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Jeff Crisp
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Posting on refugees, asylum, migration, displacement and borders. Former head of policy development & evaluation, UNHCR. Now with Refugee Studies Centre and United Against Inhumanity. [email protected]

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 1h
Book review!
My thoughts on Nik Tan's excellent and thought-provoking new study, 'Transnational asylum: towards a principled approach'.
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 5h
My latest article, on the Refugee History website:
A critical look at the arcane and Vatican-like process used to appoint the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/10...
Is there a better way to choose the new UNHCR High Commissioner? — Refugee History.
The search to find a new high commissioner for UNHCR happens in a process described as "arcane and Machiavellian." Is there a better way?
refugeehistory.org

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 1d
'Key Isssues in Global Refugee Policy:
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Key issues in global refugee policy: analysis, commentary and advocacy 2015 - 2025 Jeff Crisp Refugee Studies Centre University of Oxford September 2025 [email protected] @jfcrisp @jfcrisp.b...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 7d
🔴Keir Starmer’s Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a ‘Darker Path’ Towards a Reform Government

The Prime Minister’s condemnations of Reform’s racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant politics, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
Keir Starmer's Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a 'Darker Path' Towards a Reform Government
The Prime Minister's condemnations of Reform's racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage's anti-migrant politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social · 7d
My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....

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Benjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 11d
A first post of the new academic year for RefugeeHistory.org:

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Christian anti-communism and the history of refugee relief — Refugee History.
The history of post-World War II refugee relief is often presented as part of the triumph of modern ideas about human rights and the spread of humanitarian values. A closer examination of some of the ...
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 12d
Not one of the 14 people sent to Ghana from the U.S. was allowed to stay in Ghana. INSPITE of a law suit filed in Ghana asking that they be allowed to stay!

www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
Ghana accused of dumping West African migrants deported from US in Togo
West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana earlier this month have been transferred to neighbouring Togo by force, according to their lawyers, who are pursuing lawsuits in US, Ghan...
www.rfi.fr
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 15d
Our new report!
An alternative approach to the Rohingya refugee situation:
www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/09/25/r...
New report: "An alternative approach to the Rohingya refugee situation", by UAI and UNA-UK - United Against Inhumanity
A new report from United Against Inhumanity (UAI) and the United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK) presents the findings of a multi-stakeholder workshop convened 5 September 2025, entitled ‘Alternativ...
www.against-inhumanity.org
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15d
Family of three are first arrivals in UK under ‘one in, one out’ immigration deal
Family of three are first arrivals in UK under ‘one in, one out’ immigration deal
Small child part of first reciprocal intake after removal of four asylum seekers from Britain to France over past week A family of three including a small child have become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal, the Home Office said on Wednesday. The move follows the removal of the first four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past six days, despite ongoing legal challenges. Continue reading...
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 27d
What is happening to refugees at the Humanitarian Centre near Agadez, Niger?
I asked UNHCR to explain:
www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/09/11/r...
Distressed in the desert:UNHCR’s perspective on the refugee situation in Agadez, Niger - United Against Inhumanity
For over a year, refugees at the Humanitarian Centre near Agadez, Niger, have been protesting about their conditions of life and asking to be relocated elsewhere. Jeff Crisp, a volunteer with UAI, pos...
www.against-inhumanity.org
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 27d
FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system

