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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · 1d

After another turbulent summer, this number is now likely higher.

On #WorldMentalHealthDay and every day, we stand against hostility, against scapegoating, against scaremongering.

Join us in standing FOR welcome and compassion. 🧡

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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) @gmiau.bsky.social · 2d

On Friday 7th Nov, there will be an event on at The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre on the history of Sanctuary and anti-deportation campaigns.

🎫Free tickets and more information available here: www.racearchive.org.uk/sanctuary-no...

Sanctuary, now and then: asylum, migrant rights and anti-deportation in Britain since the 1980s – Race Archive

www.racearchive.org.uk

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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · 5d

Too early for Christmas jumpers? Never 👀

Meet our two limited-edition designs — SOLIDARITY HAS SNOW BORDERS and HO HO HOpe — available on jumpers, hoodies and tote bags.

🎁https://everpress.com/solidarity-has-snow-borders
🎁https://everpress.com/hohohope

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · 8d

A message from MCoS in the wake of yesterday’s attack.

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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 9d

In reality? We got a barrage of harmful rhetoric about people seeking safety, cruel policies about tearing families apart and discriminatory plans to make people "earn" safety.

#ConferenceSeason2025

Text says "Things we wanted to hear about this conference season:" Then there is a tick list of boxes with question marks in. The ticklist is: Affordanble mones, investment in all communities, tackling wealth inequality, and a truly fair, dignified new asylum system.

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · 10d

The BEST 🧡🧡🧡

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · 12d

We've joined over 100 organisations calling on the new Home Secretary to unite communities.

Scapegoating refugees won’t fix inequality, housing shortages, or a crumbling NHS. Real solutions will.

Read our open letter here: www.refugee-action.org.uk/OpenLetterHo...

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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · 18d

We love this😍
Chemists at @officialuom.bsky.social - a Uni of Sanctuary - have run workshops for refugee children, using science to spark curiosity & rebuild confidence for those who have missed out on formal schooling due to displacement & conflict.
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · 25d

So great to see! 🙌

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 29d

This week, two children died in the Channel.

Ten days earlier the ex-Home Secretary suspended refugee family reunions. That means children have no safe way to reach refugee parents.

It's hard to see how this will lead to anything other than more children being killed.

Headline reads "four dead including two children attempting to cross Channel to UK in last 24 hours"

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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · Sep 4

Alan Kurdi should be twelve years old. He should have started year nine this week.

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Our statement on the Home Secretary's suspension of refugee family reunion applications 👇

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Young Roots @weareyoungroots.bsky.social · Sep 2

The suspension of family reunion applications is the shutting down of one of the only safe routes that exists, forcing more people into making dangerous journeys.

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · Aug 28

This undoes one of the only positive things this Govt has done for migrants. It will lead to a surge in hardship and homelessness as we move towards winter. This is not a serious plan to end asylum hotels. It is a kneejerk reaction to political pressure.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Home Office plans to halve time asylum seekers given to find accommodation

Charities sound alarm over plan to give asylum seekers just 28 days to find new housing after a decision on their case

www.theguardian.com

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · Aug 24

At a time of unprecedented hate towards people seeking sanctuary, this stanza rings truer than ever.

We can all be refugees. And whoever we are, wherever we come from, we all have the right to feel safe.

We won’t stop standing up for compassion. Who’s with us? 🧡

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢 Warning from over 200 organisations that the far-right has hijacked women’s safety for political gain.

The Government must take urgent action to prevent misinformation spreading. #NotInOurName

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

@asylummatters.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social

Warning far-right has ‘hijacked’ women’s safety for political gain

More than 100 groups urge PM to take ‘urgent action’ to prevent misinformation of VAWG

www.independent.co.uk

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · Aug 21

However you arrived, whatever your reason for coming: welcome.

Today the Home Office publishes its latest migration stats, which means headline after headline treating people as faceless numbers.

We won't forget the people behind the numbers and we won't stop welcoming them.

Orange text box reads "migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, newcomers are all welcome here"

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · Aug 21

What today's headlines won't tell you...

We are living in a time of unparalleled instability and conflict - there are currently more active conflicts globally than any time since WW2. Small boats are one of the ONLY means to reach the UK for people who are fleeing war and persecution. 1/2

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Boaz Trust @boaztrust.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢 There’s still time to apply to join team Boaz as a Support Worker! This role involves working with women who have been refused asylum who are living in Boaz accommodation.

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 Vital conversations about violence against women and girls are being hijacked by an anti-migrant agenda.

We've joined 200 organisations to urge the Government to address this dangerous weaponisation of VAWG.

It is #NotInOurName.

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · Aug 19

Violence against women & girls is a hugely important issue - but it is being hijacked by people seeking to use women's pain for political gain.
We've joined 200 orgs urging the Government to reject this dangerous
weaponisation & take urgent action.

Read more here 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Text next to a megaphone reads "not in our name, 200 organisation unite to warn against the weaponisation of violence against women and girls"

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · Aug 17

We won't stop championing the rights of people seeking sanctuary.

Not now. Not ever. And certainly not in the face of abuse or hate.

#RefugeesWelcome 🧡

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · Aug 14

State racism joined with the rise of the far-right, is bearing directly on our people and communities.

Solidarity to all communities targeted with this violence- from people seeking protection to organisations like @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social‬.

We won't be silenced ⬇️

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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Manchester City of Sanctuary @manchestercos.bsky.social · Aug 11

@refugeestogether.bsky.social