Dan Sohege
@danielsohege.bsky.social
Director of human rights consultancy Stand For All. 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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What will Labour do when its asylum reforms don’t work?
James Baggaley: There are no simple solutions to the small boats crisis
James Baggaley: There are no simple solutions to the small boats crisis
There are no simple solutions to the small boats crisis
What will Labour do when its asylum reforms don't work?
www.newstatesman.com
There aren't simple solutions. There are solutions though. You ensure there are genuine safer means for people to seek asylum in the UK. There is no silver bullet, one shot, way of doing that which can be summed up in a three word slogan. It requires a multiplicity of different things, such as: 1/
"So you will put everyone up in your house then?" Genuinely a fairly standard question.
"So you support criminals" being a pretty close second, tied possibly with "I don't mind migrants, but what about housing/NHS/economy etc. Ah, happy and fun discussions all round.
"So you support criminals" being a pretty close second, tied possibly with "I don't mind migrants, but what about housing/NHS/economy etc. Ah, happy and fun discussions all round.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"So you will put everyone up in your house then?" Genuinely a fairly standard question.
"So you support criminals" being a pretty close second, tied possibly with "I don't mind migrants, but what about housing/NHS/economy etc. Ah, happy and fun discussions all round.
"So you support criminals" being a pretty close second, tied possibly with "I don't mind migrants, but what about housing/NHS/economy etc. Ah, happy and fun discussions all round.
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Dems release a video reminding troops of their responsibility to disobey illegal orders.
They’re called seditionists.
WaPo breaks the news that Hegseth said to kill survivors of a boat strike.
WH: “It wasn’t him! It was Admiral Bradley!”
This is why you disobey illegal orders
They’re called seditionists.
WaPo breaks the news that Hegseth said to kill survivors of a boat strike.
WH: “It wasn’t him! It was Admiral Bradley!”
This is why you disobey illegal orders
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Dems release a video reminding troops of their responsibility to disobey illegal orders.
They’re called seditionists.
WaPo breaks the news that Hegseth said to kill survivors of a boat strike.
WH: “It wasn’t him! It was Admiral Bradley!”
This is why you disobey illegal orders
They’re called seditionists.
WaPo breaks the news that Hegseth said to kill survivors of a boat strike.
WH: “It wasn’t him! It was Admiral Bradley!”
This is why you disobey illegal orders
It has been "strongly suggested" by my therapist that I should go for an ADHD assessment, and yeah, no. Already have the autism diagnosis thanks, not trying to collect them all. Although AuDHD explains a lot, and I am not putting people off a diagnosis, just nope, not going through that again.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It has been "strongly suggested" by my therapist that I should go for an ADHD assessment, and yeah, no. Already have the autism diagnosis thanks, not trying to collect them all. Although AuDHD explains a lot, and I am not putting people off a diagnosis, just nope, not going through that again.
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The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
DWP demands £36k PIP back from one-legged dad filmed playing cricket
Shaun Rigby lost a leg when he was a child
www.mirror.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
The attacks on @goodlawproject.bsky.social just don't stand up to the sniff test, as the ever excellent @jessothomson.co.uk explains here. Of course not all cases, especially complex ones, will be won, but there is a growing narrative that the most vulnerable should not have legal recourse to rights
Today, in The Times, there is an attempted hit piece on my employer – Good Law Project.
It is *incredibly* weak, and perhaps the biggest compliment really is just how little they have to accuse us of. But it also promotes the Trans Mission concert – to which you should buy tickets!
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It is *incredibly* weak, and perhaps the biggest compliment really is just how little they have to accuse us of. But it also promotes the Trans Mission concert – to which you should buy tickets!
Thread 🧵👇
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The attacks on @goodlawproject.bsky.social just don't stand up to the sniff test, as the ever excellent @jessothomson.co.uk explains here. Of course not all cases, especially complex ones, will be won, but there is a growing narrative that the most vulnerable should not have legal recourse to rights
Trump never read to the end of Clear and Present Danger did he?
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump never read to the end of Clear and Present Danger did he?
Breaches of international law are notoriously hard to prosecute, but the current arguments of "yeah we did it and we will do it again" aren't exactly making it that difficult to make the case.
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Breaches of international law are notoriously hard to prosecute, but the current arguments of "yeah we did it and we will do it again" aren't exactly making it that difficult to make the case.
Tried explaining advent crowns to my wife and completely forgot the name. Instead was going "you know, candles, with green stuff". After I found the term by searching "Blue Peter, hangers, candles, Christmas" her response was "oh, is that the Blue Peter thing" and this is why we are a perfect match.