on.ft.com/47HEE46
The crumbling seaside palaces at the centre of Britain’s asylum crisis
[FREE TO READ] How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 27d
NEW: A judge warned Friday that the Trump admin is "with a wink and a nod" deporting people to Ghana, only for Ghana to quickly re-deport them to countries where they face torture and persecution.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Sep 8
UN Human Rights Committee rules against Malta’s and Italy’s non-assistance #Refugees
UN Human Rights Committee rules against Malta's and Italy's non-assistance • Sea-Watch e.V.
Italy and Malta have a duty to coordinate rescues of people in distress at sea and their disembarkation in a place of safety. This was decided by the UN Human Rights Committee on Wednesday, 3 September 2025. This decision stems from a complaint by a group of 41 survivors of a shipwreck, who were stranded…
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · Sep 7
There is a much cheaper, more sustainable and more human alternative to using military sites that could end the need for hotels in months www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/stay-informe...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 6
The Reform UK conference gives a standing ovation to "special guest" Lucy Connolly, who pled guilty to stirring up racial hatred after she called for asylum hotels to be set on fire with people inside them.
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Jane Kinninmont @janekinninmont.bsky.social · Sep 5
una.org.uk/news/gaza-be...
Gaza is being destroyed - the UK government must show Israel that there can be no “business as usual” | UNA-UK
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis has determined that Gaza is...
una.org.uk
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 29
Can't we call them HOSTELS?
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · Aug 28
There's been a lot of talk about asylum hotels over the last few weeks, but little in the way of practical suggestions. Our new analysis at @refugeecouncil.bsky.social sets out how the government could end the use of hotels within months, rather than years www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Ending the use of hotels to house people seeking asylum - Refugee Council
New analysis outlinines how the UK can responsibly end the use of asylum hotels within a year through a secure, practical solution.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · Aug 28
There's been a lot of talk about asylum hotels over the last few weeks, but little in the way of practical suggestions. Our new analysis at @refugeecouncil.bsky.social sets out how the government could end the use of hotels within months, rather than years www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Ending the use of hotels to house people seeking asylum - Refugee Council
New analysis outlinines how the UK can responsibly end the use of asylum hotels within a year through a secure, practical solution.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · Aug 26
Nice ”partners” we work with to stop #migration in the Mediterranean. euobserver.com/migration/ar...
EU-backed Libyan patrol boat fires hundreds of rounds onto rescue vessel, says NGO
An EU-backed Libyan Coast Guard boat fired hundreds of rounds at a charity vessel damaging onboard rescue speed boats and putting bullet holes in windows on the bridge, says an NGO.
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 24
Horrible stuff from the UK's Daily Mail.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · Aug 24
This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · Aug 24
This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 17
Workshop on the future of Rohingya refugees. 3 September. All welcome! Register here:

www.eventbrite.fr/e/workshop-o...
Workshop on Alternative Approaches for Rohingya Refugees
A workshop held in preparation for an International High-Level Conference on the Rohingya crisis, New York, 30 September 2025.
www.eventbrite.fr
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · Aug 10
Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 9
'Stop the Inhumanity at Europe's Borders!'

Here is our Campaign Manifesto.
Supported by 160 NGOs and civil society associations across the continent.
www.against-inhumanity.org/wp-content/u...
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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 2
How 'voluntary' were they?
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Aug 1
Tunisie : plus de 1 000 migrants ont bénéficié d'un "retour volontaire" de l’OIM en juillet #Refugees
Tunisie : plus de 1 000 migrants ont bénéficié d'un "retour volontaire" de l’OIM en juillet
www.infomigrants.net
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Aug 1
Top EU court questions premise of Italy's Albania migrant camp scheme #Refugees
Top EU court questions premise of Italy's Albania migrant camp scheme
www.infomigrants.net
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Aug 1
Tunisie : plus de 1 000 migrants ont bénéficié d'un "retour volontaire" de l’OIM en juillet #Refugees
Tunisie : plus de 1 000 migrants ont bénéficié d'un "retour volontaire" de l’OIM en juillet
www.infomigrants.net
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · Aug 1
This month we're publishing "A Handbook of Integration with Refugees" edited by @esaldegheri.bsky.social, @dx-fisher.bsky.social and @alisonphipps.bsky.social.

The book is Open Access and is already available to download completely free via the following link: zenodo.org/records/1641...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Aug 1
CJEU, asylum law

New judgment: Ireland cannot avoid liability for insufficient support for asylum-seekers
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
CURIA - Documents
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Jul 31
A hotel filled with pregnant women, frightened children, families seeking safety.

Outside: a mob shouting “Send them out.”

This is the refugee’s story from behind the glass....
Exclusive: Inside the Diss hotel – a refugee’s view of the anti-refugee crowd outside
Families fleeing danger thought they'd found safety, until protesters gathered outside their hotel, chanting for their removal
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