My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

They ban people seeking sanctuary from working. And then say this.

They hit a nursery.. death toll expected to rise.. a nursery, killing, at least, 33 children #KeepEyesOnSudan

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... brilliant from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social I'd say getting the C word treatment from Reform is a badge of honour and clear sign of what the people of Wales would be stark raving mad to elect into power. Mae hyn yn wych Will.

I can hear the likes of Shabana Mahmood saying “No! we didn’t mean us when we introduced or proposed anti-migrant measures! We were excluded from the racism.”

A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...

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Israeli forces seized 50,000 shekels, checks, and promissory notes from the Workers’ Union in Qalqilya. This follows repeated incidents where soldiers have taken millions of shekels from merchants in Gaza, as well as women’s gold and household property during raids over the past two years.

Israeli army carried out attacks east of Rafah city, demolitions east of Khan Younis.

Save the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.

“Floods caused by Tropical Cyclone Senyar in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have killed at least 250 people.” - Extinction Rebellion Global #climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to

UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

The racial politics of police warfare by Jas Nijjar for @manchesterup.bsky.social with a foreword from David Theo Goldberg will be must read/must teach for anyone interested in race, racism and/or policing! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/

Some very valid questions here for Shabana Mahmood, about her distinctly undercooked idea for "independent adjudicators" on asylum (and other immigration?) cases, from the House of Commons Justice Committee

The Government's new asylum policy risks condemning people to further insecurity and instability. Our community's own refugee history compels us to speak out. We've joined with @renecassin.bsky.social to call for a far more compassionate approach. Read more ⬇️ www.jewishnews.co.uk/would-britai...

Many people are refused asylum because the system fails them. To succeed, they often have to go back and undo what went wrong. Making a new claim can require lawyers prepared to unpack the case from its beginning but not many are able to do that and legal aid is not available in many cases

So many of the problems with the UK asylum system - culture of disbelief, poor or nonexistent advice, endless delays, cruel accommodation policies - rolled into one awful case. @diane-writer10.bsky.social always gets the human stories others miss or don’t care about

Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right? Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.

Can you imagine how Reform UK would react if a Welsh leader of any other party had been sentenced for 10 years for taking bribes? Nathan Gill once said he "would never apologise for being patriotic". Tbf he never said to which country...

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Mahmood’s foreword to her consultation paper repeats the far right fantasy of an “open border experiment” & says the “cause of our division” is the “destabilising” “pace and scale of migration”, tropes also used by Starmer in his “island of strangers” speech

📢📢📢 Migrant Workers’ Rights – National Emergency Demonstration 📌Saturday 13 December, 12PM 📌Birmingham City Centre (Shabana Mahmood’s constituency) Stand up for our neighbours - your salary DOES NOT define your contribution to the UK!! @regulariseuk.bsky.social

We see lots of people, rightly, condemn how ICE in America for waiting for people at immigration hearings to detain them, but we rarely hear about the fear so many people have of turning up to their reporting sessions in the UK with the Home Office and just being lifted then and there.

Six pro-Palestine prisoners are on hunger strike across UK prisons. Their demands: the right to a fair trial, freedom from censorship, and the deproscription of Palestine Action. They’re being punished for standing against genocide. Their struggle is one of conscience — and solidarity. 🇵🇸

wonder if the Washington Post has any strong words about the President being buddy buddy with the man who ordered to have one of their reporters dismembered

There is no good reason to host MBS- this is a man responsible for the bloody deaths of tens of thousands of people, from civilians in Yemen to his many domestic Saudi critics. Execution rates have surged in recent years with a new high of 345 in 2024. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer

Yesterday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a new set of hostile policy changes that will undermine the security and wellbeing of people seeking safety in the UK. 🔗 We have published a blog explainer about the changes, what this means in practice, their impact, and what we think:

Our politicians are in thrall to Westminster, which is itself in thrall to the US, which is itself an empire run by corporations, especially the military-industrial complex, and is itself increasingly dominated by billionaires✍️Robat Idris wp.me/p8Mk4U-18ZL

It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

SO important. Britain is even more obliged to support refugees due to the havoc it wreaked - and continues to wreak - through its imperial project. This cannot be left out of the narrative. (credit: @haringeywelcome.bsky.social)

I'm a bit of a broken record on this one, but there's a whole section in the asylum paper about replacing the appeals system. Yet the Government can't even publish data on how many appeals they're currently losing/withdrawing. Those stats haven't been published since March 2023.

“The Home Office is no good for humans. They have broken me. They have finished my life.”

The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.

Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish

Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now

On the UK Home Secretary’s proposal to limit refugee status to just two years in the alleged belief that it will reduce the numbers seeking asylum: People fleeing persecution aren’t on line searching for the ‘best asylum deal’. It’s not a choice anyone would want to make

Pretty sure it’s racism which is tearing Britain apart

TALK ABOUT SUDAN #FreeSudan SUDAN CRISIS

These are the “luxury hotels” that right wing is using to mobilise people to hate people seeking protection! apple.news/AqQAAj33BTs2...

🤢🤢🤢 In 2024, there were 463 complaints specifically about the meals provided in asylum hotels. Can you guess why? Read more about the reality of hotel life in our new report. #ProfitingfromPeople 👇👇

📣📣📣 These are the voices you never hear. People seeking safety are trapped in hotel rooms for months, often years. These lengthy stays are ruining people’s lives, whilst lining the pockets of others. #ProfitingfromPeople 👇👇

This vital new report sheds light on the horrific conditions in asylum hotels. While families live in crowded, mouldy hotel rooms and are served substandard food, private companies pocket millions. It’s time to end the use of asylum hotels and invest in communities.

🚨🚨🚨 Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today. These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof. Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life. More updates throughout the day so watch this space. www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...

“The government likes to talk about safe and legal routes to reach the United Kingdom. The reality is that unless you are Ukrainian or from Hong Kong there are no such routes to speak of. There is no queue to jump” freemovement.org.uk/briefing-the...

A south Wales council could add its voice to calls for a regional pension fund to divest from potential links to the conflict in Gaza

Uncharged, untried - there is no legal basis, no judicial authorization, review, control, or oversight of Jack's detention which entirely lacks in predictability and due process of law. #FreeJackLetts www.cp24.com/news/canada/...