Alison Summers

Psychodynamic psychotherapist, psychiatrist. Working with people seeking asylum and other refugees. She/her

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Clinicians working with people seeking asylum often see people who have experienced human rights abuses in their home country or on their journey. The charity TortureID are offering training on how to identify and document human rights abuses . https://t.co/jfEMpVjOv5

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@northernassist The person has done this and appealed and has been told they cannot take into account that he has no money and would have to go without food to pay. Surely you have some way of considering people in this position?

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@northernassist how is it possible please to appeal against penalty for someone seeking asylum, living on £47.39 a week and unable to pay without going without food ? The appeal process apparently does not allow hardship as grounds for waiving of a fine incurred through a mistake

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@northernassist Your appeal process says they are not able to treat inability to pay as grounds for waiving the fine. That is why I am contacting you instead of the appeals process

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@northernassist please help

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@northernassist how is it possible please to appeal against penalty for someone seeking asylum, living on £47.39 a week and unable to pay without going without food ? The appeal process apparently does not allow hardship as grounds for waiving of a fine incurred through a mistake

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Seminar 18th October 14.00 by the authors of the book Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses: The Power of Togetherness https://t.co/3t9NUqOyL6. Link to register here: https://t.co/tyzdgPflHa

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

More here from @GMIAU about the conditions that people housed in hotels are living in

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

🏡New asylum hotels blog: Food and conditions🍽️

We spoke to people living in hotels in the North West.

"All of them are fried food, frozen food. It’s not fresh."
"Same place – eat, and sleep, and remember, and study, and everything is in this room."
https://t.co/0zgaMCIcOk

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@GMIAU_NorthWest briefings on asylum hotels

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

🏡New briefing and blog: housing injustice in asylum hotels
Thousands of people across the North West who have fled war and persecution are being kept for months or years in asylum hotels - racially segregated institutional accommodation, more like a prison than a home.
THREAD:

[Dr Waheed Arian @DrWaheedArian]

On World Refugee Day, I'm sharing my humble journey from seeking safety to becoming a doctor:
. 1999 - forced to leave family in Afghanistan to seek safety in UK aged 15 having lived childhood in war and camps
. 2001 - started college (A-levels) with not much formal education or command of English
. 2003 - got admitted to study medicine at @Cambridge_Uni despite many discouraging, saying I wasn't white and not educated enough
. 2006 - graduated from Cambridge and finished studies at Harvard and Imperial despite battling PTSD and loneliness
. 2010 - qualified as a doctor, and have since been proudly serving people in the NHS and 🌎 as a doctor.

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt on this journey, it’s this - refugees are not victims. We are survivors, dreamers, contributors. The bravery of all those who seek safety should be celebrated.

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

So sad. And especially tragic knowing how frequently negative asylum decisions are later shown to be wrong

[Savan Qadir @savanQadir]

Absolutely heartbroken 💔 to see unaccompanied Afghan asylum seeker took his own life after Home Office refused his asylum claim.

How would you feel @SuellaBraverman if he was your son and had to flee for his life?

Please let’s get the hashtag trending

#HowWouldYouFeelSuella

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Our chapter on working with people seeking asylum is now available as a free download. It would be great to get your feedback!https://t.co/lC5yVy2NXw

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Session on asylum seeking and mental health tomorrow with @jnelki in the free Stand Up Speak Out training series: https://t.co/5hmaUlLIQx. It will be based on our book Seeking Asylum and Mental Health https://t.co/wCSgj2AxAW. #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Just joined Doctors for XR @DoctorsXr

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Stand Up! Speak Out! Solidarity Knows No Borders Training Series: A Toolkit to Resist the Hostile Environment.
Free online webinars March-June 2023
Over 1500 people already signed up !
https://t.co/5hmaUlLIQx #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@FIRMcharter's Stand Up! Speak Out! is a toolkit for public sector workers wanting to stand for migrant justice. 20 free on-line lectures from March-June 2023:https://t.co/M8PXEYkH9g #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders @migrantsorg

[LC @lucia_chaplin]

My letter to the Home Secretary. She is offended by Gary Lineker? I am offended by her Bill.

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Anyone else feeling horrified to belong to a country trying to treat desperate refugees as criminals? @CityofSanctuary are suggesting actions that individuals can take

[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

Feeling angry and heartbroken? 
Us too. Now we need to all put our compassion into action. Here’s how…

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Here is an article about a new government publication demonstrating the racist nature of its own hostile environment policies. https://t.co/Jj8vL9UCBq

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

@MedicalJustice have announced their next basic training day for clinicians interested in learning how to write medico-legal reports for people in detention centres.
It's on Saturday 4th March 10:00-17:30 in London.
https://t.co/wP1nds2Ymm

[Alison Summers @AlisonSummers77]

Thank you to the #Squiggle Foundation for inviting @jnelki and me to discuss working with people seeking asylum, on-line this Thursday 12th January 1.30pm. https://t.co/Ld2WWqIPna