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Vicky Taylor

@VEMTaylor

Now at @vickytaylor.bsky.social Writing about criminalisation of asylum seeking in the UK

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Vicky Taylor
Vicky Taylor@VEMTaylor·
*New Data* In the first 6 months of 2024, 64 people were charged off 'small boats' with the offence of 'illegal arrival' They were sent to prison for seeking safety in the UK This practice is cruel & breaches international law @CaptainSuppUK @freeibrahimabah @humansforrights
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Liberty
Liberty@libertyhq·
🚨 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR GIVING A FAMILY MEMBER A PHONE? This could happen under the Government's Border Security Bill 🧵👇
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Lou Calvey
Lou Calvey@LouCalvey·
Not enough refugees are permitted safe access so traffickers & exploiters target them. Instead of fixing that government are maintaining the ban on people who’ve been criminally exploited from accessing slavery support, putting them in restraints & chucking them to the wolves.
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Woodren Brade
Woodren Brade@woodrenbrade·
New Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK. Convicting innocent people will not deter crossings, stop deaths in the Channel, or disrupt smuggling networks. Great piece by @VEMTaylor on this blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimino…
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Vicky Taylor@VEMTaylor·
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, and concerns about the new Bill here: tinyurl.com/58em2wtb
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Jeff Crisp
Jeff Crisp@JFCrisp·
The clear implication here is that refugees and asylum seekers, as well as the smugglers who organize their movement, should be considered to be "criminals." Totally inconsistent with the UN Refugee Convention, to which the UK is a party.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer

There will be no more Tory gimmicks or empty rhetoric. My message to the criminals who still think they can breach our borders is this: there is nowhere to hide. We're coming after you.

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Nik Tan
Nik Tan@NDFTan·
In two communications, Human Rights Committee finds Australia exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction over detention facilities on Nauru M.I. et al. v Australia Nabhari v Australia ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
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Monish Bhatia
Monish Bhatia@DrMonishBhatia·
*New article out. Open Access* “… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain. Thanks to friends, colleagues and peer-reviewers for their comments and useful suggestions 🙏 link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Zoe Gardner
Zoe Gardner@ZoeJardiniere·
The Home Office accepts that its policies to “smash the gangs” results in people taking flimsier & more overcrowded dinghies across the Channel. This is why at least 77 people have drowned. A third are children. #r4today mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Lou Calvey
Lou Calvey@LouCalvey·
Anyone looking for a wonderful organisation to donate to this Christmas, check out the wonderful @humansforrights A tiny organisation doing powerful things with people harmed by migration policies. chuffed.org/project/humans…
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Vicky Taylor@VEMTaylor·
I've been collecting data on this for a while now. In total, since the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 created the offence of 'illegal arrival' (1st july 22) 510 people have been charged and 411 convicted having arrived on a 'small boat'
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Vicky Taylor@VEMTaylor·
29 of these were charged having been identified as steering a dinghy. However, none were convicted of 'facilitating' arrival, indicating it could not be proven that they were involved any further in organising the journey.
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@alarmphone
@alarmphone@alarm_phone·
A few days ago Ibrahima was denied permission to appeal this injustice, despite survivors saying he saved their lives. Today, and every day, our thoughts are with those who lost their lives, and also with #IbrahimaBah. We condemn this endless violence of Europe’s borders. 2/
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Lizzie Dearden
Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden·
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions gov.uk/government/pub…
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Crossborder Forum
Crossborder Forum@CborderForum·
This weekend marks the 3rd anniversary since the shipwreck of 24 November 2021, where at least 27 people were killed attempting to reach the UK. In remembrance of these people and all other people killed at this border, our open letter: crossborderforum.org/november-2024-…
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Vicky Taylor@VEMTaylor·
Every week people are imprisoned for 'illegal arrival' to the UK, including by 'small boat' - this continues under Labour This includes asylum seekers, victims of modern slavery, trafficking, and age-disputed children @CaptainSuppUK is working hard to identify and support them
freeibrahimabah@freeibrahimabah

Ibrahima is one of over 450 people who have been charged with new offences brought in by the British Government in 2022, intended to criminalise people arriving irregularly to the UK. We call for an end to this violent practice both in the UK and across Europe.

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