Hugh Mann Wright
@hughmannwright.bsky.social
Following and occasionally tweeting on issues of asylum, migration, trade, HRs, law, economics.
Hive enthusiast. Bach fanatic.
"𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫."
Hive enthusiast. Bach fanatic.
"𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫."
Pinned
One of the greatest internet memes ever – a superb example of "a picture being worth a thousand words".
If I had to choose just one image to explain exactly how things got this bad, it might be this.
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If I had to choose just one image to explain exactly how things got this bad, it might be this.
A short 🧵
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Paradigm irrationality:
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Paradigm irrationality:
Lauren Gilbert's analysis of the fiscal impact of immigration in the UK (published today) flies in the face of the uninformed claims made by Farage, Tice, Lowe, Lam, Jenrick, and the rest of the bigot-based community.
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Lauren Gilbert's analysis of the fiscal impact of immigration in the UK (published today) flies in the face of the uninformed claims made by Farage, Tice, Lowe, Lam, Jenrick, and the rest of the bigot-based community.
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
September 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
France today, described by @agnescpoirier.bsky.social
But delete "France" and write in "UK", "USA" or a number of other countries.
This hermetically sealed, "safe room" mentality has mushroomed with the advent of SM.
Dare to resist? The SM bosses will shriek "denial of free speech!"
But delete "France" and write in "UK", "USA" or a number of other countries.
This hermetically sealed, "safe room" mentality has mushroomed with the advent of SM.
Dare to resist? The SM bosses will shriek "denial of free speech!"
September 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
France today, described by @agnescpoirier.bsky.social
But delete "France" and write in "UK", "USA" or a number of other countries.
This hermetically sealed, "safe room" mentality has mushroomed with the advent of SM.
Dare to resist? The SM bosses will shriek "denial of free speech!"
But delete "France" and write in "UK", "USA" or a number of other countries.
This hermetically sealed, "safe room" mentality has mushroomed with the advent of SM.
Dare to resist? The SM bosses will shriek "denial of free speech!"
Podcasting years before anyone even thought of the word "podcasting".
Thank you so much for having enriched and enlightened so many, Melvin!
Thank you so much for having enriched and enlightened so many, Melvin!
‘It’s been quite a ride!’ Melvyn Bragg to step down from Radio 4’s In Our Time after 27 years
‘It’s been quite a ride!’ Melvyn Bragg to step down from Radio 4’s In Our Time after 27 years
The broadcaster is leaving the hit BBC programme after presenting more than 1,000 episodes and having ‘enriched the lives of millions’
Melvyn Bragg has announced that he will be leaving BBC Radio 4 show In Our Time after hosting it for 27 years. He launched it in October 1998, after being asked to present a programme during what was known as “the death slot” because of its low Thursday morning audience figures.
The show, which explores the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world, has proved extremely popular. It celebrated its 1,000th episode in 2023 and is regularly one of the BBC’s most listened to on-demand programmes worldwide. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Podcasting years before anyone even thought of the word "podcasting".
Thank you so much for having enriched and enlightened so many, Melvin!
Thank you so much for having enriched and enlightened so many, Melvin!
The brutal reality: the >3 year struggle of one Sudanese refugee to reach safety.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family
Mohanad was a medical student in Sudan, but he had to leave in secret, hiding in a vegetable truck, until he reached Libya, where he was kidnapped repeatedly. That was only the start of his perilous j...
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The brutal reality: the >3 year struggle of one Sudanese refugee to reach safety.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I'd forgotten just how excruciatingly bad was this performance in 2022 by then Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
Must have been galling that her tormentor was from her own party. 😅
The 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 in action.
(h/t @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social for the reminder)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZA...
Must have been galling that her tormentor was from her own party. 😅
The 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 in action.
(h/t @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social for the reminder)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZA...
