Ben Nelson

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Walthamstow at 19:00 two large crowds of local people and anti-fascists either side of Hoe Street - no sign of far right

Huge peaceful crowd in Walthamstow. Protecting the community against the threat of far right thuggery.

Thread: 1/5 *Statement of solidarity with immigration lawyers and asylum seekers in the UK* We deplore the violence threatened against solicitors’ firms and advice centres who represent some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Walthamstow friends: there is information going round that there will be a riot at the immigration office at Hoe Street near the Tube station on Wednesday evening Please stay safe and look after yourselves If I hear anymore info, will post it

NEWS! Following a hearing yesterday in the ongoing proceedings, it was revealed in open court that the BIOT Commissioner has recommended to the UK Government that a large proportion of the 61 asylum seekers on Diego Garcia be transferred to the UK.

In a landmark development, the Home Office has agreed to consider the asylum claims of everyone in the cohort designated for removal to #Rwanda, prioritising their cases within the UK asylum system ▶️ buff.ly/3WgHlCb @DLPublicLaw

Breaking: The new government has confirmed to the High Court that it will be fully processing the claims lodged by 5,700 asylum seekers who Rwanda had agreed to receive The Conservatives had issued them all with "notices of intent" that their applications would not be considered

Lawyers have written to Foreign Secretary David Lammy asking him to urgently consider the plight of a group of asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia and to intervene to avoid a diplomatic row with the US. @tom_short_ld and Tessa Gregory represent

US blocks British judge She is told she would be refused food if she visits Diego Garcia New post, free to read: rozenberg.substack.com/p/us-blocks-br…

US blocks British court from British territory bbc.in/4eYeRWC

NEWS: Day before High Court hearing, the Home Secretary withdraws the unlawful decision to exclude our client from the UK, in which he has been separated from his young son for over 18 months. A vindication for our client's human rights. Read more below: theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Great article summarising recent developments re-Migrants in Diego Garcia from a v talented colleague.

BREAKING – Today, the BIOT Supreme Court refused the Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory's application to stay a bail order that was granted to our clients. Their right to liberty, as recognised by the court, is safeguarded & able to be exercised immediately.

Asylum seekers of Tamil ethnicity have been granted bail after being held in a camp since Oct 2021. The substantive hearing will take place in July 2024. Chris Buttler KC and Jack Boswell represent the second to sixth Claimants, instructed by @DuncanLewis ow.ly/9mVf50RlYoL

Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench), "We are in the end game now" "The benefits of the Rwanda bill remain to be seen" "It's costs will be measured not only in money but in principles debased" "Disregard for our international committmments" "Avoiding statutory protections for the vulnerable" "And the removal of judicial scrutiny over the core issue over the safety of Rwanda" "We are concerned over the safety of Rwanda both in the present and in the future. This bill is honest about neither" (At 6-45) "The Rwanda bill is a legal fiction that makes the law look like an ass, and those who make it, asses"

Can’t ‘jump a queue’ where, in the case of most countries, no ‘queue’ exists.

8. Channel crossings "fundamentally wrong, fundamentally unfair that people jump the queue" There is no "queue" to seek refuge in the UK. Asylum can only be sought on British soil and there is no visa to travel here for that purpose. Resettlement schemes are limited and falling

NEWS - Following a judicial review brought by some of the families seeking international protection on the remote island of Diego Garcia, the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territory has today determined that ss17 and 47 of the Children Act 1989 apply on the territory.