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Motaz Amer

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Refugees & Migration Activist | Human Rights Campaigner | @amnestyuk.bsky.social Country Coordinator for Yemen

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Unbelievable. BBC 6 o’clock news: Starmer drama, Polanski tax and investigative journalism about migrant smugglers. Not a single word about Farage taking £5m from a donor & promoting said donor’s interests. This cannot go on. It’s too blatantly biased. May as well Watch GB News.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Nigel Farage’s plans to build immigration centres in areas that do not vote for Reform UK have been branded 'racist' by First Minister John Swinney – while the Greens have compared the policy to 'concentration camps' 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
To all the newly-arrived Twitter refugees, I've created a starter pack of UK political journalists, experts, commentators and politicos to follow here go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN
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Motaz Amer @motazamer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I spoke with @itvnews.bsky.social about arriving in the UK after fleeing Yemen and trying to stay in education while everything felt uncertain. This clip is part of that story. Education gave me stability and hope. Many others still need that same chance. Full article: www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
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Motaz Amer @motazamer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Spoke at KCL on “Life in the Vacuum.” We call it aid reform but for many it feels like withdrawal because when actors step back the space shifts. Sometimes to resilience, often to inequality. The question is who benefits and who is left behind?
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Police have found no evidence of criminality in Gorton & Denton byelection after claims by Nigel Farage it was “a victory for cheating”. Reform UK had asked Greater Manchester police to investigate allegations of corrupt voting after Green Party won. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Police find no evidence of criminality in Gorton and Denton byelection
Reform UK had asked officers to investigate claims of ‘family voting’ after losing contest in Greater Manchester
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 03/03/2026
The Home Office TikTok deportation videos spark alarm over performative cruelty and rising anti-migrant rhetoric in Scotland and the UK | Motaz Amer
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Deportations for clicks? The Home Office TikTok account
The Home Office TikTok deportation videos spark alarm over performative cruelty and rising anti-migrant rhetoric in Scotland and the UK
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/02/2026
US private investigator did ‘unlawful stuff’ for the Daily Mail, court hears
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US private investigator did ‘unlawful stuff’ for the Daily Mail, court hears
In case brought by Prince Harry and others, Daniel Portley-Hanks says he received about $1m for work for Associated Newspapers Ltd A US-based private detective bought a large house in California and had $150,000 in savings “almost entirely” from work he did for the publisher of the Daily Mail, the high court has heard. Daniel Portley-Hanks, also known as “Detective Danno”, said he received about $1m for work carried out for the Mail on Sunday, another title published by Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL). Continue reading...
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 02/02/2026
Previously on Bylines Scotland ... #EU #Brexit #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Brexit stole our future: young people are demanding it back
Scotland’s young people face limited opportunities after Brexit but could their vision for the future re-shape Scotland’s place in Europe?
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 27/01/2026
Oh.
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Reform UK members will 'not have a say' in picking Holyrood candidates
EXCLUSIVE: It is understood party bosses will impose the candidates for the upcoming election.
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 24/01/2026
Welcome to America. #FIFAWorldCup
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Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 17/01/2026
A good time to repost this...
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More Europe is the key to our security and prosperity
The former Belgian Prime Minister and European Parliament Brexit negotiator is optimistic about the EU’s future, despite the world’s “new empires”
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Patricia S Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇧🇷 @patispaton.com · 18/12/2025
Time to listen to what younger voices say about the stupidity of Brexit. “The future must be about rebuilding connections not only with Europe but also with each other.”
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 18/12/2025
“So many people in Scotland have been badly affected by the cost of living crisis and social divisions over immigration. Its hard to look at these problems and not think: would the negative impact have been lessened if the Brexit vote had gone differently?" #Brexit #Eramus #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Brexit stole our future: young people are demanding it back
Scotland’s young people face limited opportunities after Brexit but could their vision for the future re-shape Scotland’s place in Europe?
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 19/12/2025
"This raises bigger questions about the future. What do young Scots want beyond Brexit? Some see independence as the route back into Europe. Others want to focus on reforming Britain as a whole. What is clear is that young people do not want to be left out of the conversation again."
