Dan Sohege
@danielsohege.bsky.social
Specialist in international refugee law, human rights policy, comms and advocacy. Also posting about being autistic and LGBTQIA+ rights. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
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Sadly it is official, my current employment contract finishes at the end of March. It has been a fantastic three years at Migrant Voice. If you, or someone you know, knows of job opportunities for an experienced policy, advocacy and comms person, across multiple sectors, please do let me know.
A week and a bit into the job search, so obviously going to keep re-upping this. Pretty sure that this is the worst time of year to be looking for jobs in my area, but if you are looking for a Comms, policy, advocacy person, or know someone who is, please do let me know or share.
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I've been out of the country for most of the last 3 weeks, and have been pondering my response to this.
Most people expect the government to allow them to feel safe, and not target them without solid evidence. That's a reasonable position held for decades. Unless you're trans, especially young.
Most people expect the government to allow them to feel safe, and not target them without solid evidence. That's a reasonable position held for decades. Unless you're trans, especially young.
If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told
School leaders welcome the
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I've been out of the country for most of the last 3 weeks, and have been pondering my response to this.
Most people expect the government to allow them to feel safe, and not target them without solid evidence. That's a reasonable position held for decades. Unless you're trans, especially young.
Most people expect the government to allow them to feel safe, and not target them without solid evidence. That's a reasonable position held for decades. Unless you're trans, especially young.
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I agree with everything Dan says in this thread. I particularly like “This isn’t a bogof where you get a free bigotry with every vaguely humane policy you enact.”
Gotta disagree with this. This government has gone further in practice on anti-immigration, anti-trans/non-binary, anti-disabled policies than any in last three decades+. This isn't a bogof where you get a free bigotry with every vaguely humane policy you enact. 1/5
www.ft.com/content/c9a2...
www.ft.com/content/c9a2...
February 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I agree with everything Dan says in this thread. I particularly like “This isn’t a bogof where you get a free bigotry with every vaguely humane policy you enact.”
The sad reality is, as Labour enacts ever more harmful and hostile anti-asylum measures, this is liable to become the norm again. Policies like the "one in one out" policy don't stop people coming to UK, they just make it harder, so they have to use alternate routes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Birmingham arrests after lorry carrying 33 migrants stopped
Officers say migrants of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationality were in the lorry in Dover.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The sad reality is, as Labour enacts ever more harmful and hostile anti-asylum measures, this is liable to become the norm again. Policies like the "one in one out" policy don't stop people coming to UK, they just make it harder, so they have to use alternate routes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zack Polanski calls for a discussion on the legalisation and regulation of drugs and the right in the UK lose their collective shit.
The US Health Secretary gives a bizarre interview in which he says he's not scared of germs because he used to snort coke off toilet seats and...
The US Health Secretary gives a bizarre interview in which he says he's not scared of germs because he used to snort coke off toilet seats and...
a cartoon of spongebob saying " nothing " with his hands in the air
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying " nothing " with his hands in the air
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Zack Polanski calls for a discussion on the legalisation and regulation of drugs and the right in the UK lose their collective shit.
The US Health Secretary gives a bizarre interview in which he says he's not scared of germs because he used to snort coke off toilet seats and...
The US Health Secretary gives a bizarre interview in which he says he's not scared of germs because he used to snort coke off toilet seats and...
Gotta disagree with this. This government has gone further in practice on anti-immigration, anti-trans/non-binary, anti-disabled policies than any in last three decades+. This isn't a bogof where you get a free bigotry with every vaguely humane policy you enact. 1/5
www.ft.com/content/c9a2...
www.ft.com/content/c9a2...
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Gotta disagree with this. This government has gone further in practice on anti-immigration, anti-trans/non-binary, anti-disabled policies than any in last three decades+. This isn't a bogof where you get a free bigotry with every vaguely humane policy you enact. 1/5
www.ft.com/content/c9a2...
www.ft.com/content/c9a2...
Oh please do fuck off.
Tell you what, now ask if pathetic far right incel ideology is doing the same, because let's be honest they are far more likely.
Tell you what, now ask if pathetic far right incel ideology is doing the same, because let's be honest they are far more likely.
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Oh please do fuck off.
Tell you what, now ask if pathetic far right incel ideology is doing the same, because let's be honest they are far more likely.
Tell you what, now ask if pathetic far right incel ideology is doing the same, because let's be honest they are far more likely.
