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前にも書きましたが、私も移民としてフランスとドイツで暮らしていました。
駐在でも留学でもなく、夫と二人で選んだ道です。
入国後すぐに滞在許可証を申請しますが、はじめはせいぜい半年程度。
期限がくる前に再申請をしにいきますが、何事も遅いフランスでは、次の
#入管法改悪反対
駐在でも留学でもなく、夫と二人で選んだ道です。
入国後すぐに滞在許可証を申請しますが、はじめはせいぜい半年程度。
期限がくる前に再申請をしにいきますが、何事も遅いフランスでは、次の
#入管法改悪反対
滞在許可証が発行される前に期限を過ぎてしまうのが普通。
その間は申請中ですという紙切れ一枚で過ごしますが、オーバーステイを理由に収容されるなんて話聞いたことがありません。
なんなら知人は、10年間ビザなしで生き抜いた後に申請をして永住権まで得ていました。その国で生きていけると証明
その間は申請中ですという紙切れ一枚で過ごしますが、オーバーステイを理由に収容されるなんて話聞いたことがありません。
なんなら知人は、10年間ビザなしで生き抜いた後に申請をして永住権まで得ていました。その国で生きていけると証明
されたからです。
ドイツでは、シリアやアフガニスタンから来た方にたくさん出会いました。語学クラスの8割は移民や難民の方でした。来た理由はそれぞれですが、皆真面目にドイツ語を学び、いつも私のことを助けてくれました。
私は彼らに出会って自分の中にたくさんのステレオタイプを発見しました。
ドイツでは、シリアやアフガニスタンから来た方にたくさん出会いました。語学クラスの8割は移民や難民の方でした。来た理由はそれぞれですが、皆真面目にドイツ語を学び、いつも私のことを助けてくれました。
私は彼らに出会って自分の中にたくさんのステレオタイプを発見しました。
Welcome to my TED Talk on the far-right in Ireland. THREAD –
A lot of people on the far right in Ireland seem to be having difficulty understanding why we call them “far-right” so here’s a little explainer for those at the back
If you use "Antifa" (short for anti-fascist) as an insult, you're far-right
🧵Last night, hundreds braved the wind and rain in Parliament Square as the House voted on the #IllegalMigrationBill to make their thoughts on this hateful legislation clear: 1/
The impromptu #StopTheBill demonstration heard from former refugees and campaigners like @haoussou, who called on the Government to reject the Home Secretary’s nativist Bill and show solidarity with people across the world affected by conflict 2/
.@Ntunasi reminded the crowd that the Government’s harping about ‘illegal asylum seekers’ grossly oversimplifies the reality of finding your way to a safe destination as a refugee 3/
Good morning everyone 🌸🌞🌸
And still, it rattles on.
I #StandWithGaryLineker, it's important for everyone to question this barbaric asylum seekers policy,
People stepping forward and supporting freedom of speech is what we should all be doing, cancelling someone's right to
And still, it rattles on.
I #StandWithGaryLineker, it's important for everyone to question this barbaric asylum seekers policy,
People stepping forward and supporting freedom of speech is what we should all be doing, cancelling someone's right to
Speak out is fascism, isn't it?
The @BBCNews @BBC @BBCSport
Can't sit on the fence in chosen subjects and then get involved in others.
Its time for solidarity, it's time for us all to stand up and be counted this is our country we have to set our boundaries of what is
The @BBCNews @BBC @BBCSport
Can't sit on the fence in chosen subjects and then get involved in others.
Its time for solidarity, it's time for us all to stand up and be counted this is our country we have to set our boundaries of what is
Acceptable, the "Nasty Party" have shown again and again not only their distane for asylum seekers but for their own citizens.we can not rely on the MSM or the government to give us the truth we have to go and look for it ourselves, time to put your big pants on, time to stand
When I was growing up, and learned in horror about the Holocaust, I thought 'Never Again' meant:
"Never again can such evil ever be allowed to happen against anyone. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Yet to some absolule unspeakables, it means:
"Never again can such evil ever be allowed to happen against anyone. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
Yet to some absolule unspeakables, it means:
"Never again must anyone ever be allowed to call out racism, fascism, evil, note with horror where it has led in the past and where it will do so again if it isn't stopped, and cite their knowledge of Nazi Germany...
... Because doing so is SHAMEFUL and ANTISEMITIC".
... Because doing so is SHAMEFUL and ANTISEMITIC".
1930s Germany teaches us all what can happen when a minority (in fact, several minorities) are stigmatised, demonised, utterly dehumanised.
