Not digested full report but the recs from the Home Affairs Committee on the Govts. Earned Settlement Proposals basically say...what a mess, slow down, think about wider impacts before you try to implement a more complicated system you can't administer. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

V useful thread on Mahmood’s current changes to asylum support and refugee status (NB more to come, it seems)

The Labour leadership still don’t understand that immigration *does* matter to people other than immigrants. Their viciousness matters to anyone who cares about humanity. *AND* lots of us have friends, family, colleagues etc who are immigrants.

A reminder of what some of these asylum policies are: - giving refugees only 2.5 years of leave, meaning the Home Office has to review their status every 30 months - quadrupling the time to settlement from 5 years to 20 years - no automatic way to be reunited with close family members

As Wales receives millions of pounds of government money to be used as a base for military development, the companies that benefit are only interested in their profit #NotInOurName

📢"It’s like you have to choose between settlement and surviving." Essential reading from @ramfel.bsky.social exposing how families are being punished simply for accessing the support they were legally entitled to. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

The conversation about housing is all wrong. For decades, governments haven’t built enough social homes. People are struggling. Yet refugees get blamed. Our new video flips the narrative and focuses on the real issue. Watch it. Share it. Let’s change the conversation.

Incredible that Labour have the nerve to criticise Reform’s immigration plans given their own efforts to make permanent residence impossible for many people for decades, or at all

Irish court awards damages to asylum-seekers left homeless, following EU court ruling www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

Plaid Cymru has won two council by-elections in Caerphilly - and one of its new councillors is the mother who called out Reform UK's racism in a TV debate ✍️Martin Shipton

We've written to the four airlines carrying out deportations under the cruel and inhumane UK-France agreement. They are: Air France, Titan Airways, AlbaStar Airlines & Corenden Airlines. We call on them to end their complicity, now. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Welfare not warfare

Calling for Ratcliffe to apologise is all well and good. But Starmer needs to look at some of his own rhetoric: 'inward migration exploded' 'a one-nation experiment in open borders' 'incalculable damage' 'economy distorted' This sets the tone.

The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84. See his life in pictures: bit.ly/3OxOT3f

A Welsh Labour MS has condemned a notorious far-right hate group for falsely claiming that a planned affordable housing scheme will see newly built homes allocated to asylum seekers ✍️Martin Shipton

Could you be our new Fundraising Trustee? 💪 ⚡ We're looking for a Fundraising Trustee to provide strategic oversight, guidance, and support to the Board on all fundraising and income-generation activities. Apply by 22nd April: cityofsanctuary.org/get-involved...

NEW from @tbij.bsky.social: The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker. It's sick.

The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!

Migration is not colonisation — it’s contribution. Our CEO, Sabir Zazai, challenges harmful myths and calls for compassionate conversations about migration. It’s time to reject toxic narratives and recognise the value of those who make Scotland home. Full statement here: https://ow.ly/l8eC50Yf3SK

May Labour's Yvette Cooper, the former Home Secretary, be remembered always as the politician who imposed the ban at the behest of Britain's powerful weapons industry, so it could continue to profit from the deliberate massacre of the people of Gaza

New Information session: Asylum claims from women who fear domestic abuse The session will look at the particular issues faced by women who have either been victims of domestic abuse or fear serious harm from members of their own family (or community) if they return home. 1/2

Imagine being presented with these accounts of stark unfairness and insecurity caused by the earned settlement plans and your response being ‘It is a privilege not a right to settle in the UK and it must be earned’ - the Home Secretary needs to go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Reality of Home Secretary's proposals are that migrants will be forced to "prove themselves" in ways no-one else would accept, while being treated as second class and magic money trees. "Mandatory volunteering" goes against the very principle of volunteering. www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6976...

"Volunteering is, by definition, freely given. Tying it to settlement undermines its spirit, distorts its purpose, and risks damaging public trust." The government’s ill-considered plans on ‘earned settlement’ suffer a predictable collision with reality.

“Yet the “revolving door” between government and business, and the value of the knowledge and contacts that political leaders possess, is central to the operations of power.”

“Beyond the misogyny and moral squalor, the files also provide a portrait of how power works to sustain itself.“ My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

A decade ago, a random Australian hack labeled my nephew a terrorist. Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary (presented in numerous legal proceedings up to and including the Supreme Court in two different countries), the lie was allowed to take hold and to spread.

Refugees are people the Government believes would face persecution in their home countries. Yet they plan to increase the time it takes to get settled status from 5 years to 10 years, with many having to wait 20 to 30 years. Please sign link in bio #refugeeswelcome @churchesengland.bsky.social

The Government's plans to make people wait decades for settlement will do huge damage to our communities. Every local authority that values a diverse, cohesive community should stand against them. www.expressandstar.com/news/politic...

After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni

“By comparing Wales to Barnet, and the role of First Minister to being a council leader in London, he made it clear how Reform UK thinks of our nation. To Reform, Wales is an administrative region of greater England.”

Here's another 'fatal error': the UK's border regime, which prioritises deterrence over safe routes. The inquiry fails to mention that.

Collision between Greek Coast Guard vessel, migrant boat kills at least 14 https://aje.news/2bysfp

“Pushkar is known as a popular destination for Israelis who visit India to unwind after their discharge from the military”

Huge thanks to @thecanaryuk.bsky.social for covering our call to allies to complete the Government's 'earned settlement' consultation. Find out more and how you can challenge these cruel new proposals: www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

How is a non-existent ceasefire advancing??

There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.

The victims included children and women

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say

Two new online Information sessions on Women in the UK Immigration or Asylum systems: 5 February 10-11.30 am Domestic Abuse and the No Recourse to Public Funds condition 19 February 10-11.30 am Asylum Claims from Women who fear domestic abuse For info. [email protected]

Through the eyes of Iranian protesters, glimpses of disorder, disarray and death

New TACTIC Information session, 5 February 10-11.30 online: Domestic abuse and the No Recourse to Public Funds condition The session will look at the public funds condition, risks for immigration status as a result of a relationship breakdown, the domestic violence concession, …

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’

Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

People need to be housed in our communities, not in military barracks. We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A global wave of resistance to the US empire must begin with ending Israel’s genocide bdsmovement.net/news/global-...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows