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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Our thoughts are with the men who today were moved into Crowborough camp. They came to the UK for sanctuary. Instead they've been used as a political tool, their suffering used to demonstrate this Government's commitment to cruelty above everything else.

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Refugees at Home @refugeesathome.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“Anyone who needs me to be their neighbour is my neighbour.” Tune in to Songs of Praise at 1.15pm on BBC One this Sunday to hear from our hosts Andrew and Jane, and how opening their home is a key part of their faith.

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

So we’ve abandoned X/twitter, at least until there are substantial changes there. @groktr.bsky.social bikinis were the last straw (what’s it doing here by the way?) So do give us a follow if you’re a refugee from anywhere, including the other place. #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Great way to start the term/2026 with biryani donated from our local mosque, lots of familiar faces, some new ones in urgent need of our help and some fab @thefelixproject.bsky.social spiced apple cakes. Building community one week at a time…

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Sara Nathan @scnathan.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Lovely story of welcome from Yorkshire. We try to do the same with @easeealing.bsky.social in west London.

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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 25/12/2025

Thank you. I thought while writing it of my visit to @easeealing.bsky.social two years ago for @seenunseenmag.bsky.social: www.seenandunseen.com/acton-nativi...

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An Acton nativity and a new crisis at Christmas time | Seen & Unseen

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Last drop-in before the summer break saw the children playing, the craft table in full flow, and lots of goodies from @cityharvestnyc.bsky.social @vodafonegroup.bsky.social and others to distribute. See you all in September #refugeeswelcome

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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

They could save the money on enforcing this by letting asylum seekers work.

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

@refugeeweek.bsky.social continues in #Ealing with our communities joining together to make art speak for us… alongside #UWL students… bringing colour and joy

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Wonderful @RefugeeWeek fun at @johnperrynps yesterday. And they were so pleased to see Z, our lovely volunteer barber, offering free haircuts to young (mostly) and old. #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Integrating different cultures as two of our asylum-seekers leave today’s drop-in with a generous haul of groceries courtesy of @felixprojectuk and @CityHarvest_LDN #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Lots of young children at our drop-in this week. Early half-term? Luckily we had plenty for them to do, including the famous, free haircuts. Z will be snipping more at @johnperrynps @RefugeeWeek celebration. #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Lovely to see people volunteering to prepare the best roast potatoes in west London. Whatever else our brilliant cooks serve, there’s ALWAYS roast potatoes (most asylum-seekers can’t access ovens, so a real treat) We need a LOT - enough for 100 or more each week. #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

All ready for our big clothes and (about 25) suitcases to #Ealing’s asylum seekers & refugees tomorrow. Thanks to @Goods4Good, #BigYellow, other donors & volunteers/new volunteers from @opdc.bsky.social

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Good to be part of the launch of #Ealing becoming a Borough of Sanctuary. So proud of one of our asylum-seekers, who spoke no English when she arrived, learnt only with us for a year, making a speech in English to a full hall including Ealing’s mayor & @blerinahashani.bsky.social #RefugeesWelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Our barber had such a busy day yesterday… several chaps (as usual), a couple of kids wanting sharp, razor cuts, and Ros: pillar of the church who leads our art, knitting and crocheting activities. She emerged looking very smart and tidy #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

There’s a first time for everything. This Thursday we tried out a choir (not a church choir, just a happens-to-be-in-a-church choir!) so everyone could have a go at singing. Really generous of a local conductor to volunteer to start it up. #RefugeesWelcome

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to Balkans

Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs"

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Our K usually volunteers as a barber. And much appreciated too. But yesterday he applied his cutting and chopping talents to making the prettiest salads we’ve seen in some time. So appetizing. (And yes, those fasting could take some home to eat later) #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

More new people arrived today. We see about 40 applications to attend a month. And of course others get status or get randomly moved away or find themselves with English classes all Thursday. And others we see regularly for a year or more.. #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Ho for #BigYellow today - have to keep our stash of nappies somewhere as there’s no room in the church. Suddenly no size 4s. Thanks to #Goods4Good for providing them #refugeeswelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We are three years old today! And celebrating by looking for our first paid role: a two day pw operations manager. You need empathy with refugees, skills with volunteers and organising, a little IT and to be local to Acton. Appealing? See here for details: drive.google.com/file/d/10lO_...

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2025 02 EASE Ops Manger_final.pdf

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Our volunteer barber had several clients today. Wonderful to see what a difference a sharp haircut makes to a chap “My wife will love this” says M, as he emerges… #RefugeesWelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It was a joy to tell J at 2200 on election night, that he would NOT be deported to #Rwanda. Today, it was a joy to celebrate his brand new refugee status. But we bottled telling him he could now never be a citizen because of how he arrived in the U.K.

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Sara Nathan @scnathan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Over the moon to hear our last @RefugeesAtHome guest, J, has finally got refugee status after a long haul, detention at #BrookHouse for #Rwanda, bailed to us and a wait of over two years for an interview. Hope to see him at @EASEealing drop-in tomorrow.

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Stashing away the #Goods4Goods goodies at #bigyellow as can’t manage a distribution before next term. Just as well we have some storage (7 sewing machines should be moving out soon) #refugeeswelcome

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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

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/...

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Cross-Party group of Parliamentarians Call for Urgent Action on Safe Routes for Refugees

The APPG on Refugees is today launching a significant new report urging the UK Government to improve safe and legal routes for refugees, as part of a comprehensive response to the challenges of irregu...

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I don’t think politicians or civil servants understand how all this works in real life. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Ukrainian refugees face losing jobs and homes due to UK visa extension uncertainty

Home Office process will leave some with eight-week gap when they are unable to prove right to live and work in UK

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London. Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers. The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.

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Cynthia Orchard @cynthiaorchard.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

For anyone who saw the wildly false headlines this week about the number of "illegal migrants" in London and wondered about the real numbers and why many people are pushed into living without immigration status, here's a helpful explanation by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social.

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Our - wholly volunteer - kitchen team beavered away to provide a delicious lunch for, oh, about 100 people at this week’s drop-in. Menu: fish pie (thanks to @CityHarvest for fish) mushroom flan, rice, best roast potatoes in w London, yoghurt, salad. Plus yummy cake courtesy of The Felix Project

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

All go at drop-in: our barber had many clients including his first (shy) woman and the cricket and knitting class beavered away in the background. And local mosque donated 50 portions of delicious dhal and rice to help with lunchtime queues… (will help weekly night-shelter too)

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

First drop-in of the new year and a renewed appetite for the @vodafonegroup.bsky.social SIM cards after the break. Our guests crave connectivity and appreciate these no end (we could also refurbish and deploy any laptops donated and could do with dozens) #RefugeesWelcome

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Drop-in starts again tomorrow and we are looking forward to the new term and new year. Prep today includes picking up donated #goods4good nappies from #bigyellow right in our community…

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Sara Nathan @scnathan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Sleeping in the carer’s room in my late mum’s sheltered housing flat because daughter and family have taken over my house. But not because it’s #duvetknowitschristmas but building works. Donated as first Xmas without mum…

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Exclusive: Home Office errors and “inefficiencies” are exacerbating a surge in homeless refugees Documents arriving late or going to the wrong address, spelling mistakes and database issues are leaving them without proof of the right to rent or work inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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How ‘insane’ Home Office errors helped create a new asylum-seeker homeless problem

Spelling mistakes, botched data and lack of coordination between officials all contribute to a spike in rough sleeping

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I’ve added @windmill-tilter.bsky.social to my uk immigration starter pack. If you last checked it a while back it might be worth checking again as I’ve added a few people go.bsky.app/G7LroM2

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Such fun at our #ChristmasParty today.. what with presents and a wrapping station and carols and Santa and lunch and crackers (and of course a seasonal barber!) A lovely event - many thanks to all who contributed.

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Getting ready for tomorrow’s #ChristmasParty. What would we do without our volunteers, #FelixProject @cityharvestnyc.bsky.social #Goods4Good #BigYellow and local supporters? Looking forward to a great day…

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

It doesn't benefit anyone to leave Syrian asylum-seekers in limbo for long periods of time. When regimes have changed hands, past UK governments have given asylum-seekers from these states temporary protection & enabled them to make trial visits to their home countries without losing their status

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Huge thanks to Nish of @Pearls Drycleaners who offered to provide our guests with duvets when they move on (some customers don’t pick theirs up and it sits in his shop for aeons) What better use than to pass it on to recent refugees starting their lives int he UK? We (& they) are jolly grateful

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Ealing & Acton Support Enterprise (for now) @easeealing.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A local carer made these for asylum-seeker babies and children - and did for a decade. Now she’s moved on so these are the last of them going out this morning #refugeeswelcome

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Sara Nathan @scnathan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

It’s the big day when the new @care4calais.bsky.social #xmasjumper arrives. Suitable for almost everything I’m doing (except the odd tribunal) in the next fortnight. First outing at @easeealing.bsky.social tomorrow…

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Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Under a govt pilot running until June 2025, refugees now have 56 days to transition from govt accommodation to other housing (previously 28 days). The no of people receiving homelessness support after leaving govt accommodation has risen sharply, following an increase in grants of refugee status.

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