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tried explaining advent crowns to my wife and completely forgot the name. Instead was going "you know, candles, with green stuff". After I found the term by searching "Blue Peter, hangers, candles, Christmas" her response was "oh, is that the Blue Peter thing" and this is why we are a perfect match.
Today @migrantvoice.bsky.social has launched their winter fundraiser. At a time when misinformation is increasing division, and driving government policy, it is crucial it is countered and that the experiences and voices of migrants are heard.
If you can donate please do. Please also share widely.
If you can donate please do. Please also share widely.
🚨Campaign launch🚨
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Today @migrantvoice.bsky.social has launched their winter fundraiser. At a time when misinformation is increasing division, and driving government policy, it is crucial it is countered and that the experiences and voices of migrants are heard.
If you can donate please do. Please also share widely.
If you can donate please do. Please also share widely.
I will be resolutely sticking with my annual Christmas spirit of "Scrooge had the right attitude before the ghosts messed it up for him".
While many might see 1 December as the start of the Christmas season, with advent calendars beginning to be opened, just 36% of Britons say they are feeling at least fairly Christmassy so far
Very: 6% (+1 from 28 Nov)
Fairly: 30% (+3)
Not very: 34% (-1)
Not at all: 28% (-3)
Very: 6% (+1 from 28 Nov)
Fairly: 30% (+3)
Not very: 34% (-1)
Not at all: 28% (-3)
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I will be resolutely sticking with my annual Christmas spirit of "Scrooge had the right attitude before the ghosts messed it up for him".
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How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?
That Jenrick remains Shadow Secretary of State for Justice after this shows how far done a very slimy rabbit hole the Conservatives have fallen.
His rhetoric is actively putting the lives of immigration judges at risk. There should be some genuine consequence for that.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
His rhetoric is actively putting the lives of immigration judges at risk. There should be some genuine consequence for that.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Immigration judges targeted by far right after Tory MP’s campaign | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
That Jenrick remains Shadow Secretary of State for Justice after this shows how far done a very slimy rabbit hole the Conservatives have fallen.
His rhetoric is actively putting the lives of immigration judges at risk. There should be some genuine consequence for that.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
His rhetoric is actively putting the lives of immigration judges at risk. There should be some genuine consequence for that.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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A Home Office spokesperson said: “This government is committed to protecting genuine refugees who are fleeing war & danger”.
This isn’t a serious response. The no of people they’ve resettled under the Mandate scheme in last yr is smaller than a 5 a side team.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This isn’t a serious response. The no of people they’ve resettled under the Mandate scheme in last yr is smaller than a 5 a side team.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of refugees allowed to settle in UK under UN schemes falls 26% in a year
Refugee Council says Home Office figures show safe and legal pathways are ‘disappearing when most needed’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A Home Office spokesperson said: “This government is committed to protecting genuine refugees who are fleeing war & danger”.
This isn’t a serious response. The no of people they’ve resettled under the Mandate scheme in last yr is smaller than a 5 a side team.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This isn’t a serious response. The no of people they’ve resettled under the Mandate scheme in last yr is smaller than a 5 a side team.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This sounds like modern slavery to me. I've clients who've been recognised as victims with similar facts. People in authority shouldn't be afraid to make this connection and it will push back on the government's narrative that these people are somehow scamming the system.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This sounds like modern slavery to me. I've clients who've been recognised as victims with similar facts. People in authority shouldn't be afraid to make this connection and it will push back on the government's narrative that these people are somehow scamming the system.
Wait! He hadn't already?
Reform really getting the dream team of Gullis, Dorries and Jenkyns.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform really getting the dream team of Gullis, Dorries and Jenkyns.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform UK
Jonathan Gullis, a former education minister, lost his Stoke-on-Trent North seat in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wait! He hadn't already?
Reform really getting the dream team of Gullis, Dorries and Jenkyns.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform really getting the dream team of Gullis, Dorries and Jenkyns.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨Campaign launch🚨
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🚨Campaign launch🚨
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
Today Migrant Voices launched our "Don't knows do care" campaign to counter misinformation around migration.
Your support is important. Please donate, if you can., share and take part in helping to combat the hostile rhetoric.
Please donate here👇
www.gofundme.com/f/help-comba...
