Jenni Regan 🧡

Refugee sector people…. We at @IMIX_UK are gathering some do’s and dont’s when reporting on migration issues. What makes you recoil in horror? Certain language/ images? What would you like to see more coverage of? Please comment and share #RefugeesWelcome 🧡🧡🧡

@DrAnnieHickox Really beautiful writing, as someone with bipolar disorder so much of this resonates with me 🥰

On World Bipolar Day, I’m remembering friends who died as a result of bipolar disorder, having been deterred from seeking/continuing effective treatment. Eva 👇went down a rabbit’s hole of shamans, trauma therapists, and re-birthing gurus. 1/ @anniehickox/fire-and-rain-8789d9f3d747" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@anniehickox/f…

Sonny Green speaking at the Together Alliance march, "I love you loads, love is always the answer" "Here's what England means to me" "When its sunny, its too hot" "When it's cold, the weather's rubbish, nothing is quite good enough, and that's exactly how we like it" "England to me is a cup of tea, being asked how many sugars and saying none, I'm sweet enough" "It's sarcasm bent on bravado, the way we talk without saying much at all" "It's not, where are you from" "Its, who do you support" "It's, how's your mum, is she alright?" "England to me is a Tesco meal deal, don't forget your clubcard" "It's two pints of lager and a packet of crisps" "Yeah yeah you are really fit but my gosh, don't you just know it" "It's Thursday, be a little Friday, a little Friday being half a day" "It's going on a long journey and goiing, are we there yet" "England to me is Turkish barbers with the sharpest trim" "It's the shopkeeper letting you off 20p when you're skint" "It's English neighbours saying, happy Eid mate" "And Muslim mum's saying, merry Christmas love" "It's the (something) down the high street and everyone around the same table sharing food" "It's Scousers singing, Mo Salah Salah" "And Nooners reminiscing about Ian Right Right Right" "It's Bob Marley and Reggae" "Oasis on the karaoke" "It's Sweet Caroline on the terraces" "Three lions every summer" "And if you think you've seen flags now, wait until the world cup's on. Then you'll know about flags my son" "Don't believe the news, don't believe some political parties" "Here's what I believe" "Let's have a proper party. All are welcome. Leave your politics at the door. Bring your best karaoke voice" "We'll play Twister, and Monopoly, until it gets late" "Cause here's what England means to me" "It's about loving each other no matter what colour you are, where you come from, or who your God is" "Because when I look in your eyes I see mine reflecting back" "And I'll never forget that" "And I'll never forget what my nan told me, that if you ain't got nothing nice to say, don't say nothing at all" "Cause this is England" "Whether your staple diet i mashed potato or rice" "Yeah its nice to be important" "But it's more important to be nice" "I love you guys, keep fighting the good fight yeah" "That's the real England, don't believe the fascists mate" "They've got nothing on us" "Let's go baby"

Absolute masterclass in storytelling. Personal story ☑️Recognising the real villain ☑️ Solution = strengthening community. ❤️

@DrSdeG This is the story the world needs today 🥰

There's a voice , that keeps on calling me.....down the road that's where I'll always be.....

I am one of the “herders” you are referring to @Nigel_Farage. I arrived in the UK without any knowledge of the English language, yet through determination and sustained effort, I earned both a BEng & MEng in Engineering. My hard-work was recognised with a Student of the Year award @covcampus, I also obtained a Diploma in Business and IT, as well as participation in several leadership programmes, including @ParliaMentors at the @UKParliament mentored by @LaylaMoran. I now contribute back to society by leading an organisation that supports refugees in settling, gaining employment, and accessing the guidance and opportunities that were never available to me when I first arrived. It is important to reflect on why “young brilliant people are leaving the country?”. One contributing factor is the perception of a Britain shaped by leadership and rhetoric that some view as exclusionary, intolerant, and lacking in openness. Such an environment risks discouraging both current and future generations from seeing the country as a place where they can thrive and feel valued. Food for thought @Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk

@travelingflying I love how the only people walking around in this clip are older white people 🤣

British man: “Everywhere you look there is a foreigner. No more England. We might as well name it something else: hell. Because there are too many foreigners.”

