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Jun 8 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Of the many deeply disgusting and inhumane anti-immigration policies this government has pushed, the Rwanda plan is potentially the worst. It's a policy designed to be cruel, designed to hurt people. It needs to be stopped. #RwandaMigrationPlan
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No-one should be forcibly transported to Rwanda, a country with a track record of human rights abuses, but particularly children. No matter what claims the @ukhomeoffice may make, incorrect age assessments will inevitably see under 18's shipped off.

Number of age disputes rose from an average of 840 per year to more than 2500 in 2021. During a similar period outcomes shifted a higher proportion being assessed as children, to the majority being treated as adults. It's not statistically likely such a swing happens by chance.
This government no longer cares about international law, or domestic for that matter, human rights, or even basic humanity. They see asylum seekers as "less than human". Anyone who thinks they won't deport kids, along with any other vulnerable person, hasn't been paying attention
We need to stop the planned forced transit flights, stop the Rwanda plan and end the constant hostility towards those who have committed no crime, but are just trying to seek safety. It is not illegal to seek asylum. It is highly illegal to penalise someone for doing so. #r4today

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Jun 9
Two BIG issues facing those who believe in migrants' rights right now.
1) The Home Office has something of a record of claiming that they until an appeal has gone through they can continue with a policy, even if deemed unlawful, and the Supreme Court has a record of.... 1/5
saying it isn't the role of the courts to interfere in political policy. So even if legal cases against the Rwanda plan are successful it still isn't over. 2/5
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Long thread: On the 14th June the government claims that it will start forcibly deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda. Let's be brutally honest here, the plan only appeals to imbeciles and racists. Apply any humanity or sense to it and you see how terrible it is. 1/ #r4today
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Bit of a "lessons learned" thread for fundraisers. Something which is overlooked at times is how a lot of fundraising is more about the "numbers" than the cause. As an example, I have 21,000 followers. If everyone donated £1 this fundraiser would quadruple its target. 1/
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One last big push for the @Love146UK
#HeartofSafety campaign. I know times are hard, but if you can donate please, please do. Even a small amount can have a huge impact. 1/ act.love146.org.uk/heartofsafety
There's a lot going on in the world, we all know that. There's a lot for people to focus on and worry about. I get it, I really get it, but that doesn't mean that trafficked children are any less vulnerable or in need of support.
It isn't just the big stuff, and by God there is enough big stuff. Right now for example we are seeing children who have been separated from their families stuck in hotels and effectively locked out of support.
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The basis of "old school" conservative thinking has always been "small state" and, honestly, in a lot of ways that isn't a bad idea. The state shouldn't be able to say who you fall in love with, who you marry, how you identify, how you raise your children, what you believe etc 1/
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