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@markjoselin.bsky.social
Public Affairs Adviser @ Refugee Council
We're beside ourselves with delight and cheering at the top of our voices to celebrate our Patron, Romesh Ranganathan winning BBC Celebrity Traitors. We've followed every minute and every laugh that Romesh has created in the Traitor's Castle, and we're so proud of the game he played.
As a member of the Committee scrutinising this awful Bill, I am calling on the Govt to abandon its plans for a Refugee Tax. Demanding refugees pay for the vital support received during their hardest days will push them into long-term poverty and there is no benefit for the country in doing this.
Stop the £10,000 refugee tax
Add your name today and call on the Government to remove the refugee tax from the Immigration and Asylum Bill.
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Refugee Council@refugeecouncil.bsky.social · 2w agoSign our petition and call on the Government to scrap the refugee tax. refugee-council.movement-action.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign our petition and call on the Government to scrap the refugee tax. refugee-council.movement-action.org/p/stop-the-r...
The Government's new Immigration and Asylum Bill seeks to introduce a tax of £10,000 on refugees who arrived destitute and were prevented by Home Office rules from working until their applications were decided.
Great to be at the @refugeecouncil.bsky.social Labour Party Conference fringe event 'Fair, Firm or Flawed: Is Labour approach to asylum working?', looking at what the Government has done on asylum policy over the last 2 years, and where they might go next, starting at 10:30.
The violence and intimidation we have seen on the streets of Portsmouth and Dover in recent days is deeply disturbing and an affront to the values we share as a country. Read our full statement here - bit.ly/3Uznz7X
Our response to the violence & intimidation we have seen on the streets of Portsmouth and Dover in recent days - Refugee Council
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Yesterday, the BBC covered 600 people crossing the channel in small boats on Saturday, noting it was the 2nd highest in a day so far this year. What they'd didn't add was that even including the 600 people, crossings are down 35% compared with the same time last year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 600 migrants cross English Channel in single day
On Saturday, 602 people arrived on nine boats, marking the second busiest day so far this year.
bbc.co.uk
Receiving refugee status in the UK should be a moment for people to celebrate and finally start rebuilding their lives in safety, after escaping war and persecution. Instead, they have to overcome endless bureaucratic hurdles and the threat of homelessness.
You can use this link from @refugeecouncil.bsky.social to write to your MP and ask them to add their name to EDM 2908 refugee-council.yourmovement.org/p/early-day-...
Ask your MP to oppose the Government's asylum changes
The Government is cutting refugee protection in half, from five years to two and a half. This change is likely to vastly increase the cost and chaos of the asylum system, whilst creating more uncertai...
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Stella Creasy MP@stellacreasy.bsky.social · 8mo agoI will make exception to my rule about EDMs to stand up for democracy and for refugees. Making them fear deportation does nothing for border control, economy or their sanity. ask other MPs sign EDM 2908 and ensure Parliament has a say on how we treat those we have already given sanctuary.
