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Thibaut Raboin
ThibautRaboin
1/5 A short thread on my chapter in #RefugeInAMovingWorld edited by @FiddianQasmiyeh & published by @UCLpressChapter 10 is about discourses of advocacy for SOGI asylum in the UK. #EncountersInDisplacement https://www.uclpress.co.uk/prod
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Daniel Sohege
stand_for_all
Thread on terminology: "Refugee" is declaratory definition based on someone meeting the criteria set out in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees."Asylum seeker" is someone who is actively
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Refugee Action
RefugeeAction
We do not know the experiences, backgrounds and personal stories of every person trying to cross the English Channel. But it is clear that many of them intend to claim
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Lizzie Dearden
lizziedearden
Home Office officials have given evidence to MPs that directly contradicts many characterisations of English Channel crossings made by ministersThe government has referred to "illegal migrants" but 98% of more
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West London Welcome
wlondonwelcome
A positive story to start the day, since we don’t celebrate these things enough on social media: One of the young people we support - a talented designer - came
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Daniel Sohege
stand_for_all
Thread: Any solution by @ukhomeoffice to tackle "criminal gangs", whether traffickers or smugglers, needs to recognise some key points. Gangs see asylum seekers as "commodities". Most of time they don't
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Tahirih Justice Center
tahirihjustice
*VICTORY!* We are happy to announce that last Friday, our client Danilo was released from an ICE detention center! Danilo – a Cuban music teacher who fled persecution on account
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Bean🔥
SomersetBean
One year ago Julian Assange was illegally dragged from asylum & imprisoned in a maximum security prison."Time that Mr Assange—who has already paid a high price for peacefully exercising his
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openDemocracyUK
openDemocracyUK
This week the Home Office starts sending more migrants to Napier army barracks in KentopenDemocracy talks to former residents about the grim conditions. Their stories will shock you.#closethebarracks https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendem
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
ReichlinMelnick
Yet ANOTHER attack on asylum seekers from @DOJ_EOIR. This new proposal reg would:- Set 15-day filing deadline for asylum/withholding-only proceedings- Allow judges(!) to submit evidence- Restrict asylum-seekers' evidence.- Restrict cont
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Shouan Zhoobin Riahi شوان ریاحی 🌹
abogadojuanito
I’ve represented hundreds of Honduran asylum seekers in my career. Earlier this year I won asylum for a family who refused to pay the local gang extortion fees.https://twitter.com/Haleaziz/status/1199086371966570496 When my
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Sara Creta
saracreta
#Libya @UNHCRLibya "advise" to asylum seekers hosted at gathering &departure facility(GDF) in #Tripoli "We cannot process your case here. You will not be consider for evacuation/resettlement if you stay at
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Gautham Thomas
gautham_t
Bloomingdale Asylum was a project that grew out of New York Hospital, that was intended to be a site of "moral treatment," a more humane approach to the care of
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Matina Stevis-Gridneff
MatinaStevis
#Moria was not meant to be a decent temporary home, and it really wasn’t. No one will miss it. I walked through burned rats in the rancid pile of mess
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DASH
DASH_ASYLUM_UK
1/ In a difficult week for asylum seekers in the UK we want to counter some of the grimness with comments made today at our first zoom volunteer Coffee &
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Nicole Elizabeth Ramos #BurnItAllDown (views mine)
luzenlafrontera
At @AlOtroLado_Org we've been yelling for years about @CBP's lies regarding capacity to process refugees @ the border. Their lies sentenced many migrants to die. Some survived but only after
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