Dealing with sickness is scary enough as it is, nobody should feel like there will be consequences for seeking care. This is the sad reality of so many of our patients, stuck in our broken immigration and asylum systems.

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Our Christmas card shop is now live! Grab a pack today and help bring vital medical aid to people around the world.

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Deeply concerned about the Home Secretary’s planned asylum overhaul.

The current system needs fixing, but today's proposals will bring more chaos while failing to address the real issues. Refugees need safety & stability to rebuild their lives - these changes threaten both.

Forcing people into small cells in harsh, prison-like facilities and preventing proper support is cruel and totally unacceptable. We urge the government to change course on this deal and stop harming people who have already lived through war, torture and trauma.

It’s been 100 days since the UK-France deal came into force. Every day, our Casework Team sees the serious harm it’s causing to people seeking asylum. Beyond the government's failures, detention harms people — even more so for those fleeing war, torture and persecution.

This is cruelty by design.

Military barracks are not safe or appropriate for people who have survived violence & persecution. Housing refugees in camps next to sounds of shooting and dogs is shamefully reckless. #CloseTheCamps

@asylummatters.bsky.social @care4calais.org @refugeeaction.bsky.social 

Help us tackle health inequalities in the UK!

We’re #hiring a Services Coordinator to run our London outreach clinics & national advice line, helping excluded communities access healthcare & know their rights.

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People seeking asylum deserve care, not constant neglect.

RAMFEL’s new report shows how poor nutrition and ignored medical needs are harming people's health - something we have seen again and again in our work at asylum hotels.

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🔴 In Haiti, 1.25 million people have been affected by #HurricaneMelissa.

Our teams are on the ground, providing medical consultations, mental health support, water filters, and protection for women & girls at risk of gender-based violence ➡️ tinyurl.com/bde56ye4

After 9 months of intervention, our emergency response to the earthquake in #Myanmar is complete.

During this time, our local team provided:

🩺 Over 10,000 medical consultations
🚑 1,400 hygiene and dignity kits
🏥 Repairs to six healthcare centres

We want to see how in touch our audience is with international news and emergencies. Which of these have you heard about? Hit like if you know all of them 👇

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/QxTmaD/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">El Fasher killings, Sudan
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/QxTmaD/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Gaza ceasefire breaches
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/QxTmaD/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Tunisia migrant shipwreck

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🔴 Children in UK government care are vanishing into traffickers' hands.

The Home Office is failing them, leaving children with no choice but to cross the Channel alone and putting them at serious risk of sexual and physical abuse. Safe asylum accommodation must be a priority.

What’s scarier than ghosts and vampires? This Halloween, the barriers blocking healthcare and safety are the real monsters. 🎃🧛‍♂️

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/nq5TpI/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Borders devouring hope
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/nq5TpI/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Patients trapped in limbo
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/nq5TpI/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Fear feeding on minds

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🔴 #YEMEN: 18 million people are at risk of starvation.

Just 10% of humanitarian needs are being met due to funding cuts and restrictions on aid workers.

The international community must act now to save lives.

One year since the #Valencia floods.

Last October, a year’s worth of rain fell in just 8 hours, destroying homes and claiming over 200 lives. Many families are still rebuilding - and we are there with them, providing mental health support and helping strengthen health systems.

Less than 24hrs after a damning Home Affairs report condemned military sites for asylum housing, Labour announces two more.

Wethersfield must close. Napier must close. Cameron and Crowborough must not open.

People seeking safety belong in communities, not camps.

Must the @ukhomeoffice.bsky.social keep making the same expensive and cruel mistakes?

Our medical teams have responded many times to the harm caused by and in these camps. People are isolated from healthcare, community and the people they love, suffocating any sense of hope and safety.

⚠️ #BREAKING: A High Court ruling has temporarily protected a refugee from becoming homeless overnight.

The 56-day move-on period must be reinstated so people have a chance to get back on their feet and rebuild their lives.
@refugeecouncil.bsky.social

With so much happening in the world, it can be hard to know where to focus your attention. We’re curious…what’s the first thing that makes you stop and notice a humanitarian crisis?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/nttSDY/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">One person's story
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/nttSDY/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">A clear path to help
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/nttSDY/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Signs of progress and hope
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/nttSDY/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">A shocking injustice

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What stories or topics are you most interested in us reporting on?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/WFBsLS/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Healthcare policy in the UK
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/WFBsLS/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Global crisis response
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/WFBsLS/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Health services in the UK
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/WFBsLS/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Campaigning wins

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Safe housing = good public health, it's that simple.

Instead, people are trapped in a cycle of poverty and illness, struggling to even access medical care. It is unacceptable for anyone to be living in these conditions, including people seeking asylum. #CloseTheCamps

When did people become bargaining chips? 🛑

The UK government should focus on fixing the NHS, tackling homelessness, and clearing the asylum backlog so that people seeking safety can rebuild their lives instead.

After two years of genocide, we welcome the ceasefire and hostage release.

Hope has risen before, only to be crushed by renewed violence. This ceasefire must hold.

Humanitarian aid must reach Palestinians NOW. We are ready at the border with a mobile clinic and 115 pallets of supplies.