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Brexit stole our future: young people are demanding it back
Scotland’s young people face limited opportunities after Brexit but could their vision for the future re-shape Scotland’s place in Europe?
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
EXCLUSIVE: The UK re-joining the Erasmus scheme must not be a 'one-off fix' and should be part of an effort to 'fully restore rights' stripped from young people post-Brexit, a student campaigner has said
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Erasmus U-turn cannot be 'one-off fix', says student campaigner
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Motaz Amer @motazamer.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
If you think bilingual children in Glasgow are “culture smashing” the city, the problem isn’t the kids. The problem is your politics. One in three young people speaking more than one language is not a crisis. It’s a strength. It’s Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
EXCLUSIVE: A Glasgow refugee has urged Nigel Farage to stop playing 'dirty games' by picking on children who speak different languages 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This is a brilliant interview with young refugee Motaz Amer from Glasgow - responding to Reform attacks on bilingualism in the city. "We all live in Scotland and call Scotland our home. We say no to the politics of division" www.thenational.scot/news/2567361...
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I'm a bilingual refugee in Glasgow. Here's what I would say to Nigel Farage
A GLASGOW refugee has urged Nigel Farage to stop playing “dirty games” by picking on children who speak different languages.
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
So much news about asylum seeker policy, but so rarely do we actually hear from people with actual experience of seeking asylum Motaz Amer, 20, lives in Glasgow after fleeing Yemen. He says new Labour plans will do "nothing but harm" www.thenational.scot/news/2562870...
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Glasgow refugee says UK asylum reforms will do 'nothing but harm'
A REFUGEE who came to the UK from Yemen has torn into “appalling” plans to overhaul the asylum system, accusing ministers of “punishing”…
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Motaz Amer @motazamer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The asylum system is changing in ways that put people escaping war at risk. As someone who came here for safety, this matters to me deeply. We can do better. We need a system that protects people not punishes them. Clip below from BBC iPlayer (Politics Live)
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Great to see The National giving a refugee perspective on the Labour govt proposals on asylum. @motazamer.bsky.social on unjust and punitive attacks on those fleeing danger and seeking safety. www.thenational.scot/news/2562870... Clipping via @pressreader.bsky.social and Edinburgh Libraries
Headline, Glasgow Refugee: Reforms will do nothing but harm
Sub: Home Secretary punishing people coming here in search of safety
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 17/10/2025
“The truth, whether it's about genocide abroad or fascism at home, will not be suppressed.” Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's acceptance speech after receiving the Integrity Award from the Arab Center where he made it loud and clear that he will not be ‘silenced’ zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
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BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Larry Ellison: —Second‑richest man on Earth —Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF —Hosted Netanyahu on his private island —Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok —Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS —Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has been blasted for giving 'lengthy' coverage to a Reform UK press conference on immigration 🗣️'Our national broadcaster should not be unduly platforming Farage’s divisive politics, when no other party appears to receive the same'
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BBC 'unduly platforming' Nigel Farage by streaming Reform UK press conference
THE BBC has been blasted for giving “lengthy” coverage to a Reform UK press conference on immigration.
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
NEW: Far-right thugs are creating a "culture of fear" in Falkirk, it has been warned, after they falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home. Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...
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Far-right thugs target Scottish activist's home after false paedophile allegations
FAR-RIGHT thugs falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home ....
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This is the first article in our series telling positive stories of refugees in Scotland. Meet Motaz Amer. His family fled war in Yemen when he was 9. 10 years later he is advising the Scottish Government, supporting its refugee integration strategy. www.thenational.scot/news/2540848...
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This inspiring 19-year-old refugee is already advising the Scottish Government
CALLING Motaz Amer a high achiever would be quite the understatement ...
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Migration Exchange @migration-exchange.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🚨 Big news: We’ve awarded 22 grants through our Shaping the Future fund—supporting migrant-led leadership rooted in care, creativity + community. bit.ly/40kW5Tx This is what long-term change looks like! 🌱 Shaping the Future, rooted in experience #Migration #Leadership #ShapingTheFuture
Image with text: Shaping the Future We’re excited to introduce some of the inspiring individuals, organisations, and networks receiving grants through our leadership fund
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Together With Refugees @refugeestogether.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📣Want to find out more about the Government's citizenship ban and what we can do together to overturn it? Join Together With Refugees and leading experts on Monday, 30th June (5-6 pm, online) Sign up here: addevent.com/event/Of2598...
