#Asylum

While this number of apprehensions by ⁦@USBPChief⁩ is an increase over the past years, this is still within the agency’s ability to handle humanely. As you can clearly see, this

Tim Naor Hilton

Our support services @refugeeaction for people seeking asylum have now done 4 weeks remote working, supporting vulnerable people through phone / email / what’s app. Our conclusions so far? 1/11

jamesmatthewsky

EXCL: Staff at a Glasgow hotel where an asylum seeker launched a knife attack were warned he was a risk the night before he struck. Thread.. [email protected] Fellow residents at

What’s wrong with these people, privacy violations, scaring desperate families, shouting at innocent asylum seekers This inhuman, ridiculous and racist behaviour is not Britain#Supportrefugees #UniversityChallenge #PlanetEarthACelebration

The rejection of asylum seekers at ports of entry started under the Obama administration, was expanded under Trump, and must end. Now, confirmation that DHS instructed agents to lie to

Talking to a friend about how quickly we criticize older Jamaican people for stigmatizing mental health but maybe it might help to think about madness/insanity historically as an elastic sociopolitical

THREAD: Why do ALL migrants want to come to the UK? They've already reached France, why are they risking their lives at sea? Benefits scroungers and a threat to national

Vera Institute of Justice

In last night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed that 99% of immigrants fail to appear in court.This is patently false.Here are the facts: According to @verainstitute research and the federal

We don't need new laws to end the "border crisis." In fact, we already have laws on the books right now that *require* an end to the "border crisis." 8

Ooh good, @JamesCleverly would like to discuss statistics. UK, number of asylum applications 2019, 32,693. France, 154,620. I mean obviously you can argue France is larger, but your still looking

Priti Patel promises “to the biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades” with a new 'Fair Borders' bill and says she will “accelerate our operational response to illegal migration”

Caitlin Dickerson

1/During the debate you heard that asylum seekers are living in a refugee camp on America's doorstep for the 1st time in history. Some have been there more than 1yr

Christian Mommers

The annual report by @CommissionerHR also reflects the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in 2019. Some specific concerns from the foreword: 1/7https://twitter.com/CommissionerHR/status/1252508561105616896 "Despite the decreas

I met Hassan in Calais last week. He is 17. He was with some Syrian men whom he had only recently met. He told me he had lost his parents

Siobhán McGuirk

“Offshore processing” of asylum claims is driven by racism + xenophobia alone. When Trump suggested similar in the US, there was outcry. Now, the BBC calmly questions if it’s workable?

Sebastian Payne

SebastianEPayne

FT Exclusive: Priti Patel asked officials to explore the construction of an asylum processing centre on Ascension Island - a British overseas territory more than 4,000 miles from the UK