As of 9 March 2026, Israel has killed 486 people, injured 1,313 and displaced 667,831 people in Lebanon That's roughly 10% of the entire population displaced already

We are glad to have been able to feed evidence from our frontline work into the evaluation of a longer move-on period and to have been able to meet the Asylum Minister today to outline our concerns about why 42 days may not be enough to ensure young people have a home.

The new policy of a 42 day move-on period for newly-granted refugees shows that the government has been forced to listen to refugees and people who stand up for refugees rights who have said for years that 28 days isn't long enough to find a new home after getting status.

Thank you @stellacreasy.bsky.social for already tabling the motion opposing today’s immigration rules changes. The government should allow scrutiny of their plans and schedule a debate on this motion. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

People who are stuck waiting in the asylum system tell us that they are waking up in fear because of the barrage of hostility they face from this government. They say the state of constant fear is working directly against their ability to contribute and build a life here.

Given that the UK's position in the last 50 years is that settlements are illegal and Israel cannot annex the West Bank, banning trade with West Bank settlements is really the absolutely minimal ask. It's pathetic that it hasn't happened.

I have written up some context and analysis of the latest Home Office nonsense open.substack.com/pub/thoughts...

Just so we’re clear: ❌ Travelling clandestinely or in a small boat to seek asylum: wrong ❌ Travelling safely and regularly to seek asylum: also wrong

The IDF just ordered the *entirety of south Lebanon* to be forcibly displaced. They are emptying the land of its population, creating a massive crisis, and will now proceed to further annihilate large parts of Lebanon. The very nation state of Lebanon is being destroyed.

The government will be making a decision on the future of the 56 day move-on period in the next weeks. Use this tool to email your MP to call for 56 days for all – it only takes a couple of minutes, and you can help prevent refugee homelessness. action.youngroots.org.uk/make-56-days...

Written statement on the asylum changes confirms: - refugees will get 2.5 years leave instead of 5 - covers people who apply from today - details of 20 year settlement & core protection to come - doesn’t apply to unaccompanied children (for now) questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

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

such democracy! so liberal!

The proscription order remains in place pending an appeal. Until further legal proceedings are complete, it remains a criminal offence to support or promote Palestine Action.

"The court considers the proscription of Palestine Action disproportionate"

Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban

From our friends at #CronxWatch - are you ready for #Palantir to peer into your life? #Mandelson #Streeting #NHS youtu.be/ShYgr-dHAOw?...

Alex Norris tells @maxwilkinson.bsky.social that the Home Office can't publish data on the outcome of asylum appeals since April 2023. Which makes me wonder what data the proposed reforms to the asylum appeals system are based on questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

“The money does not fix my mental health. It does not give me my time back, 7 years. The money is a good thing, but I wish these things never happened to me. I wish I had been allowed to live my life without these problems.” - Amir* @weareyoungroots.bsky.social @lisaleziza.bsky.social 👏💚

We're so pleased for Amir* that he got justice for all he endured, although we know that no amount of money can truly compensate the hardship he faced. His story is yet another example of how harmful age assessments can be, isolating and endangering the lives of young people who should be supported

Another day of the Israeli ‘ceasefire’, another massacre of civilians at the hands of the exterminationist state backed by the West

Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

🚨BREAKING -- Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems has been denied a £2bn contract with the Ministry of Defence after being accused of "breaching business appointment rules".

More enforcement won’t fix broken policy -which only pushes more people into the shadows. The recent fatal shooting by an ICE officer in the US shows us where we are headed if we continue this hardline enforcement approach. news.sky.com/story/illega...

Note the timing of Home Office re-press releasing the “most ever raids” & “hardest ever immigration crack down” today. Signalling alignment with Trump & ICE. They haven’t got a clue how to make ordinary British people’s lives better, only how to make migrants suffer. #r4today

On Tuesday, the Israeli military invaded Birzeit University, attacking students with live ammunition. Israel's scholasticide is a core part of its attempt to obliterate the collective life of the Palestinian people. We have written to Yvette Cooper urging the British government to take action.

Israel is murdering Palestinian children again, as they do every single day. There is no ceasefire, just brutal apartheid and genocide. Take Action. Free Palestine.

The people have risen up to rid Minneapolis of ICE agent killers. Governments and police don’t keep us safe. We keep us safe. This is how we build resistance.

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This story doesn't even bother to mention the dozens of people killed in the Channel in 2025 by our government's shameful asylum policy - instead reproducing and tacitly accepting the Home Office framing where the "shame" is that 41,000 survived to get here. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

To think some seriously believe this will appease the far right rather than embolden them to demand more Even if it did, it would have been at the cost of implementing its politics, mainstreaming its discourse and emboldening racists Congratulations to everyone who fuelled the immigration panic

Exactly right - a shame we don't listen to the actual experts who understand immigration and the economy.

🚨British military personnel trained in Israel amid the Gaza genocide, Declassified can reveal. This comes after we exposed the Israeli soldiers training in Britain over the past two years👇 www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...

Stealing refugees' jewellery won't make anyone's life better. Deporting children won't make anyone's life better. Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better. If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.

The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here. I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.

👉NEW -- Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system.

These plans offer none of that. Many MPs are deeply concerned and so are we. If you want a better society, now’s the time to act. 📨 Write to your MP today and urge them to speak out, don't forget to include your address: members.parliament.u... Use our latest blog post🔗www.youngroots.org.u...

Huge thanks to Baroness Lister for her amendment to the Border Security Bill on the need to reinstate the 56 day move-on period for all newly-granted refugees, and for sharing our evidence from our frontline teams and the views of young people in her speech!

You should read Electric Wind. Don't take my word for it -

🚨 Check Your Pay! New Living Wage rates: 💷 £14.80 p/h London 💷 £13.45 p/u UK The Living Wage’s meant to cover real costs — but it’s still not enough. So if you’re not even getting that, get organised and get fighting #UVW #unionstrong #livingwage

Finally, some sunshine! That means it's time to sit on the balcony and read @dudleymarianna.bsky.social amazing new book Electric Wind - An Energy History of Modern Britain. Get your copy from Manchester University Press ☀️📚🌬️

The British government has lost its attempt to stop Palestine Action fighting against the decision to ban it as a terrorist organisation by way of a full High Court judicial review The Court of Appeal also granted permission for Palestine Action to bring its challenge on wider legal grounds

For the love of God just make your mind up whether migrants should be speaking English or not www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The arms and banking industries lobbied the Scottish government for tougher action on pro-Palestine protests and direct expressions of support, newly released documents reveal www.heraldscotland.com/news/2554473...

brb just having a little cry

Received some very exciting post this weekend! I know, from 20+ years of friendship, that Marianna @dudleymarianna.bsky.social is incredibly thoughtful and articulate - can't wait to read this. Beautiful cover design, slim volume so easy to carry about with you - get your copy!

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

I have seen a lot of confused reporting over what happened yesterday - for me, Lizzie has the best understanding of journalists reporting on this stuff so this is the thread and article to read

Shon Faye getting us to face the bleak reality of trans rights and trans life in Britain today.