Renae Mann 🧡

Executive Director of Services @refugeecouncil Trustee @MigrationWorksTrust & @LondonPlus18. Formerly @RefugeeAction @NACCOMnetwork Views are my own.

[Refugee Council 🧡 @refugeecouncil]

🚨 Children in England still lack the legal protections seen in Wales, Scotland and Jersey.

We’re one of 120+ charities urging the House of Lords to act today and put children at the heart of UK law.

📄 Read more: https://t.co/Tap4AwBDtD

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

We urgently need leadership to help articulate the best of our country- not to let others to define it at its worst. The lack of a proper response to the racist riots last year, the silence now, the lack of a cohesion strategy - it isn’t good enough.

[Refugee Council 🧡 @refugeecouncil]

“I wanted to work and give back, but didn’t know how.” – Romia, Sudanese refugee. Now she’s a care worker in Sheffield, supporting elderly people at home.

💙 Donate today: https://t.co/RU34foV6mg

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Beautiful ❤️❤️

Over the next weeks we're going to see a lot more noise from racist protests egged on by reckless politicians.

Remember, this is what our country really looks like, the one the media never shows us:

[MiCLU @MiCLUteam]

Almost all young asylum seekers struggle with the asylum process, and some find it traumatising, research by @londoncouncils has shown: https://t.co/ZNUBpimgU1

[Remembering Srebrenica @SrebrenicaUK]

Today marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide, when 8,372 Bosniak men and boys were murdered for their identity. We remember the victims, honour survivors, and commit to stand against hatred, denial & division.
#Srebrenica30
Read our full statement: https://t.co/Iz21Cqyxey

[Renae Mann 🧡 @renae_mann]

People seeking safety in the UK must be supported in our communities, not in accommodation centres like Wethersfield that harm their health and wellbeing. Thanks to @MSF_uk for their excellent work supporting people surviving there & this report on alternative approaches needed.

[MSF UK @MSF_uk]

🔴 We once again call on the UK Government to urgently close Wethersfield and abandon its policy of mass containment for people seeking safety.
Our report with @DOTW_UK documents the immense harm caused by the site ⬇️
https://t.co/sHYAzePTPN

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[Refugee Council 🧡 @refugeecouncil]

Today the Government has published an Immigration White Paper. You can see our response from @EnverSol here below.

[Lou Calvey @LouCalvey]

‘Asylum seekers could save the government £4.4billion if they were allowed to work’

Essential reading on the devastating impact our asylum system has on people’s mental health, ability to integrate and on our economy. https://t.co/820rs2st7e

[MiCLU @MiCLUteam]

A well-recommended guide to children's rights to British citizenship, now updated.

[Lou Calvey @LouCalvey]

If Labour could do one thing; stop the politics of hatred, stop weaponising diversity. In every area of the UK our communities are more divided than ever, people are so angry. Labour can only address this by investing in people, investing in communities, valuing everyone.

[Matt Downie @matthew_downie]

Good to see Govt moving thanks to pressure, but the key question is whether the nuisance rough sleeping proposals have been removed completely. People sleeping rough are not a nuisance and shouldn't be targeted as such. https://t.co/Ts378TqAhK

[RAMP (Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy) @RAMPproject]

If you missed our recent report on the effects of UK immigration, asylum and refugee policy on poverty. Here are some of the recommendation from the report on steps that can be taken to reduce the direct impacts that immigration policy has on poverty in the UK: 🧵

[Detention Action @DetentionAction]

People seeking asylum are being rounded up by the Home Office and driven into detention centres. They are being held in cells with limited access to support and no information about when they may be freed. One man has begun a hunger strike in protest against this treatment.

[Right to Remain @Right_to_Remain]

🚨Immigration raids: your rights, and what to do🚨

We have put together this simple blog against the backdrop of an increasingly violent and Hostile Environment towards migrants in the UK.

Please share widely.

https://t.co/59Vay2iBIv