A helpful parliamentary written answer from the Home Office summarising one of the key drivers of small boat crossings
There is no visa or other form of permission for people wanting to travel legally to the UK for the purpose of claiming asylum, and it can't be done from abroad
‘Whichever way you look at it Mr Rowley, you have racists, misogynists, and homophobia in your organisation'
Baroness Casey, who’s reviewed Met Police standards, says she’s concerned about their commissioner's rejection of 'institutional' issues
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I want to send love and strength to all the other survivors who are seeing this news and feel devastated, re-traumatised, exhausted. Seeing injustices like this hurt, they really hurt. I see you, I hear you. We deserve better, Scotland deserves better.
So called “trauma informed” and “progressive” practices rarely focus on the affect on the victim. Rape is a crime of entitlement, not a crime of desperation. It needs to be treated differently to crimes like theft. It needs punishment.
My rapist was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, reduced due to his age. He’ll likely serve half that. I thought that was unfair. But to hear that the rapist of a 13 year old can walk away with no prison time breaks me. #ScottishJustice
We, the media, feminist activists, police enforcement, prosecutions, basically all of us, urgently need to refuse to use the language violent men want us to use, to excuse and minimise their crimes.
No more "sex accidents". Strangulation is fatal, premeditated violence.
'Lawmaker Hojjat ol-Eslam Hossein Jalali said that other punishments for not wearing a hijab will include revocation of passports and a ban on internet access for women.'
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We hope that the Victims and Prisoners Bill will include all victims. We will be campaigning to enshrine in this bill the rights of victims with No Recourse To Public Funds and a firewall on data sharing between police and immigration enforcement.
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In some countries, interest in Ukrainian refugee porn went up by 600%, with a general trend of 300% increase in March 2022. This interest in Ukrainian women leads to attempts to provide for that demand, with the result being massive increases in trafficking. So harmless, right?
Raping and then strangling a woman to death is not a "sex accident".
We need to stop framing strangulation as a sexual practice desired by women, one which unfortunately often accidentally happens to leave them dead.
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GREAT NEWS 🚨📺
Streaming services will be required to provide subtitles, audio description and signing to support disabled people.
The news comes as the @DCMS announces its new Draft Media Bill.
When politicians demonise asylum seekers & other migrants the language they use has consequences.
Time to re set the dial and stop the politics of division that deliberately stokes prejudice & fear. Time to restore British values of compassion & justice.
Our immediate response to the @Law_Commission 's recommendations for #surrogacy reform & report on their consultation.
MOST RESPONDENTS to the CONSULTATION called for A TOTAL BAN ON SURROGACY in the UK. @WombsNotForRent@CIAMS_Coalition
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STOP saying ‘hurt people, hurt people’. All that does is label, stigmatize and define people that have been abused and traumatized. It’s just more abuse and trauma. Hurt people hurt - they need compassion and understanding. Perpetrators make the choice to hurt people.