@JonjayNeedham1 Just read your article and wanted to say how amazing your story is. ❤️

I moved to the country recently, I was pottering in my garden this afternoon, someone approached me & said 'not sure we want people like you in our village', she had read the article below about a part of my life. As if survivors need permission to live! Truly ludicrous opinion.

@RestoreBritain_ You would think that with all the money slopping around in Restore that some could go towards real comms, not AI slop!!

A Restore Britain Government would implement a national crackdown on vape shops, Turkish barbers and other businesses clearly deceiving the authorities.

@04nbod @kiityc There are no open asylum routes for Afghan women.

@kiityc Then come via an asylum route and not a student visa.

Explain to me why “I’m going to be under what amounts to house arrest, and forbidden to educate myself or work, because of my gender” *isn’t* legitimate grounds for asylum?

@Socket1Sophie This is such an important post. By giving an identity to this vile hate it shows that they are not all bots, people who think they can say these things out loud and pile on more trauma to the victim. Thankyou 🥰

Left: Yvette Cooper poses with Afghan girls saying she wants to help them on #IWD Right: Shabana Mahmood blocks an Afghani girl who has a scholarship from studying in the UK, abandoning her to the Taliban Labour saying one thing then doing another - just like the Conservatives

@sophielouisecc You have applied to a specific scheme (that is work experience not a job) that is not open to you. With your background there are plenty of others you could try….

In Britain, you can be excluded from applying for jobs if you are white (this is not the case for any other race) I have had enough of this obvious racism and decided to take a stand Please support me if you can

Making refugee status temporary will only keep people trapped in uncertainty, weaken integration and cost up to £725 million. Read our joint statement with the Scottish and Welsh Refugee Councils on these new asylum changes: refugeecouncil.org.uk/press-office/m…

'Labour is creating a two-tier society - and families will pay the price', writes Minnie Rahman for LBC Opinion lbc.co.uk/article/labour…

In many years of campaigning for Labour across different constituencies, rural and urban areas, diverse and less diverse areas… I have heard a lot on migration. Many of the reforms will have support in a plurality of voters. But I’ve never heard anyone saying, for example, bankers should be able to settle in this county five times quicker than care workers. Or that it’s ok for a couple and their children to be on totally different routes to settlement. Two issues that will move more “moderates” towards the “left” critique of migration reforms - changing rules for people who already made their home in the UK, and impact on children (especially on child poverty). Why? Because both these issues are about fairness - not changing rules after the game started, and not punishing people who are where they are with no fault of their own.

@LukeTryl But they are not really introducing new safe routes at any scale. Community resettlement is a brilliant concept but very limited in terms of who will be welcome and numbers.

In fact ask the public whether the priority should be new legal routes or greater enforcement and border control and most opt for both - which is why the govts approach of combining a tougher approach with more ways to help those in need aligns with median public expectations.

🧵Reading Mahmood's Op-Ed on migration reform, for all of the debate it does sit fairly squarely in mainstream of what public inc Lab 2024 voters want. Our research identifies 5Cs the public expect on migration: 1. Control 2. Compassion 3. Contribution 4. Competence 5. Community

@ShabanaMahmood I don’t detect any compassion here.

Fair, but firm. Compassionate, but controlled. That is the migration system the British public want - and that is what this Government will deliver.

We have a once-in-a-generation chance to replace a cruel, broken asylum system left behind by the Tories. Instead, the government is doubling down on dehumanising policies that will needlessly ruin lives.

Dear @ShabanaMahmood, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

NEW: Labour MP Tony Vaughan has co-ordinated a private letter to the Home Secretary, which has been signed by 100 Labour MPs, expressing concerns about the plans He says Govt plans undermine the government’s integration and cohesion objectives - he is concerned about refugee status becoming temporary even after 20 years of lawful residence, says that the proposals "risk worsening child poverty", unfairly shifting settlement “goalposts”, and would "harm the UK’s economic competitiveness by exacerbating skills shortages" Tony Vaughan says: "We can change our immigration system for the better without forgetting who we are as a Labour Party. You don’t win back public confidence in the asylum system by threatening to forcibly remove refugees who have lived here lawfully for 15 or 20 years. That just breeds insecurity and fractured communities."