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Daniel Sohege 🧡

24 Dec, 8 tweets, 5 min read

I know money can be tight, but if you can afford it this #Christmas please consider donating what you can to help others. There is so much need out there, and it is getting worse, but together we can support each other. This is just a quick list to help get started. 1/8

@Shelter

First off @Shelter. There are so many people forced into situations of rough sleeping and #homelessness in the UK. Shelter helps support them to try and find somewhere safe and warm to live, something many of us take for granted. 2/8
england.shelter.org.uk/donate?reserve…

@JCWI_UK

For those supporting #migrantsrights take a look at @JCWI_UK. They have continued working tirelessly throughout the pandemic to stand up for those who the government doesn't just dismiss, it demonises. 3/8
jcwi.org.uk/donate/donate/…

@TrussellTrust

While many of us are tucking into our Christmas meals, millions of people will be unable to afford to buy enough food to eat. The @TrussellTrust is working to ensure that no-one needs to rely on #foodbanks. 4/8 trusselltrust.org/make-a-donatio…

@savechildrenuk

For many children Christmas isn't about presents or family, it's about being alone and scared. @savechildrenuk is working to ensure that all children have the same chances that many of us take for granted. 5/8
savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-he…

@Love146UK

Child trafficking is on the rise in the UK. It's a domestic issue as well as international. @Love146UK works with survivors to help support them rebuild their lives and regain their childhoods. This Christmas they will be there to help children connect 6/8
love146.org.uk/give/

@RefugeCharity

Imagine having to flee your own home to escape an abusive partner at Christmas. Domestic violence spikes at this time of year, but with the help of organisations like @RefugeCharity some people can find safety they wouldn't otherwise have. 7/8
donate.refuge.org.uk/page/91968/don…

This is just a quick snapshot and I am sure that people will be able to add to the list. This is going to be a difficult Christmas for so many people. You can help bring at least a brief reminder that there is still good out there though with your support. 8/8

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18 Dec

The #BordersBill is hideous and should be scrapped for many reasons. One thing it has, yet again as with Brexit and EU citizens, highlighted though is just how little awareness so many people have of the UK's immigration laws as it stands. 1/

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14 Dec

Consultation on the Human Rights Act has been published, and, from a cursory reading, it's even worse than previously thought. Seems designed to strip rights from people the government deems "unsuitable" and remove the last legal protections some have. 1/

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Just as a point, when you seem to complain the right not to be returned to a country where you face torture, right to a fair trial, and right not to be ripped from your family are barriers to your government's policies, you kind of have to start questioning those policies. 2/

The main focus of the consultation appears to be, as the government has widely publicised, a means by which to remove foreign national offenders. This raises several crucial points. 3/

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14 Dec

"Typically British liberties", such as freedom of speech and trial jury, because no-one else has though. #r4today

Unless you are going to start saying that anyone who has served a prison sentence is no longer allowed the right to a family life I don't see how you can argue that it is consistent with human rights to deprive people of t based on where they are born. #r4today

As many have already pointed out, the UK already has the legal systems in place to remove people if it is in the public interest. It is not in the public interest to deprive people of the right to a family based on where they are born though.

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14 Dec

While Raab talks about removing human rights from certain people. This is what's happening already, before the Borders Bill passes, before right to protest is totally removed, before human rights are abandoned, UK is leaving people in distress. 1/ #r4today
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/d…

If the UK is serious about not leaving the ECHR then for most people reforms of the Human Rights Act will actually mean very little. They will still be able to take cases to Strasbourg in the worst case scenarios. 2/

For those who are most vulnerable there isn't the reality of being to progress claims though. For those who are already being denied human rights, they risk having that removal enshrined in domestic law. 3/ #r4today

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