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𧥠Everyone has a right to safety. Join us to stand with refugees and people seeking asylum.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialHow have we reached a point where headlines about âanti-migrant activistsâ are everywhere? When the language of âprotestâ or âactivistâ is used it ushers in the belief that people's humanity is up for debate. Itâs time to call these activities what they are.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialOur thoughts go out to the loved ones of the two women and young child who died, as well as migrant and refugee communities across the country.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialMore deaths at our border. Totally preventable. We are devastated.
This is what happens when there is no way for people to safely reach the UK in order to claim asylum. Their only option is to risk their life in a boat.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialThis is how the government should move away from the use of shoddy and costly private temporary accommodation - homes in communities, not camps!
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialThis campaign demands something we are urgently calling for too - funding councils to buy up some of the hundreds of thousands of empty homes in the UK and making them available for all people in our communities, including people seeking asylum. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialThe government is wrong to house people seeking asylum in former military sites. But the answer isnât to demonise people seeking safety. Itâs to create more decent housing for all. Listen to our Policy Manager Ben Whitham talk about this on LBC from 16:25:07: www.globalplayer.com/live/lbcnews...
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialThe people of Piddington have symbolically voted to leave the UK. Some organisers are calling themselves âplucky underdogsâ. But who are the real underdogs - residents of an Oxfordshire village, or people seeking asylum, survivors of things like war, persecution and torture?
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialWe came to Number 10 with a housewarming gift - 8,450+ names calling for an asylum system built on welcome, fairness and dignity. And we brought the key to a better asylum system with us! Seemore in our blog: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/in-westminster-our-housewarming-card-to-andy-burnham/
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialWhat we saw this weekend cannot become the norm. People seeking asylum were targeted, as racist violence and intimidation escalated. Weâve joined more than 150 organisations calling on the government to act urgently and take concrete steps to stop it.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialTo refugees: you are welcome here. We stand with you. Your safety matters. People wearing masks, marching through our streets and stoking fear, are unacceptable. Itâs more than âthuggeryâ. Itâs racism, walking boldly through our communities. And it's emboldened by political rhetoric.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialCan you imagine fleeing war and persecution, only to have violent mobs attempt to storm the place you live? When politicians scapegoat migrants and refugees, it doesn't just stay in Westminster. This is the result.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialMPs warned the Immigration and Asylum Bill is "unsafe and unworkable" and challenged the rise of far-right politics. The answer to the far right isn't to copy its politics. Scrap the bill.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialLocal elections are tomorrow đłď¸ If you can vote, make it count. Candidates are knocking on doors. Ask what they stand for. ⢠Will everyone have a safe place to live? ⢠Will people seeking asylum be treated with dignity? ⢠Do you support safe routes? Even one question makes a difference.
@refugeeaction.bsky.socialThe voices of people seeking safety are missing from too much media coverage of this summer's racist attacks. Let's make sure Nabil is heard loud and clear.
@refugeeaction.bsky.social"I did not come here seeking wealth or running from poverty. In fact, I had a stable life back in my country, Yemen.
"What forced me to leave was not economic hardship, but persecution and fear for my safety and the safety of my family."