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Help shape future transition-related healthcare research! This Priority Setting Partnership, delivered [email protected] and funded by @genderedintelligence.co.uk, works with trans, non-binary & gender diverse communities
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Help shape future transition-related healthcare research! This Priority Setting Partnership, delivered [email protected] and funded by @genderedintelligence.co.uk, works with trans, non-binary & gender diverse communities
If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told
School leaders welcome the
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well, that's pretty certain to violate a number of international laws. What it isn't going to do is stop people seeking asylum in Europe, just as the EUs latest spectacularly inhumane "offshoring" proposals won't. All it does is shift routes, likely to even more dangerous ones which cost more lives.
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Well, that's pretty certain to violate a number of international laws. What it isn't going to do is stop people seeking asylum in Europe, just as the EUs latest spectacularly inhumane "offshoring" proposals won't. All it does is shift routes, likely to even more dangerous ones which cost more lives.
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Next Wednesday (18th February) 5-6pm, I will be doing an online book launch hosted by the Borders, Race, Ethnicity, Migration cross faculty group at the University of Warwick.
The event is free and open to the public. If you sign up the link will be circulated.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
The event is free and open to the public. If you sign up the link will be circulated.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Next Wednesday (18th February) 5-6pm, I will be doing an online book launch hosted by the Borders, Race, Ethnicity, Migration cross faculty group at the University of Warwick.
The event is free and open to the public. If you sign up the link will be circulated.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
The event is free and open to the public. If you sign up the link will be circulated.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
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Imagine thinking even for a second that Bear fucking Grylls could do a better job in a wildly complex geopolitical envrionment that a seasoned diplomat who already had a track record with the administration.
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Imagine thinking even for a second that Bear fucking Grylls could do a better job in a wildly complex geopolitical envrionment that a seasoned diplomat who already had a track record with the administration.
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Earned settlement consultation closes today. If you haven't completed it already please do, and tell this government that migrants should not be treated as second class and magic money trees.
These proposals will destroy lives, and push more people into poverty. Make your voice heard and oppose them
These proposals will destroy lives, and push more people into poverty. Make your voice heard and oppose them
🚨Earned settlement consultation ends Thursday🚨
Proposed changes risk pushing hundreds of thousands of children into poverty and destroying lives.
We have created guidance on how to tell the government we need a genuinely fairer system.
www.migrantvoice.org/img/upload/J...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Proposed changes risk pushing hundreds of thousands of children into poverty and destroying lives.
We have created guidance on how to tell the government we need a genuinely fairer system.
www.migrantvoice.org/img/upload/J...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.migrantvoice.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Earned settlement consultation closes today. If you haven't completed it already please do, and tell this government that migrants should not be treated as second class and magic money trees.
These proposals will destroy lives, and push more people into poverty. Make your voice heard and oppose them
These proposals will destroy lives, and push more people into poverty. Make your voice heard and oppose them
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Obviously the Nandwagon has aged terribly but tbqh it was also fucking embarrassing at the time
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Obviously the Nandwagon has aged terribly but tbqh it was also fucking embarrassing at the time
It was refreshing to see Starmer call out Ratcliffe's racist diatribe. There is a bigger issue though, and a far more deep rooted one. The language may not have been exactly the same, but what Ratcliffe says echoes many of the messages coming out of this Government. Political rhetoric fuels this.
The Premier League is a perfect example of how diversity and immigration can make us stronger.
We are disappointed to see unfounded, and untrue, statements like this being repeated.
Rather than spreading misinformation about migrants we should all stand united.
We are disappointed to see unfounded, and untrue, statements like this being repeated.
Rather than spreading misinformation about migrants we should all stand united.
February 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
It was refreshing to see Starmer call out Ratcliffe's racist diatribe. There is a bigger issue though, and a far more deep rooted one. The language may not have been exactly the same, but what Ratcliffe says echoes many of the messages coming out of this Government. Political rhetoric fuels this.
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It shouldn't need to be said, but if we apportioned human rights to a demographic based on the number of them who have done mass shootings, all straight white men should be in prison, but, of course, straight white men are never judged in that way, only minorities are. It's ridiculous.
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 AM
It shouldn't need to be said, but if we apportioned human rights to a demographic based on the number of them who have done mass shootings, all straight white men should be in prison, but, of course, straight white men are never judged in that way, only minorities are. It's ridiculous.
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If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
🚨Do. not. use. individual's. actions to. attack. whole. groups.🚨
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
🚨Do. not. use. individual's. actions to. attack. whole. groups.🚨
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
Sultana always manages to give off the air of an aggrieved failed student union candidate.
Unprofessional clickbait like this makes it far too easy for any halfway competent comms person to deflect. It's a gift to Starmer, and any one else.
Unprofessional clickbait like this makes it far too easy for any halfway competent comms person to deflect. It's a gift to Starmer, and any one else.
Ridiculous clickbait excuse of a politician - elected on a Labour ticket.
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Sultana always manages to give off the air of an aggrieved failed student union candidate.
