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@FreefromTorture
Torture tries to destroy lives. We won't let it. We stand with survivors, providing therapy and support, and fighting for change together.
Dec 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This govt has just voted in favour of the #AntiRefugeeBill during its final reading in the House of Commons.

If this bill passes into law, it will punish many people fleeing from war and persecution for trying to seek safety here.

1/ It could mean that people fleeing war & torture, are sent to off-shore prison-like camps, stripped of their rights to seek safety & may mean they can never see their families again.

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Dec 7, 2021 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Priti Patel’s anti-refugee bill goes to report stage today. Here's why it breaches international law according to legal experts 👇

A THREAD 🧵

1/ Priti Patel’s anti-refugee bill is the biggest overhaul that our asylum system has seen in decades

Her plans are not only cruel and inhumane but would also violate the UK’s legal commitment to the Refugee Convention, and European Convention on Human Rights.

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Mar 26, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
“We are human beings, not cattle.”

Eduardo fled his home country after being kidnapped. Three months after he arrived in the UK seeking asylum, he was taken to Penally barracks in Wales.

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1/ “They came in the middle of the night and took us,” Eduardo says.

He was given no time to gather his possessions.

“I was so upset, scared, I had no idea what was happening.”

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Mar 25, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
"No one would risk death crossing the Channel if they weren't running from a terrible situation."â €

Aydin risked everything to get to the safety of the UK. But under Priti Patel's "New Plan", many of his rights would be stripped away because he crossed the Channel by boat.

1. Aydin is still waiting to hear if his asylum claim was successful. But even if he is successful, under Priti Patel's new plans, he could be at risk of immediate deportation at any moment. No one should have to live like this - let alone a survivor of torture.
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Mar 24, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Hey @Priti Patel - here's our message. 👇

We see you.

We see you trying to divide us.

We see you trying to stoke hate against people trying to build a better life.

You promised compassion, but this is not what compassion looks like.

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1. Under your new plans, many of our friends would've been deported and their contributions to our society would've been lost.

Under your plans, they might never have seen their families again.

Under your plans, they might have been sent back to their torturers.

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Mar 24, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Every human seeking safety is someone just like you.

A mother, father, sister, brother.

But today, @pritipatel is announcing cruel plans designed to make us forget that.

THREAD Image These plans involve a two-tier system for asylum seekers.

They will prevent people fleeing torture and persecution from being able to rebuild their lives with their families in the UK.

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Mar 19, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I WAS FREED FROM THE BARRACKS, HEAR MY MESSAGE:

I thought that the UK would be a safe place for me. That was before I was taken to the barracks.

Please don’t let the people left inside the camps feel like they’ve been left behind.

THREAD #CloseTheBarracks
1/ It took me two years to reach the UK. I never thought I'd end up in a military camp when I got here.

I was one of the first men brought to the barracks.

When we arrived at night, we were met by far-right protestors blocking the road and banging on the bus windows.

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Mar 18, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Last year, in response to the #WindrushReview, @pritipatel promised a "fair, humane, compassionate and outward-looking Home Office".

How's that going?

thetimes.co.uk/article/asylum… Surely a coincidence that this story has leaked this THE SAME WEEK that pressure has built on the government for a Covid inquiry.

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel would never use people seeking asylum to distract us from their failures... right?

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Feb 4, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
MESSAGE FROM THE BARRACKS.

My name is Omar.

I lived in the barracks for two months.

Today I'm using Freedom from Torture's platform to speak to you directly about the crisis of the UK government’s prison camps for refugees.

Please share my message.
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1/ I come from a country that has continuous wars. So when I first arrived at the barracks and saw the fences, the metal gates and the security guards, I was shocked and afraid.

I never thought the hardest part of my journey would be when I arrived in the UK.

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Feb 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Hundreds of people have contracted Coronavirus and are without medical care in the government's camps for refugees.

action.freedomfromtorture.org/close-the-barr…

1/ This weekend, the 120 people who have Coronavirus had no access to medical care.

After a fire broke out at the Napier barracks on Friday, the residents were also without hot water, heating, food and electricity.

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Jan 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BREAKING: there has been a Covid outbreak in the Napier barracks where hundreds of asylum seekers are living in cramped and unsanitary conditions. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

1/ Last year, alongside other healthcare professionals, we wrote to the Home Secretary demanding that she closed the barracks with immediate effect, because they are not safe. theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/n…

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