IMIX 🧡

Creating a better conversation about our society; one which celebrates people who make the UK their home & helps us all live well together.

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

We've been quiet on here for a while.
That wasn't an accident.
🧵

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

"Should we even be posting about this?"

It is a question being asked quietly across the refugee and migration sector right now. A few years ago it would have been about communications strategy. Today it is about safety.

https://t.co/ULJfKelXLe

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

More than five articles smearing Misan Harriman...in one day. Just for saying what’s right.

Join Mark Ruffalo, Greta Thunberg, Gary Lineker and many more standing with Misan 👇
https://t.co/aQjICigBoM

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

There has been such joy in being part of this movement. Hearing stories of hope and community break through the hostility 🧡

[HOPE not hate @hopenothate]

Across the country people are struggling, from the rising cost of living, to the growing divisions in our society.

But there is hope. 🙏 Communities are standing strong, uniting against hate with compassion and courage.

Join the growing movement at:
🔗 https://t.co/9QOLpspmyg

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

We’re looking for the next #NansenAward winner.

Know an inspiring person or organization making a difference in the lives of people forced to flee?

Nominate them here: https://t.co/4AzrjRt5qy

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

It is deeply disappointing to see a UK government that pledged to remain committed to the European Convention on Human Rights now supporting efforts to weaken protections for refugees and migrants.

Because governments across Europe feel politically threatened by rising populism, they’re willing to attack the vital principles that rights apply to everyone at all times, no matter who we are.

Attempts to pressure courts into interpreting human rights protections in ways more politically convenient to Governments risk undermining respect for the rule of law.

Human rights protections exist precisely for moments like this, when fear, political pressure and scapegoating are at their height.

Weakening protections for some of the most vulnerable people in Europe will not reduce the need for people to seek safety or make societies fairer or safer.

It risks fuelling a damaging race to the bottom while handing victories to those who will never be satisfied until the UK leaves the Convention altogether.

https://t.co/7k3GD38yHz

[Safe Passage International🧡 @safepassageint]

Hundreds of children every month are being kept apart from their loved ones because of the Government’s suspension of refugee family reunion.

Last week, we were in the High Court challenging this — and we won’t stop. This cruel suspension must end NOW. https://t.co/hl8v7J1r5F

[Detention Action @DetentionAction]

We are deeply disappointed that the UK-France 'one in, one out' scheme has been extended until October. We stand by the concerns we and other groups shared earlier this year:
https://t.co/l8eUPdCWgO

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

We're raising £30,000 to take Speaking Out, Staying Safe to every corner of the UK.
Training. Toolkits. A peer network. Rapid response when a false story breaks.
A mystery donor is matching every pound until 2 June.
https://t.co/Vaft4MYYRT

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

We've been quiet on here for a while.
That wasn't an accident.
🧵

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

So we're coming back here.
Not because it's comfortable. It isn't.
Not because the hostility has gone away. It hasn't.
But because silence is not neutrality.
And we have work to do.

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

🎄 Christmas is when audiences crave warmth, hope & human stories. IMIX shares their top tips for pitching migration stories to the media that shine this festive season.

#Comms #CharityPR #Storytelling #RefugeesWelcome

👉 https://t.co/9cWjmapIbi

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

⭐️NEW RESOURCES!⭐️

Two new communications guides to help organisations working in the migration space prepare & respond if they are attacked online or if they need to counter mis/disinformation 🆘

Reach out to IMIX if you need extra help at this time🧡

https://t.co/upk09C78wW

[IMIX 🧡 @IMIX_UK]

'Seeing someone who looks like you, speaks your language, shares your story can light a fire that burns long into the future.'

Beautiful blog @Theweesparrow on her experience of working with 4 extraordinary sisters from Afghanistan to share their story

https://t.co/feOInJHtpt