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Some don’t understand that demonising refugees& asylum seekers is a red line for any healthy nation. As a group of people, like any other, they include the brilliant, good & bad, but labelling them as lesser humans undeserving of compassion, safety & equality is definitely bad for the whole country.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Some don’t understand that demonising refugees& asylum seekers is a red line for any healthy nation. As a group of people, like any other, they include the brilliant, good & bad, but labelling them as lesser humans undeserving of compassion, safety & equality is definitely bad for the whole country.
Labour isn't opening safe routes as Mahmood claims. Those laid out effectively already exist, and her proposals limit them more than they currently are.
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of refugees allowed to settle in UK under UN schemes falls 26% in a year
Refugee Council says Home Office figures show safe and legal pathways are ‘disappearing when most needed’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Labour isn't opening safe routes as Mahmood claims. Those laid out effectively already exist, and her proposals limit them more than they currently are.
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This is 1 of several parents we’ve spoken with in the last 2 wks who are terrified about their future in the UK.
They work damn hard for shite pay while caring for British born & raised kids. This is who the govt is demonising & targeting with their cruel policies as they chase the Reform dog’s tail
They work damn hard for shite pay while caring for British born & raised kids. This is who the govt is demonising & targeting with their cruel policies as they chase the Reform dog’s tail
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
A low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary.
The radical changes to legal migration announced by Shabana Mahmood on 20 November will penalise those who are living and working legally in the UK, but who claim benefits. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is 1 of several parents we’ve spoken with in the last 2 wks who are terrified about their future in the UK.
They work damn hard for shite pay while caring for British born & raised kids. This is who the govt is demonising & targeting with their cruel policies as they chase the Reform dog’s tail
They work damn hard for shite pay while caring for British born & raised kids. This is who the govt is demonising & targeting with their cruel policies as they chase the Reform dog’s tail
"This is the end. I feel it. We are doomed. I feel the icy breath of death upon my neck ... Take me to the window. I wish to say goodbye. Goodbye, cruel world"
Or more accurately, she wasn't allowed a double amount of Dreamies
Or more accurately, she wasn't allowed a double amount of Dreamies
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"This is the end. I feel it. We are doomed. I feel the icy breath of death upon my neck ... Take me to the window. I wish to say goodbye. Goodbye, cruel world"
Or more accurately, she wasn't allowed a double amount of Dreamies
Or more accurately, she wasn't allowed a double amount of Dreamies
Beside the point, but for our latest degrees and Masters my wife and I had a competition for how many quotes from Ladybird books and song lyrics we could get into essays. She won. History, archeology and heritage ones are easier to find I argue than international relations, economics and refugee law
This is tantamount to quoting characters in Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park" making small talk about constellations for your Astronomy exam.
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Beside the point, but for our latest degrees and Masters my wife and I had a competition for how many quotes from Ladybird books and song lyrics we could get into essays. She won. History, archeology and heritage ones are easier to find I argue than international relations, economics and refugee law
Sorry, what now? So not only is Labour creating one of the most anti-asylum systems going, but they're now ending the unit which helps monitor and address situations related to emerging refugee crises and displacement. What could possibly go wrong with that plan?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fears for UK security as Foreign Office moves to scrap unit on conflict and refugee crises
MPs warn axing FCDO’s migration and conflict directorate amid staff cuts risks undermining peace work and expertise
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sorry, what now? So not only is Labour creating one of the most anti-asylum systems going, but they're now ending the unit which helps monitor and address situations related to emerging refugee crises and displacement. What could possibly go wrong with that plan?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And now the Your Party conference has gone from farcically funny to depressingly dire.
Personal opinion, but I don't trust any party which opens up the lives of trans and non-binary individuals to debate to defend the rights of trans and non-binary individuals, no matter the result of the debate.
Personal opinion, but I don't trust any party which opens up the lives of trans and non-binary individuals to debate to defend the rights of trans and non-binary individuals, no matter the result of the debate.
What fresh hell is this? #YourParty #TransRights
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And now the Your Party conference has gone from farcically funny to depressingly dire.
Personal opinion, but I don't trust any party which opens up the lives of trans and non-binary individuals to debate to defend the rights of trans and non-binary individuals, no matter the result of the debate.
Personal opinion, but I don't trust any party which opens up the lives of trans and non-binary individuals to debate to defend the rights of trans and non-binary individuals, no matter the result of the debate.
Dancing round the kitchen to 80's power ballads and show tunes while cooking. I may not be cool, but...well I'm just not.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dancing round the kitchen to 80's power ballads and show tunes while cooking. I may not be cool, but...well I'm just not.