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(Not my usual Secretary of State, should that not be obvious by the gendered reference, but this is a case concerning Afghan nationals seeking resettlement - SSHD is an interested party)

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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 1h

Chamberlain J is Not Very Happy. At 34: "It is difficult to avoid the impression that the Secretary of State and his representatives in this case came to regard procedural directions as optional" www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

The Secretary of State and his representatives repeatedly failed to give any notice to the other parties of their inability or unwillingness to comply with directions until after the relevant deadline has passed. They repeatedly applied for extensions of time supported by exiguous and unspecific reasons on form N244, with no accompanying witness statement. There is no evidence that they had any regard for the effect that their delay would have on the other parties or their representatives. They simply assumed that those other parties would have to modify their own working plans, irrespective of any other commitments, to fit the convenience or capacity of the Secretary of State's team.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 2h

An absolute horrific thing for him to say and for us to contemplate.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3h

I was trying to remember the name of the author of a novel I read earlier this year - named An Underachiever's Diary - and instead Google wrote me an AI short story about an underachiever???? what??? why??? aahhhhh!!

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 22h

Despite the accuracy failings in AI generated summaries, these tools have been rolled out to all asylum decision-makers. Not only is the error rate greater than previously reported, our investigation has found that these tools are being used without proper testing, quality assurance and training.

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 22h

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 ORG has carried out a 6-month investigation into AI use in the UK asylum system. We've found high error rates and claimants unaware that AI is being used. This could have catastrophic consequences for people whose future is in the hands of Home Office decision-making. Read more ⬇️

independent.co.uk

AI tool used in thousands of asylum claims failing basic accuracy tests

Exclusive: MPs, charities and rights group warn that accuracy should not be sacrificed for speed in ‘life and death’ asylum decisions

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 21h

Far-right activists linked to Patriot Platform and Restore have been clashing with police in France, following aid workers and trying to enter tents in the Dunkirk and Calais camp overnight. We unmasked them. www.thetimes.com/article/migr...

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‘Migrant hunters’ targeting small boats clash with French police

A new group of hard-right influencers has been in skirmishes with the authorities after ten British activists were banned for ‘inciting hatred’

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 23h

The long read: After his mother died, Otto became convinced he’d been wronged by the forensic investigators – and that one of them was a fraud. The truth was even stranger

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A death, a plagiarism scandal and a quest for revenge: the bizarre tale of Otto Z

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 21h

Indeed. One function of high-profile criminal defences is to show up the sort of police errors which normally are hidden.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 22h

HHS is creating its own lawyers for unaccompanied children in immigration court, inside the same department that holds those children in custody. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com

Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids

Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.

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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 23h

NEW: The United States has sent more than 500 people whom it cannot deport to their own countries, often because of the danger they would face, to various countries in Africa where they have no connections. www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...

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Ilona Pinter @ilonapin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Also quite misleading to say children will be exempt from the refugee tax. Yes a 5 year old won't be expected to pay but their parents will and that will still keep that child at destitution levels, taking vital earnings and benefits income from families.

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Micro Rainbow @microrainbow.org · 08/10/2026

For #InternationalLesbianDay we're sharing the story of Senzeni, who's a lesbian woman from Zimbabwe seeking asylum in the UK. Read how she escaped abuse and eventually found community and freedom by meeting other queer women through Micro Rainbow: microrainbow.org/internationa...

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rainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

📢 Read our full statement now: buff.ly/DanGaiQ

Photo of two people wearing a pride flag and trans pride flag with their arms around each other shoulders. Text overlaid reads "Our response to today’s government enforcement action: Claiming asylum as an LGBTQI+ person is one of the hardest things you can do"

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Micro Rainbow @microrainbow.org · 07/10/2026

Want to do something joyful that also changes lives?🌈 From club nights to bake sales, find your own way to raise funds for #LGBTQI people seeking asylum. Email rattendet@microrainbow.org to get in touch with our Individual Giving Manager Richard ✉️ #fundraising

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 06/10/2026

Every person facing deportation should have a lawyer, including the children now in immigration court alone. That's why I called @schiff.senate.gov's Fairness to Freedom Act the most evidence-based piece of legislation I've seen in a long time. schiff.senate.gov/news/press-r…

schiff.senate.gov

NEWS: Sen. Schiff Introduces Bill Providing Right to Legal Representation for Individuals Facing Deportation, Legal Immigration Proceedings

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced the Fairness to Freedom Act of 2026, legislation to guarantee the right to legal representation for all individuals facing depo...

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CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"How do you exempt locals from immigration checks without racial profiling?" “A human-rights based approach is adopted in relation to every individual stopped". OK then.

