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Feb 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SMALL BOATS?!

Excellent news for people worried about the numbers of asylum-seekers crossing the Channel in small boats - it could be STOPPED!

Great campaign by @Care4Calais
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The Tories often posit they are trying to stop traffickers, but closing the legal routes HAS NOT WORKED. Instead, it has made it harder and more dangerous for refugees to seek shelter from unsafe places.
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"Evidence on parliaments’ website shows that 76-86% of those who cross the Channel on small boats are subsequently granted refugee status" - so we readily acknowledge MOST of the people who cross, are 'legit'
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People who've escaped from the worst terrors in this world should not be risking their lives again to claim asylum in the UK. There is an effective and compassionate way to stop small boat crossings & save lives. Watch & share this video #SafePassage
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Feb 18
The #HostileEnvironment made worse by Home Office cruelty - tens of thousands of refugees and migrants are being denied work and benefits they are due.

So the Home Office is being sued.
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 independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Allegedly "the Home Office is frustrating the purpose of the law by depriving people of the rights their status is meant to protect."

Some are being made destitute because of the way the HO is treating them.
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If this is part of the #HostileEnvironment policies to deter asylum-seekers and migrants, it is cruel, abusive, and unethical,
PLUS given the economic crisis, for the Home Office to
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Feb 18
Black Caribbean-American living in London describes 'passive aggressive racism' she's faced here and claims Brits are way more subtle about it

"In the US, I'm used to someone being very straightforward and direct, they don't mess with me 'cause I'm Black"
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Content creator @whoisjowong, shares her experience of what it's like being a Black Caribbean-American living in London:

"Here, it's done very systematically, so you will be questioning 'will I not be getting into the club cause I'm Black?"
In the US, racism is more blatant.
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The UK, which claims not to have a racism problem, is arguably more abusive. It constantly and deliberately undermines the lived experiences of Black people...whilst perpetuating the violence and inequities they face.
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Feb 17
December deaths in the Channel leave heartbreak as UK approach to saving lives of asylum-seekers AGAIN comes under scrutiny...
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 independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
It seems as though the Government's approach is to quibble about numbers, borders, and whine about 'legal routes' (which they closed) rather than acknowledge the levels of terror
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required to put oneself and one's family into a small boat to attempt a Channel crossing, knowing it could lead to death, detention, or deportation and STILL prefer it to what's been left.
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Feb 17
Black teacher accused of playing ‘the race card’ and told she’s not doing enough to promote diversity at @HavantSFCollege is awarded £70,000 in compensation…

They better not forget the written apology either…
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 metro.co.uk/2023/02/14/bla…
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The harassment continued as she then also sent an email to a colleague complaining…
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Ms Knight was ‘throwing the E & D [equality and diversity] Black comment at me too.’

Ms Knight subsequently launched a grievance case against the college, and it was during an employment tribunal when she was shown the email from Ms Scott.
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Feb 17
RACISM IS ON THE RISE…

GMB's Ranvir Singh fears racism is 'on the rise' after devastating attack on schoolgirl

@ranvir01 highlighted the rise of such incidents and also recalled her own childhood experiences of racism...
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Ranvir Singh and Rob Rinder discussed the seriousness of racism in schools among pupils in the UK following the horrific attack on a schoolgirl outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey.
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 mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/gmb…
Surrey police had arrested several people in connection with what they described as a serious racially aggravated assault on a Black schoolgirl. One 15-year-old girl still remains at large.
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Feb 16
Eight Afghan Journalists Win Legal Challenge against @ukhomeoffice

UK Court allows review of visa rejections for ex-BBC journalists still living in fear of being killed by the Taliban
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 theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/f…
On Monday, eight Afghan journalists who had worked for BBC won a legal challenge against the British government’s refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan. The journalists claimed that the refusal to relocate put them at high risk of being killed by the Taliban rulers.
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The journalists’ lawyers told London’s High Court in December that the government had “betrayed the debt of gratitude” it owed the journalists by refusing to relocate them after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.
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