There are also two factual retorts to their point.
One is that Article 31 of the UN Refugee Convention says (broadly) a person shouldn't be penalised for entering a country illegally if they submit a successful asylum application.
The UK's a signatory. Most clandestine migrants' claims succeed.
One is that Article 31 of the UN Refugee Convention says (broadly) a person shouldn't be penalised for entering a country illegally if they submit a successful asylum application.
The UK's a signatory. Most clandestine migrants' claims succeed.
September 25, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
September 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
January 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Great to see a politician actually celebrating migration instead of using it as a scapegoat. Communities thrive when people bring skills, culture, and hard work—let’s push back against the fearmongering. 👏🌍 #MigrationMatters
March 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Great to see a politician actually celebrating migration instead of using it as a scapegoat. Communities thrive when people bring skills, culture, and hard work—let’s push back against the fearmongering. 👏🌍 #MigrationMatters
It's done, I havn't only frozen my Twitter/X account but deleted it! #IFeelBetterNow
#eXit #scicomm #MigrationMatters - also in the digital world #AcademicChatter I see my future here on #bsky the #fediverse and non-hostile platfroms
#eXit #scicomm #MigrationMatters - also in the digital world #AcademicChatter I see my future here on #bsky the #fediverse and non-hostile platfroms
November 28, 2024 at 12:04 PM
It's done, I havn't only frozen my Twitter/X account but deleted it! #IFeelBetterNow
#eXit #scicomm #MigrationMatters - also in the digital world #AcademicChatter I see my future here on #bsky the #fediverse and non-hostile platfroms
#eXit #scicomm #MigrationMatters - also in the digital world #AcademicChatter I see my future here on #bsky the #fediverse and non-hostile platfroms
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we fight hate with love—and with the vision of a better world for our communities. 🫂
Migration is natural.
Stop demonizing migrants.
Pathways to citizenship now!
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #PathwayToCitizenship
Migration is natural.
Stop demonizing migrants.
Pathways to citizenship now!
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #PathwayToCitizenship
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we fight hate with love—and with the vision of a better world for our communities. 🫂
Migration is natural.
Stop demonizing migrants.
Pathways to citizenship now!
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #PathwayToCitizenship
Migration is natural.
Stop demonizing migrants.
Pathways to citizenship now!
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #PathwayToCitizenship
June 17, 2024 at 9:44 PM
🚨 #MigrationMatters⬇️ #Caerphilly
@andydavies4.bsky.social @c4ciaran.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social
@andydavies4.bsky.social @c4ciaran.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social
A racially motivated attack on a 14-year-old Ukrainian girl in Caerphilly is being linked to the anti-migrant rhetoric of Reform UK in the recent Senedd by-election ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1bef
December 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Let’s see how well this goes over. Guess if any Americans want to flee this country, Mexico might not be an option. #ImmigrationReform
#MigrantVoices
#Dreamers
#OpenBorders
#CitizenshipForAll
#ImmigrantsWelcome
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
#MigrationMatters
#GlobalCitizenship
#RefugeesWelcome
#MigrantVoices
#Dreamers
#OpenBorders
#CitizenshipForAll
#ImmigrantsWelcome
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
#MigrationMatters
#GlobalCitizenship
#RefugeesWelcome
November 14, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Let’s see how well this goes over. Guess if any Americans want to flee this country, Mexico might not be an option. #ImmigrationReform
#MigrantVoices
#Dreamers
#OpenBorders
#CitizenshipForAll
#ImmigrantsWelcome
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
#MigrationMatters
#GlobalCitizenship
#RefugeesWelcome
#MigrantVoices
#Dreamers
#OpenBorders
#CitizenshipForAll
#ImmigrantsWelcome
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
#MigrationMatters
#GlobalCitizenship
#RefugeesWelcome
Today is International Migrants Day. ❤️
Browse our books on migration and get a taster of our publishing in War and Migration in our free Bristol University Press Digital collection.
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #HumanRights
https://ow.ly/rN4a50XBiAR
Browse our books on migration and get a taster of our publishing in War and Migration in our free Bristol University Press Digital collection.
