Latest on @freemovement.bsky.social about how over 1000 people have been criminalised for how they seek asylum in the UK since 2022 freemovement.org.uk/1000-people-...

Two men who fled extreme danger in Afghanistan and Sudan have been handed prison sentences for 'endangering life at sea’, a cruel new offence that punishes the very people it claims to protect. Read the piece by @vickytaylor.bsky.social for @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/a-cruel-new-...

A cruel new law is scapegoating refugees for UK’s harmful border policies

In court, I saw two refugees jailed for ‘endangering life at sea’ – a new offence that punishes those it claims to protect

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"These people are not the architects of dangerous crossings, but participants in a situation created by a lack of safe, legal routes to the UK and hardened by ever-increasing border enforcement" @vickytaylor.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/a-cruel-new-...

A cruel new law is scapegoating refugees for UK’s harmful border policies

In court, I saw two refugees jailed for ‘endangering life at sea’ – a new offence that punishes those it claims to protect

opendemocracy.net

*Government deliberately makes safe routes more and more difficult to access, forcing people to get into dinghies to reach the UK, and then decide to blame and imprison a child (in adult prison) for their own deathly policies No to criminalising migration. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Child charged with endangering lives in Channel crossing under controversial new law

The child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, allegedly piloted a small boat during a Channel crossing

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📆 Join us in London/ online next Tuesday to hear from people at the forefront of the fight against the criminalisation of migration and solidarity! With Seán Binder, @captainsupportuk.bsky.social, @vickytaylor.bsky.social and @hallamtuck.bsky.social. Sign up ➡️ www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

🚨 Event alert! Our network member @vickytaylor.bsky.social is speaking in London on Tuesday, 9th of December alongside a fantastic lineup of panelists on irregular migration responses. Booking required! Find more information here: rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Irregular migration responses: small boats, return hubs and the future of the refugee regime

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From today, new immigration offences give the UK government even more power to criminalise and imprison people crossing the Channel in dinghies. Read an overview of the changes from @vickytaylor.bsky.social ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

✨What does hope have to do with researching hostile border policies?✨ Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇

Great article from @vickytaylor in @opendemocracy on Labour's new one in one our policy: "Labour has done what they said they wouldn’t – introduce performative gimmicks to convince voters they’re in ‘control’ of migration." www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people. ✍️ @vickytaylor.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick

Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people

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@vickytaylor.bsky.social on the continuity of cruelty in the UK/France deal and the lack of evidence about deterrence. Of interest to @bordercrim.bsky.social folks too: www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick

Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people

opendemocracy.net

Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

Check out this updated reported by a team of committed colleagues including our very own DPhil student @vickytaylor.bsky.social

Border Criminologies@bordercrim.bsky.social · last yr.

Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

Latest research in @theguardian.com with @humansforrights.bsky.social & @reflegalsupport.bsky.social We document how ppl arriving on 'small boats', including asylum seekers, victims of trafficking & children are prosecuted for 'illegal arrival' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Border Criminologies ( @vickytaylor.bsky.social ) and @humansfordogs.bsky.social have submitted joint written evidence to the UK’s Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, addressing the new and expanded criminal offences in the proposed legislation: bills.parliament.uk/publications...

Electronic Immigration Network (@ein-website.bsky.social) features the joint briefing on the UK government's new Border Security Bill by Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social in their latest article. Read more here: www.ein.org.uk/news/border-...

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill expands criminalisation of asylum seekers, report warns

Briefing by Border Criminologies and Humans for Rights Network highlights range of new criminal offences in the bill

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In response to the Border Security, Asylum & Immigration Bill introduced by the UK government on 30 Jan, Border Criminologies (@vickytaylor.bsky.social) and @humansforrights.bsky.social issued a briefing on the criminalisation provisions related to irregular arrival: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention. No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’

Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’

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⚡ The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has its Second Reading in the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk today. Read our detailed briefing 👇 ilpa.org.uk/wp-content/u...

The new ‘Border Security Bill’ heralds the legal & political end to the UK/Rwanda migration deal but life at the border, whether in the English Channel or in Kivu, remains securitized. My latest for @bordercrim.bsky.social buff.ly/4i0arzd @vickytaylor.bsky.social @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social

Life and Law at the Border: UK Immigration Law After Rwanda

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In response to the UK government's new Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, @vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz have written this blog post analysing the implications of this bill and how it may further criminalise people on the move: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

We argue that the proposed new offences will imprison more people trying to seek safety and a better life in the UK This is already happening - over 550 people have been imprisoned 2022-24 for crossing the Channel. @captainsupportuk.bsky.social works in solidarity with them.

Border Criminologies@bordercrim.bsky.social · 2y ago

New on the blog! @vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz discuss the new offences on Labour's Border Security, Asylum and Immigration bbill, which would significantly expand the state’s ability to use criminal powers against those it labels as having played a role in ‘facilitating migration’.

Excellent and timely article from @vickytaylor.bsky.social on how previous measures have criminalised people seeking to come to the UK and not smuggling gangs. The new Border Security Bill has the potential to only make that situation worse, while doing nothing to reduce dangerous journeys.

Vicky Taylor@vickytaylor.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi... @bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social

The Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi... @bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social

Section 59 of the IMA is also retained, which is definitely problematic. S59 makes any asylum or human rights claim made by a national of a "safe state" automatically inadmissible. Those states are listed and notably includes Albania. India and Georgia have since been added.

It's also worth being clear on what bits of the IMA are retained. Section 12 of the IMA is not being repealed. That significantly reduced judicial oversight over immigration detention by giving the Home Secretary the ability to decide what a reasonable period of detention is, rather than the courts

New from Free Movement: What is in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill? | Colin Yeo

What is in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill? - Free Movement

The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has landed. It weighs in at 57 clauses ("sections" once it is an Act), two schedules and 74 pages. Let's take

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The Border Security Bill expands the Gov's powers to use criminal offences against people arriving irregularly to the UK. Criminalising movement does not 'stop' people coming. It only forces them into more dangerous situations, and imprisons them for seeking safety. From my research...

NEW DATA: In their first three months, the Labour government put 46 people in prison for their 'illegal arrival' on a 'small boat' www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/q3_2...

We are in court this morning for Ibrahima's permission to appeal hearing. Ibrahima Bah is in prison for steering a dinghy across the Channel. He was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison in Feb 24. Follow: @captainsupportuk.bsky.social @freeibrahimabah.bsky.social @humansforrights.bsky.social