What a moment!
The @RefugeesOlympic Team proudly floated in at the #Paris2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony with Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al-Ghotany as flag-bearers.
37 athletes. One goal: representing refugees from all over the world at the highest level of sports. #CheerForRefugees
We are 🥳delighted 🥳to join the below and many others in welcoming the Supreme Court's decision on #Rwanda today.
Government must now scrap its cruel #antirefugee laws and build a system to protect, not punish.
Not everything is fair in the chocolate industry, which is why we’re joining Tony’s Chocolonely in their mission to end modern slavery in the chocolate industry. What’s sweeter than that? 🍨🍫 #chocolateloveafair
We’re in a #ChocolateLoveAFair with Tony’s Chocolonely to end modern slavery in the chocolate industry, by sourcing traceable cocoa via Tony’s Open Chain. Our union is celebrated with NEW ice creams and Tony’s bars coming soon! Full scoop below!🍨🍫
https://t.co/HgwM4U4wrT
Take action with us for World Refugee Day tomorrow. Share this pic on your feed & let folk know what you'd like to see happen to make life easier for people seeking safety.
Eg: “This World Refugee Day, I’d like to see an end to detention & deportation #AyeWelcomeRefugees.”
What happens when Virgin Balloon Flights partners with TERN (The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network) to repurpose retired hot air balloons? https://t.co/qYrPsTt1d0 #UpUpCycledAndAway@VirginBalloons@TERNrefugee
Tomorrow MPs will vote, one by one, to take changes made in House of Lords back out of the #NationalityAndBordersBill which has rightly been called the #AntiRefugeeBill.
Here, in plain English, are some of the key changes that MPs will consider 🧵 #r4today
We took this billboard to Westminster to remind our leaders to vote with compassion to ensure people seeking safety get the protection they need and deserve - no matter where they happen to be from. Join us and Conversations from Calais in demanding action https://t.co/zRSGd5Tz9d
At @RefugeeAction we've been trying to shift power for several years but it will take many more to get to the end of the spectrum - from power "stuck" to power "shifted".
That's why #ItsAllAboutPower isn't just a moment. It's a commitment to change how we work. Forever.
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MPs will soon have a chance to #LiftTheBan and give people seeking asylum the right to work. Email your MP now and ask them to vote to #LiftTheBan https://t.co/tJPuJsDCQV
MPs will soon have a chance to #LiftTheBan and give people seeking asylum the right to work. Email your MP now and ask them to vote to #LiftTheBan https://t.co/tJPuJsDCQV
🟨>3 years tireless campaigning
🟨almost 200,000 petition signatures
🟨>250 partner organisations
🟨March 2022 polling shows 81% public support (that is ENORMOUS)
MPs will soon have a chance to #LiftTheBan and right one of the biggest asylum system wrongs. They must take it.
This. Is. Not. Normal.
I've been a campaigner for YEARS and I've never seen results like this before.
This is what happens with a policy proposal is common sense.
It's time to #LiftTheBan
🚨Positive news alert!🚨
People should be granted protection based on their need for asylum, not based on how they travelled to reach safety.
Last night the House of Lords voted with compassion and stood up for people seeking safety🧡