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #HumanRights
https://ow.ly/rN4a50XBiAR
December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is International Migrants Day. ❤️
Browse our books on migration and get a taster of our publishing in War and Migration in our free Bristol University Press Digital collection.
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #HumanRights
https://ow.ly/rN4a50XBiAR
Browse our books on migration and get a taster of our publishing in War and Migration in our free Bristol University Press Digital collection.
#InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrationMatters #HumanRights
https://ow.ly/rN4a50XBiAR
Excited to get Sweden's great moose migration into the global Atlas of Ungulate Migration. Thanks to the GIUM team and Wiebke Neumann and Goran Ericsson at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences for making it happen. #migrationmatters
"Moose in Sweden have migrated the same way for thousands of years... Whether it is wildebeest in the Serengeti or moose in Sweden, we need to raise awareness so that natural migratory behavior is preserved," - Göran Ericsson, lead moose researcher, SLU.
tinyurl.com/btythsay
tinyurl.com/btythsay
Sweden’s great moose migrations featured on global UN map | slu.se
Wildebeest, antelopes and Mongolian gazelles are already included. Now the swimming moose of Junsele are being added to the UN map of ungulate migrations. The aim is to conserve migration worldwide, a...
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May 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Excited to get Sweden's great moose migration into the global Atlas of Ungulate Migration. Thanks to the GIUM team and Wiebke Neumann and Goran Ericsson at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences for making it happen. #migrationmatters
International Migrants Day, December 18 🇺🇳 - Protecting Migrant Rights and Ending the Stigma 🌍
Explore more here ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣
#Migrants #MigrantsDay #InternationalMigrantsDay #IOM #IOM2025 #MigrationMatters #SafeMigration #Migration
Explore more here ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣
#Migrants #MigrantsDay #InternationalMigrantsDay #IOM #IOM2025 #MigrationMatters #SafeMigration #Migration
December 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
International Migrants Day, December 18 🇺🇳 - Protecting Migrant Rights and Ending the Stigma 🌍
Explore more here ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣
#Migrants #MigrantsDay #InternationalMigrantsDay #IOM #IOM2025 #MigrationMatters #SafeMigration #Migration
Explore more here ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣
#Migrants #MigrantsDay #InternationalMigrantsDay #IOM #IOM2025 #MigrationMatters #SafeMigration #Migration
🏔️ In Nepal’s Bajhang District, migration is driven by climate crisis, caste exclusion, and fading resources.
🔍 Discover why villages are emptying—and who’s left behind: blog.zef.de/?p=9195
#Nepal #MigrationMatters #ClimateJustice #CasteEquity #RuralVoices
🔍 Discover why villages are emptying—and who’s left behind: blog.zef.de/?p=9195
#Nepal #MigrationMatters #ClimateJustice #CasteEquity #RuralVoices
July 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🏔️ In Nepal’s Bajhang District, migration is driven by climate crisis, caste exclusion, and fading resources.
🔍 Discover why villages are emptying—and who’s left behind: blog.zef.de/?p=9195
#Nepal #MigrationMatters #ClimateJustice #CasteEquity #RuralVoices
🔍 Discover why villages are emptying—and who’s left behind: blog.zef.de/?p=9195
#Nepal #MigrationMatters #ClimateJustice #CasteEquity #RuralVoices
Stories have power - especially when told by those who’ve lived them. We recently hosted a workshop with @imixuk.bsky.social to support New Scots in sharing their stories with confidence. Huge thanks to Esther & Elahe for leading such an empowering session. 🧡 #MigrationMatters
August 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Stories have power - especially when told by those who’ve lived them. We recently hosted a workshop with @imixuk.bsky.social to support New Scots in sharing their stories with confidence. Huge thanks to Esther & Elahe for leading such an empowering session. 🧡 #MigrationMatters
The arrival of 78,000 migrants has tested Pedro Sánchez’s outlier approach. For Europe’s and humanity’s sakes, he must continue to stand firm, writes Sarah Collins
Spain’s progressive migration policy must survive the Ceuta crisis
The arrival of 78,000 migrants has tested Pedro Sánchez’s outlier approach. For Europe and humanity’s sake, he must continue to stand firm
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Six members of an Italian charity which rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea have gone on trial in Sicily, accused of aiding illegal immigration
Italian rescuers accused of assisting illegal immigration
Six members of an Italian charity which rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea have gone on trial in Sicily, accused of aiding illegal immigration.
www.rte.ie
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
👀 #MigrationMatters ⬇️
An astonishing article in the Daily Mail.