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Motaz Amer @motazamer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Have your say: Are you a refugee or seeking asylum in the UK? We want to hear from YOU! IMIX and I are doing a short, anonymous survey (5 mins) to understand how words in the media make people feel and how this affects mental health and life in the UK
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We'd love to get more responses from people in Scotland with lived experience of forced displacement. Please help by sharing this link with anyone who might like to contribute 🔗 forms.office.com/e/TLx26sH63L
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Responses can help drive change by supporting: 📌Advocacy – engaging policymakers and the media on ethical reporting 📌Media Reform – promoting fairer narratives 📌Community Impact – challenging stereotypes and amplifying voices
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Help challenge harmful narratives on migration. One of our volunteers, is conducting a short survey of people seeking sanctuary in the UK to understand: 📌How terminology affects the mental health and well-being of refugees and people seeking asylum 📌How the media portrays migrants (1/2)
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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) @gmiau.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
WATCH: following the publication of the Immigration White Paper, Rivka Shaw - Policy Officer at GMIAU - spoke on Novara Media and Talk TV Radio yesterday. She captured our disappointment with the Government's senseless policy making and the harmful impact this will have on our communities.
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
As a reminder - Scotland’s integration strategy is multilingual, intercultural, rights-based, refugee-led, trauma-sensitive and restorative. It’s perfectly straightforward to ditch the xenophobia and see electoral gains as a result www.gov.scot/publications...
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New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: 2024
A strategy supporting the integration of refugees, people seeking asylum and other forced migrants within Scotland’s communities. The strategy is led jointly by the Scottish Government, COSLA and Scot...
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Exactly this - long, slow, hard, vital work of many New Scots; Old Scots and Middle-aged Scots but it’s a key reason and entirely evidence-based. And @sabirzazai.bsky.social & I should know. www.thenational.scot/news/2513570... pressreader.com/article/2814...
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Scotland dodged riots as refugees better integrated than England, charity boss says
SCOTLAND avoided far-right riots last summer because refugees are better integrated than in England, according to the boss of a top refugees’…
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 23/04/2025
62% of displaced families in Yemen and 47% of refugees have cut daily meals to survive. The humanitarian crisis is worsening, and life-saving assistance is critically underfunded.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Elections have consequences
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“Gaza’s horrific loss since Oct 7th is equivalent to the murder of 1.7 million Brits, yet many support Netanyahu - I fear for the UK.”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Not content with addressing the German far right AfD party, Musk today addressed the Italian far right Lega party, led by the pro-Putin, anti-gay, anti-Islam Matteo Salvini. Musk’s politics are pretty clear - and pretty dangerous.
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Motaz Amer @motazamer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"Nothing about us without us." Last week, I sat in The Scottish Parliament, speaking with UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and Minister Kaukab Stewart, alongside leaders from UNHCR, COSLA, and the Scottish Refugee Council. We weren’t just discussing refugee policy we were reshaping it. 1/3 🧵
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Vancouver! Join me and my brother Seth Klein for The New Shock Doctrine: Charting Canada’s Path in a Time of Crisis. To beat Trump and his oligarchs, we must innovate, not imitate In person at UBC’s Chan Centre on April 26 at 7:30pm.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Trump calling for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against him. Calling him “crooked.” If this isn’t fascistic, what is? (Also, the media will sanewash this but anyone else who talks or writes like this would be sent to one of the mental asylums Trump thinks migrants are coming from!)
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
As the Gaza body count increases, I wonder how all these supposed 'leftists' & self-styled 'contrarians' who berated me for not applauding Trump for bringing about a 'ceasefire' and 'peace' feel today. Like fools, I hope. Because they are indeed fools: they believed Trump.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We wanted a Multi Polar World. We got a Mafia Polar World. Another great conversation with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social for our recurrent segment "Unshocked."
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 13/03/2025
“It’s kind of a mafia polar world that is shaping up.” Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social discuss Donald Trump’s destruction of the world order as we know it in the latest episode of ‘Unshocked’. Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/trump-cana...
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