@nbphillips1872
Head of Campaigns @asylummatters.bsky.social campaigning for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum 𧑠he/him π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ bylines include @bigissue.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @nation.cymru @left-foot-forward.bsky.social βοΈ
Paying millions to re-check claims while refusing refugees the basic security theyβ need to put down roots, work and rebuild their lives.
We'd love the Government to explain how exactly this lose-lose plan is going to make anything better for anyone.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Just so weβre clear:
β Travelling clandestinely or in a small boat to seek asylum: wrong
β Travelling safely and regularly to seek asylum: also wrong
When you close safer pathways, you donβt make desperation disappear, you just reroute it, meaning more people will be forced into taking dangerous journeys to save their lives.
Singling out these countries, knowing so many people have already been displaced due to conflict, is especially cruel.
π΄βShabana Mahmoodβs Asylum Plans Will Put Lives at Risk for No Purposeβ
The Government talks about wanting to reduce division and increase integration and then implements policies which will do the complete opposite, argues @danielsohege.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/03/s...
βA dark day for anyone who believes in the principle of sanctuary for people fleeing war and persecution...
βItβs hard to fathom how anyone could think this absurd anti-refugee plan will improve our asylum system for anyone...β
π’ me in @mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
π¨Weβll soon be fighting the Home Officeβs cruel suspension of refugee family reunion in court. Hear from our lawyer Cate on why this case matters, and how you can help.
Support our crowdfunder today: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-su...
State-sponsored border violence is causing avoidable deaths at the UK-French border.
Demand a public inquiry into the UK's role in deadly border violence.
Sign this urgent petition by @projectplayfrance.bsky.social and @humansforrights.bsky.social
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
The Labour Party says it's determined to lift children out of poverty.
So why don't children seeking sanctuary count?
βοΈ @nbphillips1872.bsky.social
Utterly cruel, pointless and harmful. It does not minimise how bad Conservatives were to say Labour are now the most anti-asylum government in most people's living memory. This prevents people feeling any sense of safety and security after fleeing persecution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"Not only are they opting against lifting asylum-seeking kids out of poverty, they are actively and aggressively impoverishing them further.
"Who became a Labour MP to do that?"
Me in @labourlist.bsky.social today π
labourlist.org/2026/03/labo...
Today is a dark day for anyone who believes in sanctuary in the UK.
People who've fled war and torture should be able to rebuild their lives in peace and security - not live under a constant threat of removal.
We must not stop fighting these appalling anti-refugee laws.
The government will be making a decision on the future of the 56 day move-on period in the next weeks. Use this tool to email your MP to call for 56 days for all β it only takes a couple of minutes, and you can help prevent refugee homelessness.
action.youngroots.org.uk/make-56-days...
We all need a home. Take action today to stop newly-granted refugees being made homeless.
Gov is deciding on future of 56 day move-on period in the coming weeks. Use @weareyoungroots.bsky.social online tool to email your MP β it only takes a few minutes!
action.youngroots.org.uk/make-56-days...
A must-read by the brilliant Allan Njanji in @bigissue.com on what we can learn from Spain's approach to migration π
So the Telegraph is taking this well
Immigration is good for our country - this is further proof β¬οΈ
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/26/drop-in-overseas-workers-uk-hospitals-and-care-homes
Or just sell the properties back to Marvel fully who know how to build a cinematic universe.
How did Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor escape criticism and accountability for so long?
Partly because MPs are "barred" from criticising the royals and need to be "respectful" of them, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey told the Commons yesterday.
#DCUKparliament
Yet another prime example of FPTP being a broken electoral system. A clear majority of voters want a progressive MP, but Reform could sneak in.
Voters would actually get better campaigns too, rather than dodgy bar charts, poll obsession and "only we can win here" tedium.
The response to policies which are based on "Christian nationalism" and far right racism is not "how will you afford it". Reform is promoting seriously far right, evangelical, fuckwittery, which is opposed by majority of the country, too many journalists keep treating them as "business as usual".
Wrote this back in September, and it is holding fast.
Reform's sickeningly racist policies announced this week are far worse than anything we have seen thus far, but they are also enabled by Labour's own shift to the right with attacks on marginalised groups. 1/3
www.lbc.co.uk/article/keir...
Farage on his way to get himself diagnosed with Tourrette's after watching the BAFTA's
It's interesting and worrying to see people on here unable to see that Reform and Labour's diagnosis is ultimately the same. 'A large number of people came and it is bad for the UK'. They just differ on scope, language and policy.
There is no such thing as βthe gaming cultureβ. Nor is there a particular βtemperamentβ that goes with it. Itβs like saying βthe writing cultureβ or βthe music cultureβ. This is why it is better to just say βnot for meβ, or nothing at all, about a bit of culture you donβt enjoy.
"So hereβs a simple rule for Trump and his friends: if you donβt want to be called Nazis, stop hiring Nazis, quoting Nazis and posting Nazi imagery."
From my piece from last month.
On irony
As I've explained, I joined to support some of the amazing leftist writers that are on there. Thought I'd try publishing something myself. Last time I checked, hateful neo-Nazi writers can be found on any and all blogging platforms if you go looking for them.
Same could be said for Twitter, Instagram etc. Some of my favourite leftist writers are on substack, I joined initially to engage with their work.
If you're horrified by Reform's headline-grabbing racism (and you should be), you should also be horrified by our current Government's attacks on Indefinite Leave To Remain.
Our head of campaigns @nbphillips1872.bsky.social in The Guardian:
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Labour Together are also the "brains" (loose term) behind the Government's cruel and disastrous earned setllement changes. Setting hostile angi-refugee Government polivy whilst settkng investigators on journalists.
Lovely bunch. All things considered.
