens living in UK theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Over the past few weeks, we've seen a huge and growing movement of people resist government's abhorrent Rwanda plan.
It's not just lawyers' who are standing up for people's rights - it's thousands of us, out on the streets, writing to our MPs, challenging airlines. 1/🧵
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The High Court has rejected the first request to halt flights to Rwanda. Our urgent application will be heard on Monday afternoon.
The truncated timeframes are unlawful and unfair, and this argument still has to be heard.
Support our legal fight here: tinyurl.com/2p8jrybb
Over 500 Ukrainian children stuck waiting for UK visa decision | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
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Excited to announce #irisat10 (14-16 September) plenary speakers:
Professor @MichaelacBenson (@sociologylancs) and Professor @CVar_Sil (@COMPAS_oxford)
To submit paper and panel proposals: birmingham.ac.uk/research/su…
Deadline: 16 May 2022
#CFP #migrationstudies #refugeestudies
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ICYMI, Patel's #AntiRefugeeBill was given a kicking in the House of Lords again yesterday.
Amidst other votes, Lords voted:
❌no to two-tier treatment of refugees
❌no to offshore asylum camps
✅ yes to asylum seekers' right to work
theguardian.com/world/2022/a…





























