We are a group of refugees and asylum seekers who are campaigning to change the asylum system in the UK.
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We came together in Westminster to demand the right to work for people seeking asylum. It was empowering to stand together, sharing our voices, and pushing for change. #LiftTheBan! tiktok.com/@fightforasylumri…
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A talented workforce ready to leap into action - locked out of working by a senseless ban.
Today the Lift The Ban coalition visited Parliament with one strong message to the government: give people seeking asylum the right to work, now.
#LiftTheBan.
ALT People stand behind a banner reading "we are ready to work".
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What does 💕love mean to you? Let's begin with a conversation and understanding. Love is about compassion and kindness.
We are appalled by the government’s decision to block refugees from citizenship based on how they arrived to the UK. It must be undone. This cruel move ignores the reality – there are no safe routes for most people who need protection.
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We need to talk about racism in the asylum system.
In Black History Month, we launched our Racial Justice Report in Manchester. The event was led with @VoiceRas - a group of refugees who are all experts in the UK’s hostile asylum system because of their own experience of it.
ALT A group of speakers and event organisers are stood together in a line, smiling down the camera. They are holding the report.
We urge @Keir_Starmer to:
Involve lived experience in shaping asylum policy.
Promote compassion & punish hate speech.
House people seeking asylum in communities.
Strengthen online safetyhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dozens-former-asylum-seekers-tell-33459239
Abolish Reporting groups and Right to Remain put together this collective demand to suspend reporting conditions, to send to the Home Office :
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Please add your organisation’s name if you would like to sign:
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Speed up asylum decisions, or give people seeking asylum the right to work after six months?
WHY NOT BOTH?
#LiftTheBan
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Did you know that almost 70% of all asylum applications since 2001 were made by people from countries that experienced colonial rule, violence or resource extraction at the hands of of Britain?
Learn more in @RefugeeAction's report 👇 refugee-action.org.uk/racism…
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Got a new MP? Here's how you can send them your personalised local tips for your constituency, and find out where they stand on refugees at the same time.
Link in the next tweet 👇
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Britain's imperial history shapes the nature of racism as it exists in the asylum system today.
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The fight for migrant rights and the fight for racial justice are the same fight.
Racism is "baked into the structures, policies and narratives that define the refugee protection system".
Read more from @RefugeeAction in their much-needed report 👇
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On #WindrushDay we remember the contribution of a generation that enriched the UK in so many ways, but also the injustice they faced from the hostile environment.
As Jonathan and Soushian explain, the conversation about racial justice must also include justice for refugees.
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There's no racial justice without justice for racialised people seeking safety!
Read this great report by
@RefugeeAction
#AsylumJusticeIsRacialJustice
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Join our @shabnabegum, who'll be discussing racism in the asylum system at the launch of @RefugeeAction's new briefing, 'Asylum in the UK: A front line for racial justice'
🕑 2pm-5.30pm
🗓️ Weds 12 June
📍 The Abbey Centre, Westminster
🎟️ Free tickets 👇
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Join us in supporting @RAS Voice statement against the Rwandan Policy. Deporting people seeking asylum is not a solution. Let's ensure people seeking asylum and Refugees are treated with compassion refugee-action.org.uk/no-to-…
