Laura Gibbons

Public Law Solicitor @GMIAU and @gmlawcentre

All views are my own

[Greater Manchester Law Centre @gmlawcentre]

This *week*, GMLC has seen over £90,000 worth of benefits being recovered on behalf of residents of Greater Manchester. This is a combined effort of our welfare benefits staff and our student volunteers challenging DWP decisions on claimants' entitlements. 🥳📷 💷
#VolunteersWeek

[ILPA @ILPAimmigration]

The @HumanRightsCtte finds that:
1⃣ the #RwandaBill doesn't comply with our human rights obligations.
2⃣ the courts are best placed to resolve the factual question of whether Rwanda is safe.
3⃣the #RwandaBill threatens the fundamental principle that human rights are universal. 🧵

[Laura Gibbons @LauraGibbons86]

Sadly working in this sector I'm not surprised - but there it is in black and white. Well done for such an important report. Please share widely 👍

[Helen Bamber Foundation 🧡 @HelenBamber]

🚨BREAKING: Over 18-months, the Home Office wrongly assessed 1,300 children seeking asylum in the UK to be adults. Our new report with @refugeecouncil and @humansforrights reveals the extensive harm caused to child refugees by these flawed decisions. 🧵1/3 https://t.co/Yv0oTicrM3

[Gulwali Passarlay 🧡 @GulwaliP]

It has been 8 years this week since the publication of #TheLightlessSky I haven’t yet received any royalties, because they needs to sell certain amount of books 📚 before it achieve the target and percentages. I wanted to request you guys to share the link with your friends so hopefully we can get 40/50k people to buy a copy, not only to inform themselves of refugee story and experiences but to help me get some financial support. This post is seen by almost half a million people, over 480k but not even have 1k retweet. I truly appreciate the kind support and encouragement of many of you, who have read and share my work. At the moment the publisher makes around 5k sales of the books a year But we need more to read and get a hold of a copy. I don’t have many ways of publicity expect social media. So I will greatly welcome and appreciate you’re taking this on to as many people as possible. https://t.co/pKGI7l5p6q

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

We say NO to the Illegal Migration Act #NotInOurName

We know what this Act will mean for our communities: more destitution, exploitation, state violence, detention.
This hateful new law is not in our name.

Sign this open letter by @JCWI_UK: https://t.co/qDEGz9cgsD

[Laura Gibbons @LauraGibbons86]

Really important report! ⬇️

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

📣New report📣
"We lost our lives when we arrived here": Children in the UK's asylum system

Our research has found devastating delays in the legal aid and asylum systems are leaving unaccompanied children in limbo for months and years.
Read & share: https://t.co/dz2ReXbKI1

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

Sudanese young people we work with in Manchester have written an open letter to the Immigration Minister @RobertJenrick. They want to share how they are feeling seeing what is happening in their home country.

This is what they had to say:
https://t.co/VuL8mrLNLe

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

📣REFUGEES WELCOME IN MANCHESTER📣

⏰Wednesday 10th May, 1-2pm
📍 Gathering in St Peters Square

Join us to stand in solidarity with people seeking safety and to say no to the government's latest attack on their rights.

Please share! 👇

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

This scandal is devastating and was avoidable.
While government ministers were accusing people of "gaming" the trafficking protection system, they were placing children in hotels at high risk of re-trafficking and harm. Now dozens of children are missing. https://t.co/IXcC8yZxOT

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

NEW REPORT👀👇

The Home Office are systematically carrying out inadequate age assessments. Hundreds of children are being sent to adult accommodation, and sometimes even detention centres. Read our new report: https://t.co/vpY7hPxghA

[Together Now 🧡 @togethernowuk]

We're recruiting participants for our research into the post arrival experiences of #refugee families reuniting in the UK. We need families reunited before July 2021 and in #Manchester or #Glasgow. Please can you share?
More Info: https://t.co/PpJ7F2EM1l
#FamiliesTogether

[Laura Gibbons @LauraGibbons86]

Hey @ukhomeoffice. Can you #GuessMyAge? It’s not possible to ascertain someone’s age based on their appearance. #socialworkerswithoutborders #swwb

[Laura Gibbons @LauraGibbons86]

@SocialworkNKJ Lovely photo! Congrats 😍

[Laura Gibbons @LauraGibbons86]

I'm calling on @iberojetair_es and @privilege757 to rule themselves out of the barbaric, inhumane plan to deport refugees from the UK to Rwanda. Join me and speak out against @ukhomeoffice racist scheme via @jcwi_uk https://t.co/ZLsBJMAM9Z #StopTheFlights

[JCWI (Follow us on Bluesky @jcwi-uk.bsky.social) @JCWI_UK]

It's not too late.

The UK Government wants to trade human beings for cash.

@privilege757 we urge you to rule yourselves out of this barbaric, racist scheme.

#StopTheFlights
#RefugeesWelcome

[SW Without Borders @SocialWorkersWB]

We’re finally here! The week of resistance! Join our campaign #GuessMyAge on Wednesday!

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

NEW: Research on the impact of reporting conditions

Today we've published our new research finding that the reporting system in Greater Manchester is leaving children, young people and families living in fear, poverty and mental distress. https://t.co/JVvtniP405

[Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit @GMIAU]

Great news! 👏
Channel pushbacks were just one of the violent measures the government is attempting to inflict on people seeking safety. But our sector will keep fighting the #AntiRefugeeBill every step of the way and this is a reminder of what we can do when we come together ✊