Home Office chief responds to that devastating long read by @trillingual.
The two pieces capture the central schizophrenia of pledges to become more humane after #Windrush while dialing up hate against asylum seekers in service of the Conservative re-election strategy.
The two pieces capture the central schizophrenia of pledges to become more humane after #Windrush while dialing up hate against asylum seekers in service of the Conservative re-election strategy.
https://twitter.com/guardianopinion/status/1393239194437251072
We see this schizophrenia every day in our dealings with Home Office leaders.
I don't doubt the sincerity of their commitment to implement lessons from the #Windrush review.
I don't doubt the sincerity of their commitment to implement lessons from the #Windrush review.
I've seen at close range the changes in mindset when it comes to thinking about institutionalised cruelty & discrimination.
Some Home Office leaders even wrote to me with their reflections on a piece that @SatbirLSingh and I wrote on the #Windrush review
thetimes.co.uk/article/windru…
Some Home Office leaders even wrote to me with their reflections on a piece that @SatbirLSingh and I wrote on the #Windrush review
thetimes.co.uk/article/windru…
There is a new willingness to reach out to leaders of self-led migrant activist groups - to really hear and build meaningful two-way relationships with them.
Early days, for sure, but this was totally unthinkable two years ago.
Early days, for sure, but this was totally unthinkable two years ago.
But the vile politics of hate against asylum seekers driven by Patel and the Australian political strategists installed at Conservative HQ pulls the other way.
politics.co.uk/comment-analys…
politics.co.uk/comment-analys…
And so the same civil servants trying to put things right after #Windrush are now tasked with destroying our asylum system.
Instead of rolling back the #HostileEnvironment environment they are rolling it out!
Instead of rolling back the #HostileEnvironment environment they are rolling it out!
Patel wants to rip up the Refugee Convention by making the UK inhospitable for torture survivors and others arriving on their own to seek protection.
She's asked the civil servants to write new laws to eject them.
No wonder the UN is sounding an alarm
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
She's asked the civil servants to write new laws to eject them.
No wonder the UN is sounding an alarm
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
And this is the rub for @MatthewRycroft1.
The tone set by ministers, their politics and the laws they push through Parliament will always override well-meant initiatives he leads to change the culture in an opposite direction.
The tone set by ministers, their politics and the laws they push through Parliament will always override well-meant initiatives he leads to change the culture in an opposite direction.
This is Rycroft's dilemma. But it is our call to arms.
He says that "As public servants, our job is to deliver on the priorities that the public care about and voted for."
Like these Glaswegians, we need to make what we care about visible from the moon!
He says that "As public servants, our job is to deliver on the priorities that the public care about and voted for."
Like these Glaswegians, we need to make what we care about visible from the moon!
https://twitter.com/FreefromTorture/status/1392872379169349645
Caring people are coming together across the country to stand with refugees and defend our asylum system.
We've united 100 groups - large & small - and the movement is growing every day.
#TogetherWithRefugees we can make the spirit of Windrush win out.
We've united 100 groups - large & small - and the movement is growing every day.
#TogetherWithRefugees we can make the spirit of Windrush win out.
https://twitter.com/FreefromTorture/status/1391677148000305154?s=20
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