🇬🇧 "The people of Great Britain will choose the next government. Not some billionaire foreigner." 📚 "So I would suggest that he buys a book on the British constitution out of his money. He reads it, he understands how we work and he minds his own business."

My amendment to the Border, Asylum and Immigration Bill on family reunion for child refugees will be debated by peers either tomorrow or next Tuesday...🧵 1/5

It fell to the post-war generation to build our human rights protections. Today, it is the responsibility of progressives - especially within my own party - to mount a strong defence of these principles, or risk them being cast aside www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

I’m a British MP, a doctor and Jewish. This is what happened when I tried to pass through Israel, on my way to the West Bank.. As parliamentarians, we have a responsibility to be as informed as possible. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘I’ve always felt that I cannot deny to others something I would want for myself.’ Humanist parliamentarian Alf Dubs, speaking in support of the #AssistedDyingBill. He reminds the second chamber that without reform and without a compassionate law, there are no safeguards at all.

Well worth a listen when you have a few mins - child refugee, stalwart refugee rights campaigner and Refugee Council Patron @alfdubs.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island discs yesterday. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@newstalkfm.bsky.social had broadcast my documentary on Ireland and the Holocaust. ☘️✡️ It was a labour of love and contains interviews with three survivors. Special thanks to @alfdubs.bsky.social who was so interesting to talk to. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/new...

Characteristic good humour from @alfdubs.bsky.social in the newest episode of #WhatIBelieve. How he unexpectedly found himself as a patient in hospital on the day the NHS began… humanists.uk/what-i-belie... 🎧

Snippet from today’s episode of #WhatIBelieve with the brilliant @alfdubs.bsky.social. You can’t help but be inspired listening to stories from his life. An optimistic, kind, and dedicated campaigner! bit.ly/4k3UYiF

#Shaminabegum made grave mistakes. But she's our responsibility and no one else's. Stripping her UK citizenship, and that of others abandoned in #Syria, is an abdication of responsibility. #jacobreesmogg and I, in the @financialtimes.com today @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social @reprievehq.bsky.social

What an enormous pleasure to meet this engaged and engaging group from @imixuk.bsky.social There is a human story behind every negative headline, so it was a privilege to be able to hear their human migration stories (and to share my own).

Wissam's brother Abdul yesterday got to fulfil his lifelong dream of watching The Gunners play. And he met the players afterwards! Thank you @arsenalfc.bsky.social for making a little boy - who has been through so much - feel happy and welcome in the UK

"Attacks on the rights of refugees are the canary in the coal mine." Excellent opinion piece in today's @financialtimes.com by child refugee, stalwart refugee campaigner and Refugee Council Patron @alfdubs.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/78e1...

But Labour backlash continues. Lord Dubs says the move is "small-minded" and "belittles our own status as a country". Stella Creasy says it will leave refugees paying taxes with no representation, as they will be barred from voting.

Targeting smuggling gangs alone won't reduce deaths in the Channel. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Ahead of 2nd reading of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill next Monday 10th February, MPs and Peers from the APPG recommend improvements to safe and legal routes be included in the legislation: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/...

A quote from Primo Levi at the information centre beneath the holocaust memorial in Berlin…

We never imagined that 80 years after the liberation of #Auschwitz we would see such appalling levels of antisemitism and Islamophobia, and a resurgence of the far right, in Europe. #HolocaustMemorialDay

They hate her, she has moral compass and the will to deliver

I hold @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social in the highest regard - a fantastic backbench MP, and now Minister, and a powerful advocate for the safety and rights of women and children. The attacks on her are baseless, shabby and misogynistic.

Let’s get his older brother to an @arsenalfc.bsky.social game please. It will help him with his grief 🙏

. @roswynnejones.bsky.social was on the @mrjamesob.bsky.social show today talking about the lack of safe routes for refugees. It comes after we told the story of little Wissam, who died after crossing the Channel. To help support Wissam’s family go to gofundme.com/f/help-child...