At that very time, extraordinary proportions of the British press thought it was "exaggerated".
At that very time, extraordinary proportions of the British press thought it was "exaggerated".
@GaryLineker Here's a chart showing Asylum applications per 100,000 of national population. We do indeed take in far fewer than the majority of our European neighbours. In the next tweet I'm retweeting an article with the latest statistics that back up this chart. 1/2 
@GaryLineker As Ian points out, our numbers are relatively low compared with other similarly sized European countries. #RefugeesWelcome #HopeNotHate
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“If they really are refugees, why don’t they have to stay in the first safe country they reach?”
“Why don’t they just claim asylum in France?”
Here is my answer, once & for all. To Jonathan Gullis, and to everyone else who ever wondered.
#RefugeesWelcome
“Why don’t they just claim asylum in France?”
Here is my answer, once & for all. To Jonathan Gullis, and to everyone else who ever wondered.
#RefugeesWelcome
The 3 things you need to know:
1. Most refugees never come to rich countries like the UK, more go to other countries.
2. Those coming to the UK have ties to this country.
3. Geography is no excuse to shirk responsibility & leads to a race to the bottom with disastrous results.
1. Most refugees never come to rich countries like the UK, more go to other countries.
2. Those coming to the UK have ties to this country.
3. Geography is no excuse to shirk responsibility & leads to a race to the bottom with disastrous results.
For those asking how he responded, I don't remember any response at all.
The full video is available here.
I & a witness from Border Force answered questions on why the government's plans would not solve the problems in our asylum system... & they haven't.
The full video is available here.
I & a witness from Border Force answered questions on why the government's plans would not solve the problems in our asylum system... & they haven't.
1/ The body of a little girl was found on an island in the Kerkennah archipelago,Tunisia, last December, in the same position as little Aylan Kurdi in 2015. But unlike him, his photo did not not made the rounds of the world nor engendered the slightest political reaction.
2/ A silence that says a lot about people and their "selective humanity"
Let me get this straight- people are saying the far right are rioting because of refugees so we should listen and stop letting refugees in? But when just stop oil/XR protest to stop climate change its ‘extreme’ and nobody wants to put things in place to stop climate change?
The far right are setting things on fire and people are saying ‘well let’s just give them what they want it’s clear they are annoyed about the refugees so let’s solve that problem for them’
But when people sit on the ground at parliament square asking for abortion rights or action for climate change or because the police are racist it’s ‘woah that’s not real, you should calm down, so woke and extreme’
Would @churchofengland @JustinWelby treat #NicolaBulley as he has treated my son #AmbroseGGBall and as he has treated @ProductsSystem aka #LovellTwins👭🏾 @GREATBritain @BestForBritain who both blocked me as if I have less #RightSideOfHistory @VictimSupport than #RefugeesWelcome .
What makes @BrianWillmot have the God given rights to show #NicolaBulley his #compassion #IntegrityInitiative but has never ever shown my sin #AmbroseGGBall the same #empathy towards #UnderstandingGoodSuccess @churchofengland @JustinWelby
What makes @Phil_VCSA @IICSAVSCP #IICSA @voicing_csa all feel their #Pain and suffering in #silencercentral @MindCharity @CharitySANE @heads_together @GiveUsAShout @mentalhealth @CoE_Antidiscri @MaggieOliverUK @wedger_jon @pienmashfilms @BreesAnna
Merseyside Pensioners, Trade Unionists, Anti-fascist and faith groups gather outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley as a show of support and solidarity for the #Refugees temporarily housed there. The peaceful gathering was in response to threats from far right and fascist groups.
Contrary to some media reports those supporting the refugees DID NOT clash with the police or cause any disturbance. #Merseyside has a proud record of welcoming those fleeing from oppression. Fascists are not welcome. #RefugeesWelcome
Fascists have been trying to intimidate the #Refugees & stir up hatred. Our determination to welcome these vulnerable people will continue despite the hostile environment created by the government. #RefugeesWelcome #ToriesUnfitToGovern #Racism is not welcome! @UnitedWeStandSN
"Seit über 1 Jahr protestieren Geflüchtete aus Sierra Leone gegen drohende Abschiebungen & für eine Bleibeperspektive mit dem Protestcamp am Georg-Freundorfer-Platz. Durch die drohende Abschiebung von Chris nach Sierra Leone ist die Notwendigkeit des Protestes umso deutlicher!"..
