Untrue - the Convention provides both for the possibility that protection might cease to be necessary (ie the cessation clause: refugee status ends if there's a change in circumstances) AND the possibility it might need to be long-term (ie references to facilitating citizenship of the refuge State)

…between ice killing people in cold blood on us streets for disobeying them or not being racist enough & a steady stream of deaths in detention centres, the migration policy enforcement system may be the deadliest syndicate in the country, criminal or otherwise…

…a belated but welcome backing for a member state standing up for the eu’s claimed values as it does the right thing, unlike most fellow member states which opt to play vassals…

CJEU, asylum law II New judgment: Member States can have several extensions of the usual 6-month time limit to decide on asylum applications, subject to conditions including a 21-month absolute maximum - infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/documen... nb the asylum pact law tightens this point somewhat

…a will to increasingly subject people to conditions that resemble probation is all the rage these days, so as to turn citizens & “outsiders” into captives… of course, starting from the latter by making protection time-tied & subordinated to obedience…

A Palestine solidarity campaigner has been convicted under POA s.5 for calling a police officer a "fucking terrorist" at a Defend Our Juries protest in Parliament Square last year. Incredibly, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring is considering a prison sentence at a hearing scheduled for 1 April

CJEU, immigration law II New judgment: different periods of detention must be added up to calculate maximum 6 month immigration detention period - though Member States have some routes available to detain for longer - curia.europa.eu/site/upload/... (proposed new EU law would allow more detention)

CJEU, asylum law New judgment: Italy cannot unilaterally refuse transfers to it of asylum-seekers it is responsible for under the Dublin system. But given that it has done so, the Member State requesting the transfer becomes responsible instead after six months - curia.europa.eu/site/upload/... 1/

Hostile systems are designed to strip us of feeling. Creativity defies that attempt. Our co-director @mfbosworth.bsky.social is hosting this exciting event in two weeks time. Join us in Oxford/ online on 16 March to find out more about artists and activists opposing and documenting border control👇

…disagreement and criticism for good reason is a step too far for the champions of free speech…

…the mimicry of trumpian terms and expressions to justify or excuse sickening initiatives verging on the inhumane is something to behold… history won’t be kind

…umpteenth lovely gesture in english football to have a drinking break to mark the start of evening in ramadan, sad there were xenofools there to embarrass everyone… www.theguardian.com/football/202...

…a racism-&hate-fuelled systemic regression to undo human progress…

Would prefer to be positive this beautiful morning, but let’s just pause to observe what sad, resentful little men these people are, and how much they hate this country, and how much they hate having their arses handed to them

…thanks to the good folk of gorton & denton for sparing us the odious & malevolent goodwin as an mp…

Proposal for new EU gun control law and anti-terrorism strategy on EU Commission agenda tomorrow - ec.europa.eu/transparency...

The Italian bishops are right: these deaths are the result of political choices

The EU adopted a list of countries it deems "safe enough" to send people back to. Now, everyone born in such a country – like Tunisia or Egypt – faces even more difficulty getting asylum in #FortressEurope. This is against 🇪🇺's own rules on safe countries 👉 https://shorturl.at/QmqzD

No matter how much the EU pays Libyan militias to intercept people who seek safety: our fast ship Aurora just rescued 22 people while @sosmediterranee.org's aircraft Albatross supported from above. One person is in critical condition & needs medical evacuation now! 🚨

We all need to study what works and see how we CN contribute! One observation is that Palantir citizen spying company has relocated from West Coast to Miami! The city I finally escaped after too many years! I'll be reaching out to friends to "welcome" the MFs unplugice.substack.com/p/strike-the...

The Trump regime has relentlessly prosecuted protesters, government critics, & immigrants accusing them of physically attacking officers or interfering with their duties. Many of those cases have recently been dismissed or ended in not guilty verdicts. The costs for defendants have been enormous.

"Rewriting his own history" - I have a feeling a shorter word exists for this

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending *** As of the end of January, there have been no convictions."

By @stevepeers.bsky.social ~ EU Law Analysis: Digital Services Act: summary and links ~ https://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/02/digital-services-act-summary-and-links.html

…a rich, rapidly expanding racism-fuelled business sector centred on concentrating people into massive boxes after criminalising them on spurious grounds starting from where they’re from, or skin tone… then expands to whoever disagrees & acts accordingly

❗Recent news this February as documented in our race and resistance calendar on Europe and the far Right. irr.org.uk/article/cale...

How to interfere with jury trials, and lose – the path to a jury refusing to convict six Palestine Action activists who smashed up an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol, overcoming a government-led smear campaign and arms lobby pressure thebristolcable.org/2026/02/yvet...

🫰Why is Meloni crying? Because 🇮🇹 has to pay for its crimes: Palermo's court ruled that Sea-Watch will be compensated €76k for Italy's unjust blockade after Carola Rackete brought 53 survivors to Lampedusa in 2019. If she's mad, we’re doing it right: https://tinyurl.com/3yfmuy6f

..italian pm has gone nuts about a damage payment due to seawatch because the seawatch3 vessel was unlawfully blocked by authorities… www.pressenza.com/it/2026/02/r...

…with “remigration” as their call to arms to make ethnic cleansing and widespread manhunts sound fashionable…

Sadly, ICE learned what not to do in Minnesota… they have not left… but are spreading out in disguise tricking and nabbing people before we can respond. We need a new plan….

As a proud U.S. citizen, Juana never thought she'd be zip-tied and detained by ICE for hours with her 3-year-old son, especially while attending a family-friendly event. They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

NEW: We just submitted over 80 new declarations from people reporting on, documenting, and protesting ICE abuses in Minnesota. These statements further detail the widespread government retaliation and violence communities are facing for exercising their First Amendment rights.

~ Big Brother Watch comments on British Transport Police deploying facial recognition at London stations — Big Brother Watch ~ https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-comments-on-british-transport-police-deploying-facial-recognition-at-london-stations/

Fantastic result, well done to all who fought for this Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful

…former director found guilty in relation to moussa balde’s suicide in turin detention centre… this article provides some background on the events surrounding his death five years ago blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/research-sub...

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

epstein files, toxic misogyny, abuse & crimes… (in italian) effimera.org/epstein-file...

…guardian of treaties relinquishing that function for the sake of a dysfunctional migration policy model…

Just now the EU decided that Tunisia is a "Safe country of origin". Tunisia is not safe for its citizens or for people who are intercepted or rescued at sea.

“Across a whole range of policy areas, these proposals frustrate integration and manufacture segregation. Further, they are bound to increase feelings of alienation in some of the communities and families affected.”

…this is about member states arrogating the power to declare countries “safe” for instrumental purposes even when they obviously aren’t…

ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, exploiting children, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.

…despite authorities’ efforts to conceal & underplay their responsibility for border deaths, lots of events are taking place in lots of places the eu, north and west africa to commemorate the dead & disappeared… commemor’action 2026

Investigations by nd and Sea-Watch show that #Frontex forwards information about people in distress at sea only to the so-called Libyan coast guard, enabling interceptions and returns to #Libya.

…solidarity with the people of the u s of a is in order, as it tries to withstand a lengthy state terror campaign that calls itself migration policy enforcement…

Ordinary young people with ambitions and hopes. Imagine if they had been able to travel by plane, train or ferry as we take for granted. Cause of death: being prevented from travelling by normal means