Not only does it admit that some Romanians have left Britain because of growing discrimination after Brexit, but it also talks about the EU grants they've been able to access to start or boost their businesses back home.
archive.md/2025.12.29-1...
Not only does it admit that some Romanians have left Britain because of growing discrimination after Brexit, but it also talks about the EU grants they've been able to access to start or boost their businesses back home.
archive.md/2025.12.29-1...
December 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
👀 #MigrationMatters ⬇️
More and more people are saying it: the Home Office is not fit for purpose and should be broken up, so migration can be dealt with by a department designed to make the system actually work for all of us.
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
53 dead or missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
53 dead or missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Only two survivors rescued in tragedy off Libyan coast, UN migration agency says
The UN migration agency said 53 people had died or were missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued.
The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Not Headline News.
"I'm from Iraq. I came here in 1990 and I felt that Barking and Dagenham supported me. I want to give back as much as I can to the community - and I'm sure most people are similar to how I feel." — Dana Benes, Iranian refugee
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"I'm from Iraq. I came here in 1990 and I felt that Barking and Dagenham supported me. I want to give back as much as I can to the community - and I'm sure most people are similar to how I feel." — Dana Benes, Iranian refugee
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Children in Need: 'Giving back' to Barking and Dagenham Council
Dana Benes says the Tots n Tunes sessions he runs helps him give back to the community that supported him.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Seriously, how is it going to help to release a suspect’s nationality or status? It’s simply playing into bigots’ hands. It also suggests an acceptance of the idea that migration status is an indicator of criminality.
August 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
GOOD NEWS: Spain has announced a scheme to grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants.
Instead of unleashing state violence, we can create compassionate, legal routes to documentation.
Who else thinks the UK should be following Spain's lead, NOT the US'?
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...
Instead of unleashing state violence, we can create compassionate, legal routes to documentation.
Who else thinks the UK should be following Spain's lead, NOT the US'?
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...
‘A migration model based on human rights’: Spain to grant legal status to half a million undocumented migrants | CNN
Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.
edition.cnn.com
June 23, 2026 at 11:27 AM
September 20, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Has Donald Trump declared war on Europe? youtu.be/S0WlcM8swhY?is… via @YouTube
Excellent vlog by @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
#EuropePoliticsc#StopRacisms#TrumpEuropep#HumanRightst#MigrationMattersr#NoToFascisms#DefendDemocracyc#SolidarityNowo#InclusiveEuropep#AntiRacisms#EqualityForAllll
Excellent vlog by @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
#EuropePoliticsc#StopRacisms#TrumpEuropep#HumanRightst#MigrationMattersr#NoToFascisms#DefendDemocracyc#SolidarityNowo#InclusiveEuropep#AntiRacisms#EqualityForAllll
Has Donald Trump declared war on Europe?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
https://youtu.be/S0WlcM8swhY?is…
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Has Donald Trump declared war on Europe? youtu.be/S0WlcM8swhY?is… via @YouTube
Excellent vlog by @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
#EuropePoliticsc#StopRacisms#TrumpEuropep#HumanRightst#MigrationMattersr#NoToFascisms#DefendDemocracyc#SolidarityNowo#InclusiveEuropep#AntiRacisms#EqualityForAllll
Excellent vlog by @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
#EuropePoliticsc#StopRacisms#TrumpEuropep#HumanRightst#MigrationMattersr#NoToFascisms#DefendDemocracyc#SolidarityNowo#InclusiveEuropep#AntiRacisms#EqualityForAllll