MigFamNetwork

The Migration and Families Network brings together researchers and practitioners researching and working with migrant families.

[MigFamNetwork @MigFamNet]

New: Migration & Families in Europe Briefing! Read about Policy& Practice issues here @EthnicityUK: https://t.co/BahU4wacid

[Refugee Council 🧡 @refugeecouncil]

"People talk about missing their families. The strain and uncertainty of waiting, without anything to do, affects all of them".

What the lives of people living in asylum hotels can be like - as explained by Refugee Council's Sonia Lambert.

https://t.co/xagV6llwd5

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

The @iclaimeu #podcast series Mobility, Work & Rights may be of interest for #imiscoe2025 participants. Latest episode ft Michele Levoy, director of @picum_ngo
https://t.co/ElSKhKL3Sb

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

It’s tiresome to keep repeating a debunking of this. But Goodwin never tires of misleading people it seems, so:

The vast majority of people in this statistic are people who have lived here many years (often decades). Most have ILR or citizenship. Vast majority of recent immigrants, including all of those on work and study visas, are explicitly banned from accessing council housing.

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

So a vicious far-right mob attack asylum accommodation, and this government's response is to lock people seeking safety inside?

This is *not* the response we need to see - it's punishing people seeking safety here for the violent actions of others. https://t.co/QUvhhcqYNW

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

The disappearance of hundreds of children from asylum accommodation must mark a turning point.

This Government needs to listen to common sense and properly resource local authorities to provide accommodation, rather than lining the pockets of private companies

[Damien Gayle @damiengayle]

Each one represents a lost child.

Migrants rights activists @lgsmigrants pasted 200 missing posters in front of the @ukhomeoffice this morning.

[Don Flynn @donflynnmrn]

Zahawi might think he's getting off lightly with a hefty fine laid on him for his tax return 'carelessness '. Here's what the Home Office have laid on immigrants who've made considerably less serious errors with their tax returns.
https://t.co/hdNCebIDnf

[CoDE @ethnicityuk.bsky.social @EthnicityUK]

📺 WATCH: Recording of the latest @EthnicityUK seminar:

Crisis ordinariness and racial justice - by @NasarMeer

@uomsoss @RaceEDS @IDjnl @MCRSociology
https://t.co/LlGp1rtUGb

[Action for Race Equality @AREtweets_]

🗞️FEATURED @MetroUK!

Minority ethnic groups ‘still dealt with more harshly at courts’ new @adr_uk @EHRC research by @LymKitty, supported by @EQUAL_CJS @Clinks_Tweets finds.

https://t.co/eSz1VkalOU

[Action for Race Equality @AREtweets_]

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New research by @LymKitty @PatrickWillia17 & Prof #JonBannister @ManMetUni, published by @EQUAL_CJS, reveals compelling evidence that race & ethnicity play a significant role in remand & sentencing decisions

https://t.co/UfMVJoHM52

@EHRC @adr_uk @Clinks_Tweets @MoJGovUK

[EQUAL @EQUAL_CJS]

#ICYMI, earlier today we published a new briefing by @LymKitty @ManMetUni looking at ethnic inequalities in #sentencing & #remand.

Our Vice-chair + @AREtweets_ CEO, Jeremy Crook OBE, calls on the #Police, judiciary and @HMIProbation to examine the data & recommendations urgently

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

The UK Government:
❌shuts down the Syrian, Afghan & children's refugee schemes
❌creates one online application form, ONLY for Ukrainians
❌ gives huge fines to airlines, ferries etc that bring refugees to the UK.

Also the UK Government: Why are people coming by boat?!

[The Guardian @guardian]

Brexit remains ‘open wound’ for EU citizens living in UK https://t.co/IEC1JGRjWQ

[Paul Brand @PaulBrandITV]

CONFIRMED - the flight will not be taking off after all asylum seekers were pulled off

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

Over the past few weeks, we've seen a huge and growing movement of people resist government's abhorrent Rwanda plan.
It's not just lawyers' who are standing up for people's rights - it's thousands of us, out on the streets, writing to our MPs, challenging airlines. 1/🧵

[Asylum Aid @AsylumAid]

The High Court has rejected the first request to halt flights to Rwanda. Our urgent application will be heard on Monday afternoon.
The truncated timeframes are unlawful and unfair, and this argument still has to be heard.
Support our legal fight here: https://t.co/nqsZlRSb1d

[MigFamNetwork @MigFamNet]

Over 500 Ukrainian children stuck waiting for UK visa decision | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian https://t.co/cNPMjq4WQO

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

Excited to announce #irisat10 (14-16 September) plenary speakers:
Professor @MichaelacBenson (@sociologylancs) and Professor @CVar_Sil (@COMPAS_oxford)
To submit paper and panel proposals: https://t.co/m839M5jGx7
Deadline: 16 May 2022
#CFP #migrationstudies #refugeestudies

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

ICYMI, Patel's #AntiRefugeeBill was given a kicking in the House of Lords again yesterday.
Amidst other votes, Lords voted:
❌no to two-tier treatment of refugees
❌no to offshore asylum camps
✅ yes to asylum seekers' right to work
https://t.co/6WvB9pooL0