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Kalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · 06/10/2026

It’s time to fix the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa 📣 Thousands of migrant domestic workers are being exploited. It’s time for a visa system that protects them and upholds their rights. Find out more about migrant domestic workers' demands: www.kalayaan.org.uk/campaigns-2/...

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abuse

theguardian.com

‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols

Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Huh Peter Andre now only the second worst person Katie Price has been attached to.

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DSC Immigration Team @doughtystimm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

𝗨𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 - Michelle Knorr and Agata Patyna were instructed by Decla Palmer from @gmiau.bsky.social ▶️ www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/upper-t... #Immigration #ImmigrationLaw

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Labour says it wants to reduce child poverty. So why is it pursuing immigration reforms projected to leave 90,000 more children in poverty? No concessions can save these reforms. Tell Burnham to bin them. act.praxis.org.uk/andy-burnham...

act.praxis.org.uk

To Andy Burnham: Scrap the earned settlement proposals

Sign the petition and call on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to scrap the earned settlement plans. They are unpopular. They are divisive. And they will devastate our already struggling NHS and our social...

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On a totally different issue, when I & many other women were furious about the Green Party position on reducing c-sections ("we will work to reduce the number of interventions in childbirth" to treat it as a "non-medical event") we were told that these policies sneak in, because of member voting...

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Weakening a fundamental right doesn’t build confidence in it – it just leaves it weaker for everyone. That's why the Government must drop their proposals to change Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. More here: www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/the-im...

libertyhumanrights.org.uk

The Immigration and Asylum Bill risks weakening our right to family life - Liberty

The Immigration and Asylum Bill currently going through Parliament affects a lot more than just migration

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Earn @nregib.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If this was from a movie that came out in 2016 set in future Trump’s America people would’ve called it alarmist and laughed but now it’s just life

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is there a subtle contrast being drawn between who Labour help and who the Tories help 🤔 #CPC26

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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I left before the takeover, but the takeover is why I never rejoined

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

To Rob Beckett. Incredible. #CelebrityTraitors

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Detention Action @detentionaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We welcome the decision to end the UK-France ‘One-in, One-out’ Scheme, which has caused profound physical and psychological harm. We are concerned by suggestions that the scheme should extend to an EU-wide scale. We will continue to support those still detained under the scheme.

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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Having a GREAT time sharing this with everyone in whatsapp!

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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

*personal view* IMHO Legal 500s and Chambers & Partners client-based assessments of barristers are pure hagiography. So this is… bracing ;) www.rollonfriday.com/news-content...

rollonfriday.com

EXCLUSIVE Legal500 accidentally publishes terrible reviews of top barristers

Pulls site offline

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The other thing about Suella Braverman is that she just isn't very bright.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've been talking to quite a few Conservatives for a piece ahead of their conference, and it's striking how many proactively brought up a reason why they think this year's event will be more positive than last: the fact Robert Jenrick won't be there. Such unananimity of dislike is rare.

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CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The most important reason why immigration is more successful in the United States is the simplest: Europe makes it structurally much harder for immigrants to work" www.theargumentmag.com/p/why-americ...

theargumentmag.com

Why America is so much better than Europe at immigration

What liberals can actually learn from Denmark

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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And I'll be co-presenting this one!

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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 30/09/2026

She understood that the right to choose a peaceful death is a fundamental human freedom. Her legacy is not just in the charities she founded, but in the compassion she awakened in the public consciousness regarding the end of life. She changed the debate, and we are deeply grateful for her courage.

humanists.uk

Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026)

Humanists UK is saddened to announce the death of Dame Esther Rantzen, the trailblazing broadcaster, founder of Childline, and stalwart campaigner for the right to die, aged 86. Already known to…

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Labour Party Conference this year was different. The message of ‘hope again’ was beaming from every screen. But, there was one glaring omission: migrant care workers. Read our CEO's analysis 👇 www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

workrightscentre.org

Labour Party Conference 2026: Andy Burnham has noble ambition for care but it must include migrant care workers | Work Rights Centre

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Home Office rules on Right to Work checks are being updated from tomorrow. Read our explainer, which covers: • When will businesses need to conduct a Right to Work check? • How can businesses conduct these checks? • Is one Right to Work check enough? www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

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Right to Work checks to be redefined from 1 October 2026 | Work Rights Centre

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 29/09/2026

Let's be clear. The is nonsense. 1. There is limited evidence at best to show that AI will safely reduce processing costs and increase operational efficiency. 2. There is growing evidence that AI will vastly increase the loading on public services and require more human agents.

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