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www.Hope-projects.org.uk are looking for an immigration advisor

Post closes 5th Oct

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Come and work with me!

www.Hope-projects.org.uk are looking for an immigration advisor

Post closes 5th Oct

Pls repost

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Jobs in birmingham | CharityJob

Explore Birmingham's wide range of charity work vacancies. Conveniently view all charity jobs in Birmingham in one place, and apply through CharityJob today.

www.charityjob.co.uk

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is literally ridiculous. Extending the period to 56 days was the bare minimum and still a tight turnaround. To go back on this is a complete waste of time. Increasing the number of refugees who are made street homeless is an absolute safeguarding risk in this political climate.

Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Government plans to halve the ‘move on period’ for Refugees, reducing it to 28 days.

28 days to find a job, get a deposit, and find somewhere to live. Thousands of street homeless refugees by the time winter hits.

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Charities warn of rise in rough sleeping among refugees this winter in UK

Ministers urged to rethink plan to halve period asylum seekers given to find housing after decision on their case

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Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Government plans to halve the ‘move on period’ for Refugees, reducing it to 28 days.

28 days to find a job, get a deposit, and find somewhere to live. Thousands of street homeless refugees by the time winter hits.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Charities warn of rise in rough sleeping among refugees this winter in UK

Ministers urged to rethink plan to halve period asylum seekers given to find housing after decision on their case

www.theguardian.com

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · Jun 21

Pride Month is a time of celebration, but it should be a time for protest too. When gay people seeking sanctuary are facing discrimination and dehumanisation, it's clear there's still a huge amount of injustice facing LGBTQIA+ people here in the UK.

UK's immigration system is designed to dehumanise gay asylum seekers like me

A gay asylum seekers describes their experience dealing with the immigration system, claiming it is designed to 'dehumanise' migrants.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Jun 21

Venn diagram

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Jun 15

A final post from America. Its worth reading.
#america #immigration #refugees #asylum #politics

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A lot of chocolate…

Alice Erickson led a very full working life. Family counselling, refugee resettlement, then ordination. New England to Nashville and back again. Then she retired. Then it started to get reall…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · May 8

A pope who won't be taken down by some small fraction of a man.

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 30

Just horrible…

Refugee support in Alexandria, Virginia in the time of Trump 2

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 24

More Americana

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Right question. Wrong answer.

While pottering around the very lovely campus at VTS where we’re based for a month while Sarah is Deans Scholar, I came upon a sign for a scheme where students leaving college at the end of their f…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 24

Some more on #America and #immigration.

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Resistance

Jen Gutierrez is executive director of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), an organisation set up by Rev James Lawson in midst of a campaign to pass an living wage ordinance in Los…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 14

Some more thoughts from #America. #immigration #refugees #media

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Special Sauce

I’m in Virginia and Kristen is in Washington. So we should be able to chat face to face not by google meet, but it turns out Kristen is in Washington State, not DC and that puts close to 3000 miles…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 11

More thoughts from #America

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#Unions #immigration #education

There is power in a union…

(I’m starting off with a disclaimer. These are not fully formed peices of lapidiary prose, just summaries of meetings with interesting people and some half formed thoughts as I go along. They…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 10

"Diversity is a superpower". More from #America.
#migration #diversity #refugees #skills

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“Diversity is a superpower”

I’ve got two aims while I’m in America; to reflect on the centering of people with lived experience and to meet people who can help me understand and learn from the experience of the American refug…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 9

A dream for some. A nightmare for others...

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 5

Without let or hindrance. Misadventures and reflections on coming to #America. #immigration #passports #sanctuary
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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Apr 2

I'm just arrived in America on Sabbatical, but just as a starter, a few thoughts following an extraordinary online meeting of churches concerned about the ending of sanctuary that I was part of before I left.

A sobering prelude to an american sabbatical
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When ICE comes to church

There is a tradition in America, as there is in the UK, of churches offering sanctuary in certain circumstances. It has its roots as far back as the Hebrew Bible concept of ‘Cities of Refuge’, flow…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Jan 31

Please support Asma

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We Are Asma -- Let Her Stay!

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Jan 21

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The ability to resume a way of life

A different sort of post this time. Not so much about the asylum system as about a refugee charity trying to live out its values. Incidentally, I’m sure Pat Bracken has no idea who I am. I sa…

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Phil Davis @gravitasanomaly.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hope combines legal advice with housing for people in the West Midlands made homeless by the asylum system. We are looking for a trustee with lived experience of the asylum system.
Could this be you or someone you know?
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Trustee with Lived Experience of the Asylum System

This Trustee/Governor vacancy is based in Birmingham, West Midlands. Skills required: Fundraising events, Fundraising research / Bid writing, Legal. Hope Projects is committed to becoming a charity le...

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