Unprofessional clickbait like this makes it far too easy for any halfway competent comms person to deflect. It's a gift to Starmer, and any one else.
Unprofessional clickbait like this makes it far too easy for any halfway competent comms person to deflect. It's a gift to Starmer, and any one else.
You realise it is three years to the day that Brianna Ghey was murdered.
An innocent young girl killed because of transphobia and hate. What's changed in the three years since? Transphobes have upped their attacks. The government has increased discrimination.
It doesn't have to be like this.
An innocent young girl killed because of transphobia and hate. What's changed in the three years since? Transphobes have upped their attacks. The government has increased discrimination.
It doesn't have to be like this.
February 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
You realise it is three years to the day that Brianna Ghey was murdered.
An innocent young girl killed because of transphobia and hate. What's changed in the three years since? Transphobes have upped their attacks. The government has increased discrimination.
It doesn't have to be like this.
An innocent young girl killed because of transphobia and hate. What's changed in the three years since? Transphobes have upped their attacks. The government has increased discrimination.
It doesn't have to be like this.
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The Premier League is a perfect example of how diversity and immigration can make us stronger.
We are disappointed to see unfounded, and untrue, statements like this being repeated.
Rather than spreading misinformation about migrants we should all stand united.
We are disappointed to see unfounded, and untrue, statements like this being repeated.
Rather than spreading misinformation about migrants we should all stand united.
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The Premier League is a perfect example of how diversity and immigration can make us stronger.
We are disappointed to see unfounded, and untrue, statements like this being repeated.
Rather than spreading misinformation about migrants we should all stand united.
We are disappointed to see unfounded, and untrue, statements like this being repeated.
Rather than spreading misinformation about migrants we should all stand united.
First off, number of people coming to UK is dropping, so "unprecedented" comment is pure nonsense. Secondly, and I admit not the most important issue in this racist rant by Ratcliffe, Premier League is perhaps the most perfect example of immigration being a good thing.
news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
First off, number of people coming to UK is dropping, so "unprecedented" comment is pure nonsense. Secondly, and I admit not the most important issue in this racist rant by Ratcliffe, Premier League is perhaps the most perfect example of immigration being a good thing.
news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
I do think the scale of proposed local election cancellations is an issue for Labour. When coupled with scandals and how unpopular Starmer, and the government as a whole, is, the optics aren't great.
Sometimes elections do need to be postponed though. You can't realistically say they never will be.
Sometimes elections do need to be postponed though. You can't realistically say they never will be.
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I do think the scale of proposed local election cancellations is an issue for Labour. When coupled with scandals and how unpopular Starmer, and the government as a whole, is, the optics aren't great.
Sometimes elections do need to be postponed though. You can't realistically say they never will be.
Sometimes elections do need to be postponed though. You can't realistically say they never will be.
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Nick Tenconi and his turning point gang launched multiple violent raids targeting LGBT events in the UK. My friend Ada got her nose broken by his Nazi buddies brought in from Romford to attack a Lewisham pub in 2023.
Photos/reporting here by @jessothomson.co.uk
transsafety.network/posts/far-ri...
Photos/reporting here by @jessothomson.co.uk
transsafety.network/posts/far-ri...
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Nick Tenconi and his turning point gang launched multiple violent raids targeting LGBT events in the UK. My friend Ada got her nose broken by his Nazi buddies brought in from Romford to attack a Lewisham pub in 2023.
Photos/reporting here by @jessothomson.co.uk
transsafety.network/posts/far-ri...
Photos/reporting here by @jessothomson.co.uk
transsafety.network/posts/far-ri...
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“Trans people, especially young trans people, are being failed,” Chay Brown - @transactualuk.bsky.social
One in six children who died by suicide were LGBTQ+, new data shows
Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking"
www.wearequeeraf.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
“Trans people, especially young trans people, are being failed,” Chay Brown - @transactualuk.bsky.social
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Reality of Home Secretary's proposals are that migrants will be forced to "prove themselves" in ways no-one else would accept, while being treated as second class and magic money trees.
"Mandatory volunteering" goes against the very principle of volunteering.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6976...
"Mandatory volunteering" goes against the very principle of volunteering.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6976...
UK: Charities reject government proposal to make volunteering prerequisite to migrant settlement
The majority of UK charities say they oppose government plans to make volunteering a prerequisite to long-term settlement in the UK. This runs counter to plans that were proposed by the UK government ...
www.infomigrants.net
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Reality of Home Secretary's proposals are that migrants will be forced to "prove themselves" in ways no-one else would accept, while being treated as second class and magic money trees.
"Mandatory volunteering" goes against the very principle of volunteering.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6976...
"Mandatory volunteering" goes against the very principle of volunteering.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6976...