"Chris, ein Geflüchteter aus Sierra Leone, hat ein Kind mit seiner Lebensgefährtin in Landshut, mit dem zweiten Kind ist die Frau gerade schwanger. Die Frau und auch das gemeinsame Kind haben einen Aufenthaltstitel in Deutschland."
"Wer nun glaubt, dass das Wohl des Kindes und der Schutz der Familie im Vordergrund stehen sollten & Chris ein Bleiberecht bekommen muss, sieht sich getäuscht. Chris wurde, nachdem er seinen Pass abgegeben hatte, verhaftet und sollte vor wenigen Tagen abgeschoben werden."
Re: @chrisgreybrexit's thread about his heroic father-in-law: in September 1939, my Hungarian great-grandfather was in London. Seeking asylum for his Jewish family.
When war broke out, his wife pleaded with him to return to her and their three daughters. Fatefully, he did.
When war broke out, his wife pleaded with him to return to her and their three daughters. Fatefully, he did.
That decision ultimately cost him his life. He died in the camps only weeks from the end of the war. My grandmother, who doted on him, never forgave her mother for that heartbreaking request.
When they were deported to Auschwitz in 1944, my grandmother, great-grandmother and two great-aunts somehow stayed together.
Alles was man wissen muss, wieso z.B. eine Impfkampagne mit einer 3-Fach-"Geimpften" #Stokowski, die kurz nach ihrem letzten Schuss #LongCovid bekam, trotzdem ein voller Erfolg sein wird in 5 Teilen 🧵 und bei sämtlichen anderen Themen Anwendung findet, bis zum 3. Weltkrieg. 1/5
🚨Scholarship opportunities for refugees and people seeking asylum🚨
We’ve collected recent announcements about new scholarship opportunities at UK universities.
Please share. 🧵
#EqualAccess #RefugeesIntoUni
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We’ve collected recent announcements about new scholarship opportunities at UK universities.
Please share. 🧵
#EqualAccess #RefugeesIntoUni
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📢Warm Welcome Scholarships 📢
The @BritishCouncil is reopening the Warm Welcome Scholarship scheme for eligible Afghan nationals beginning their studies in Jan/Feb 2023.
📅 Apply between 17 and 30 October 2022
bit.ly/3ePAgGI
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The @BritishCouncil is reopening the Warm Welcome Scholarship scheme for eligible Afghan nationals beginning their studies in Jan/Feb 2023.
📅 Apply between 17 and 30 October 2022
bit.ly/3ePAgGI
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@BritishCouncil 📢Ukraine Conflict Distance Learning Sanctuary Scholarship at @uniofleicester 📢
A fee waiver for distance learning courses, available to students of any nationality whose access to higher education has been disrupted due to the conflict in Ukraine.
bit.ly/3RKU2le
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A fee waiver for distance learning courses, available to students of any nationality whose access to higher education has been disrupted due to the conflict in Ukraine.
bit.ly/3RKU2le
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Everyone has the right to seek, in another country, asylum from persecution in their own. There’s no requirement that this be in the nearest country or any particular country. This comes from Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1/5
It is not permitted to penalise someone, still less punish them, simply for exercising that right by crossing one or more borders without prior permission. This comes from Article 31 of the Refugee Convention. 2/5
It is especially absurd to complain at this while pretending to take pride in providing or having provided asylum to some people & yet make no provision at all for anyone to be given permission to come to seek asylum. In fact, it’s plain disingenuous. 3/5
How many times does it have to be said before the government pays attention? "Deterrents" don't work. If you want to cut channel crossings it needs to be done by making it easier to reach the UK and access the asylum system. 1/
#r4today #RefugeesWelcome
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a…
#r4today #RefugeesWelcome
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a…
Removing carrier liability fines would be a great start, these are what airlines, ferries, Eurostar etc may have to pay if they are found to have facilitated the transportation of someone without correct visas. 2/
Fairly obviously refugees don't often get the chance to apply for a visa and then wait around for it to be issued when fleeing for their lives, so being prevented from reaching the UK via more "normal" routes forces them into having to rely on smugglers. 3/
Thinking on #PolicingAct & chilling effect on democratic right to protest. Here’s a 🧵 of some MFJ demos/marches only from past 2yrs - we never asked ‘permission’, we never informed police. Now we could be prosecuted. This one is recently at Colnbrook detention centre (1/20)
Here we marched from brixton to Home Office via Serco & G4S offices -- it was a powerful, vibrant, important march led by asylum seekers, refugees & undocumented many who came to UK on promise of freedom, democracy/equality. #PolicingAct makes mockery of those principles (2/20)
Here outside the Rwandan High Commission protesting inhuman Refugee Trafficking deal. This was after passage of #PolicingAct . How many people will think twice before organising such a protest because of this Act? We can’t let them make us afraid, we must keep fighting! (3/20)
THREAD: As it is #WorldRefugeeDay and the start of #RefugeeWeek2022 let's have a little look at some of the common misconceptions, and plain lies, spread about asylum seekers coming to the UK shall we? 1/
Let's start, appropriately, with the common myth of "first safe country". Now this gets said a lot, but in reality there is no mention of first safe country in any internationally recognised legal instrument related to refugees. 2/
The closest reference you will find is in the Dublin Regs, which the UK has now left, and even then effectively first country of entry is at the bottom of a hierarchical list of criteria for determining which state should process the application. 3/
What is so complicated about having a processing centre in Calais as offered by France? That way the vast majority of refugees whose applications for asylum are approved could arrive in the UK ready and willing to find work and become huge benefit to the country.