Last week @roswynnejones.bsky.social & @candidaj.bsky.social visited Wissam's parents Wadie & Amal at a holding centre for asylum seekers in ­Hertfordshire. Grief was etched all over their pale faces. Read more here. #RealBritain www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Last Nov @roswynnejones.bsky.social & @alfdubs.bsky.social met little Wissam playing in a rubbish dump on the Calais coast. Sadly Wissam died last month after making a treacherous journey from Calais across the Channel in the hope of lifesaving treatment for a rare disease.

The gofundme link is at the bottom of the article. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

I have been privileged to work alongside brilliant emigree and refugee surgeons from Syria. It is vital that their homeland has the best chance of becoming an open society, and the second functional democracy in the Middle East.

I often write about refugee journeys, but this has broken all our hearts. It was clear Wissam was in danger. His sister died of same rare genetic condition. He died because every route that could have saved him was closed by hostile Tory policies. www.gofundme.com/f/help-child...

A yr ago, I met Wissam, a child refugee with complex disabilities living in a rubbish dump in Calais. His Syrian family were trying to reach UK specialists. There are no longer any safe routes for children like him. A few days ago, he died after crossing the channel. mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is unbearable.

Thank you to all those who tried to help Wissam. Especially @alfdubs.bsky.social, @candidaj.bsky.social, the incredible teams at Guy's Hospital and Great Ormond Street who tried to save him. And to David Taylor MP whose wonderful team are helping support the family.

10 stories from the Other Side Take a moment to explore voices that inspire hope. Listen to Alberto Quero, a Venezuelan writer, scholar, and storyteller whose words stretch the boundaries of exile and belonging. #MigrantLiterature youtu.be/FJ27j9w05nU?...

No apologies necessary - I just joined! I hope you can also check out my new book, "The Home I Worked to Make Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora." It's a follow-up to "We Crossed a Bridge" & features Syrian refugees' stories & reflections on the meaning of home. wwnorton.com/books/978132...

Thank you so much, Alf! Our campaign is here: gofund.me/2bddca5e

Hive, which will support your choice of local bookshop. www.hive.co.uk

I also saw 'Asylum Speakers: Human Stories from the Global Refugee Crisis' by Jaz O'Hara at the British Library yesterday.

Final asylum seekers leave barge www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

🧡 Meet AbdulRahman Bdiwi from Syria. AbdulRahman fled Syria after his father lost his leg in a bomb explosion during the war. AbdulRahman tells us why his pencil is special to him. Read his full story here instagram.com/p/CfY4-pPtQcl #Peoplemove #refugeeswelcome #togetherwithrefugees #Syrianwar

Like Bookshop dot org where you can buy online and nominate a local independent bookshop to get a. share of the proceeds uk.bookshop.org

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by @melissafleming.bsky.social We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled by Wendy Pearlman A Country of Refuge ed. by Lucy Popescu Nine Suitcases by Béla Zsolt (Holocaust memoir)

A brilliant list! Please help if you can afford and also share this. ~AA

To add: perhaps a pre-order of my book about those on the frontline of the small boats crisis, including, at its heart, the stories of new arrivals. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/anyw...

British Red Cross shop has items designed by refugees including candles and mugs. giftshop.redcross.org.uk/search?type=...

Christmas gift ideas for those who want to support refugees, a list (please do add and circulate) - The Other Side of Hope literary magazine, written by migrants. You can subscribe or contribute to their fundraiser. othersideofhope.com/index.html 1/5

A wonderful way to support a worthy cause. Happy to share.

Back in 2022 we launched #PeopleMove to celebrate Refugee Week asking dozens of people who sought sanctuary in the UK to tell us about a special object they brought with them that connects them to home. Fast forward, we've told over 100 stories & held 2 exhibitions. DM to take part, #Refugeeswelcome

If Ive done it right then here's my migration, asylum and refugees starter pack! go.bsky.app/UNtm3da

If migration, asylum and refugees are topics you're interested in here are some accounts I suggest you might like to follow bsky.app/profile/did:...

A 7yr old boy I met in a refugee camp in Calais last November died in a hospice in Luton yesterday. There were no doctors who could treat his condition in Syria. And no medical visa exists. So the family travelled "illegally" to the UK for help. We'd all do the same. The journey took too long.