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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Excellent explainer of Shabana Mahmood's proposed changes to refugee and asylum policy

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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Cruelty isn’t a solution - and it’s not a distraction we should fall for. The real issues we face - fixing the NHS, building affordable housing, reducing wealth inequality - are not solved by making life harder for people seeking safety. 🧵

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Timely issue of @fmreview.bsky.social ahead of #COP30 on ‘Climate change: choices for displaced people’ www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...

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Home - Forced Migration Review

Welcome to Forced Migration Review

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani thanks immigrants and says 'we will fight for you because we are you ' . So good youtube.com/watch?v=zP96...

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Zohran Mamdani thanks immigrants 'so often forgotten by the politics'

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Great to hear a positive case for migration on the BBC. @wanderinggaia.bsky.social on Radical with Amon Rajan saying global heating will cause more migration, albeit mostly within countries, and we can benefit from it. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

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Brighton & Hove Green Party @bhgreens.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🎉 A NEW GREEN COUNCILLOR IN BRIGHTON & HOVE Marina Lademacher has been elected as the new Green councillor for Queen's Park! @greenparty.org.uk

Elected, Marina Lademacher, Queen's Park

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Brighton and Hove LDR - Sarah Booker-Lewis @bhdemocracynews.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Looking at the piles I think it might be a Green win here but the figures are not out. #LDreporter #Brighton

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Such a moving interview on #r4today with Laila Soueif on hunger strike in attempt to get the UK to do more to push Egypt to release her son British writer and activist Alaa abd el-Fattah . www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @2’10”

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Today - 03/06/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

@sianberry.bsky.social please support Borders Bill Amendment NC1 so that we know every person who dies seeking our protection and can learn from it #Knowtheirnames

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Forced Migration Review @fmreview.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We’ve extended the deadline for our call for article proposals for our theme of #ClimateChange: choices for displaced people! Submit your article proposals via the online form by 14th May 2025, 23:00 GMT. See: www.fmreview.org/climate-change-cfa/ #Displacement #Refugees #Migration #AcademicSky

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FMR 76 'Climate change: choices for displaced people' - Forced Migration Review

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Great opportunity for activists, community organisers, politicians, lawyers and scholars to reflect on the #sanctuarymovement and the challenges it faces in south-east England #sanctuarysolidarities easternarc.ac.uk/news/sanctua...

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Sanctuary Solidarities: Call for proposals for EARC Conference 2025 now open - Eastern Arc

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

1 The article’s based on a govt briefing - they’re clearly thinking about it 2 Labour have been obsessed with offshoring of various sorts for 20+ years 3 Other European govts are considering this too & Italy has already tried 4 I don’t agree we need to wait till it’s a reality before opposing it

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Stunning story of how an Atlantic journalist was inadvertently added to a Signal group that shared top secret US plans to attack the Houthis

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Utterly shameful - a sickening betrayal of some of the poorest people. And counterproductive too - as if global security isn’t also dependent on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, global poverty, inequality, and humanitarian needs.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A reminder of my take on the Green party’s manifesto on immigration & asylum. It was full of good, workable & effective ideas that simply never get a hearing in mainstream media (Sorry I had to do a super awkward edit cos @bsky.app limits vids to under 1minute still 😤😤)

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives *now*

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Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off Reform

Exclusive: Pressure group set up by MPs from seats where Reform came second amid concern about party’s rise

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

So much for supporting our troops.

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Nearly 1,660
Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending
U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
The group includes unaccompanied minors awaiting reunification with their families in the U.S. as well as Afghans at risk of Taliban retribution because they fought for the former U.S.-backed Afghan government, said Shawn VanDiver, head of the #AfghanEvac coalition of U.S. veterans and advocacy groups and the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

what a warm and moving farewell to Mishal Husain on #r4today . Such a brilliant presenter, she will be much missed

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Olivia Sundberg Diez @oliviasundberg.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

There is something especially dark, cynical and shameless about today's Commission Communication on the 'weaponisation' of migration. A troubling endorsement of European states' violations of international and EU law, which doubly punishes people in need of safety. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

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Brussels blesses Poland's plan to temporarily suspend asylum right

The new guidelines put forward by Brussels reflect the right-wing shift that is rapidly reshaping the bloc's migration and asylum policy. #EuropeNews

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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The 🇪🇺 Commission embraces the framing of migration at the Eastern borders as a ”weapon” and speaks of ”hybrid threats” & ”hybrid attacks”. It says that ”Member States may need to adopt measures that could entail serious interferences with fundamental rights, such as the right to asylum…”

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Los Angeles fires a first shot of resistance to Trump’s plan for mass deportations of migrants 👏👏👏 #sanctuarycity

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

So many people have been coming on here over the past few days . Exciting . Maybe it can work as an alternative to that other place

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

This piece by an immigration judge explaining why he resigned is well worth a read. He felt the role was " irrevocably tainted by the politics of asylum" www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Francis FitzGibbon · Diary: Why I Resigned

The plan to ‘off-shore’ asylum seekers to Rwanda was the last straw. In May 2023, I resigned as a (part-time)...

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Please throw a beak full of water on to a forest fire by donating to this amazing organisation that supports young refugees in the UK chuffed.org/project/the-...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/10/2023

New York City, which is legally obligated to provide a bed for every homeless person who asks for one, has quietly stopped offering them to some migrants. Some are spending days looking for shelter or sleeping on the floor in waiting areas.

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Migrants Search for Beds as New York Quietly Stops Offering Them to All

“They want you to get tired so you give up, and they are achieving it,” said one migrant who has been searching for a place to stay in New York City for several days.

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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Please help Salusbury World. a fantastic charity that supports refugee children and families in London www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-refug...

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