In many cases they have family links here. Built in support systems. The insanity of the Rwanda idea is that it is designed to stop traffickers. By punishing the victims who would be deported without being heard, even though the majority would be granted asylum? The refugees?
How is that in any way acceptable? Where are their human rights? The UK has lost its moral compass. Atrocious thinking. It has to stop. #RefugeesWelcome #NotInMyName #Shameful #ToryDisgrace #JohnsonOutBeforeHeDoesMoreDamage #compassion
C'est l'honneur de l'Europe d'accueillir plus de 6 millions d'Ukrainiens. Je représente le gouvernement ce matin au @Senat pour défendre les priorités de la présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne ⤵️
#PFUE #RefugeesWelcome
#PFUE #RefugeesWelcome
Avec nos partenaires européens, nous avons activé le dispositif de protection temporaire qui permet une protection rapide & adaptée dans l’ensemble de l’UE.
👉🏾 Logement, droit au travail, scolarité pour les enfants, accès aux soins...
Cc @Elisabeth_Borne
👉🏾 Logement, droit au travail, scolarité pour les enfants, accès aux soins...
Cc @Elisabeth_Borne
Plus de 80 000 personnes sont arrivées d’Ukraine en France. Citoyens, État, collectivités, associations, entreprises : tous sont mobilisés pour leur offrir le meilleur accueil !
Cc @GDarmanin
Cc @GDarmanin
Proud to be 1 of 72 @LibDemLords voting to give asylum seekers the right to work in the UK if their claim has not been resolved within 6 months. We won in @UKHouseofLords by just 1 vote! votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Di… #Refugees #RefugeesWelcome #RefugeesNeedHelp
But we lost by 5 votes an amendment from the Bishop of Manchester prevent “offshoring” unless safeguards protecting human rights, protection against persecution, and threats to physical safety are in place. Judge for yourself how he Peers voted: votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Di… #Refugee
Tory Peers put under great pressure to be nasty theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a… #RefugeesNeedHelp
John Moloney, Asst General Secretary of @pcs_union, on the #UnionsStandWithUkraine march, condemning the UK government's appalling treatment of refugees fleeing Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and fleeing persecution and destruction around the world. #RefugeesWelcome
Labour MP @NadiaWhittomeMP says Russian antiwar protesters are heroes and "will go down in history". She, too, highlights the British government's hypocrisy in obstructing, vilifying and mistreating refugees. It's not good enough to wave flags if you won't waive visas.
Tiesitkö, että vuosina 2015-16 Suomeen tuli turvapaikanhakijoina noin 14 000 lasta ja naista? Eivät tunnu tietävän poliitikotkaan, joten taas kerran on hyvä vähän oikoa faktoja. #faktantarkistus yle.fi/uutiset/3-1237…
Sekä @AnnikaSaarikko että @ir_rkp siis toistivat jutussa, että 2015-16 pakolaiskriisissä liikkeellä olivat enimmäkseen "nuoret miehet". Tosiasiassa noina vuosina Suomeen saapui turvapaikanhakijoina 14 000 naista ja ala-ikäistä lasta. Lähde: Eurostatin tilastot
Lisäksi @ir_rkp totesi ukrainalaisten palaavan sodan jälkeen kotiin. Joko Purra ei ymmärrä kv-suojelua tai hän vääristelee sitä. Turvapaikka myönnetään henkilökohtaisen vainon - ei sodan - perusteella. Vaino voi jatkua loppuiän, eikä kotiinpaluu siksi ole kaikille mahdollista.