Suella Braverman appears unsure about how an asylum seeker can apply to enter the UK
YouTube video by Guardian News
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'd forgotten just how excruciatingly bad was this performance in 2022 by then Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
Must have been galling that her tormentor was from her own party. 😅
The 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 in action.
(h/t @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social for the reminder)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZA...
Must have been galling that her tormentor was from her own party. 😅
The 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 in action.
(h/t @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social for the reminder)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZA...
I spent the weekend utterly absorbed by 𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆, Nicola Kelly’s outstanding new book in which she walks the reader chapter-by-chapter through the various stages of the UK’s asylum process.
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@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social
eandtbooks.com/books/anywhe...
amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
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@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social
eandtbooks.com/books/anywhe...
amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
Elliott & Thompson | Anywhere But Here
eandtbooks.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spent the weekend utterly absorbed by 𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆, Nicola Kelly’s outstanding new book in which she walks the reader chapter-by-chapter through the various stages of the UK’s asylum process.
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@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social
eandtbooks.com/books/anywhe...
amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
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@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social
eandtbooks.com/books/anywhe...
amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
Genuinely surprised that we haven't seen more of this bad boy during the last week...
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Genuinely surprised that we haven't seen more of this bad boy during the last week...
Julien Goudichaud spent 7 years earning the trust of refugees, smugglers, their hired hands, police, and the volunteers who help them.
He risks his life on a dinghy to UK...and later, inside a truck with one of the growing number who want to LEAVE the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2d...
He risks his life on a dinghy to UK...and later, inside a truck with one of the growing number who want to LEAVE the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2d...
Calais-Douvres, l'exil sans fin - Documentaire complet - inédit - LCP Assemblée nationale
YouTube video by LCP - Assemblée nationale
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Julien Goudichaud spent 7 years earning the trust of refugees, smugglers, their hired hands, police, and the volunteers who help them.
He risks his life on a dinghy to UK...and later, inside a truck with one of the growing number who want to LEAVE the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2d...
He risks his life on a dinghy to UK...and later, inside a truck with one of the growing number who want to LEAVE the UK.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2d...
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
Superlative Al Jazeera report (22 Sep 2024) on Sudanese migrants' journey to UK, why they have to flee Sudan, the dangers, costs, how long the journey lasts, how they earn the money to pay smugglers
www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
Superlative Al Jazeera report (22 Sep 2024) on Sudanese migrants' journey to UK, why they have to flee Sudan, the dangers, costs, how long the journey lasts, how they earn the money to pay smugglers
www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to northern France
Crossing desert and sea, facing pushbacks, racist attacks and homelessness; Sudanese refugees have endured them all.
www.aljazeera.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
Superlative Al Jazeera report (22 Sep 2024) on Sudanese migrants' journey to UK, why they have to flee Sudan, the dangers, costs, how long the journey lasts, how they earn the money to pay smugglers
www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
Superlative Al Jazeera report (22 Sep 2024) on Sudanese migrants' journey to UK, why they have to flee Sudan, the dangers, costs, how long the journey lasts, how they earn the money to pay smugglers
www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐑𝐍𝐋𝐈 “𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬”*…
*but were afraid to ask.
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*but were afraid to ask.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐑𝐍𝐋𝐈 “𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬”*…
*but were afraid to ask.
1/29
*but were afraid to ask.
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Very informative article in the Guardian (26/02/2025) about growing numbers of Chinese asylum-seekers trying to reach Germany.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
The Chinese migrants hoping for a new life in Germany
A small but growing number of Chinese people are fleeing home, with their sights set on Germany thanks to its reputation as a safe haven for refugees
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Very informative article in the Guardian (26/02/2025) about growing numbers of Chinese asylum-seekers trying to reach Germany.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
For a wonderfully well-informed but empathetic and accessible insider's guide to the criminal justice system in England and Wales, you won't find much better than @joannahs.bsky.social 's series/podcast for the BBC
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘿𝙤 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙮 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘿𝙤 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙮 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - You Do Not Have to Say Anything, Episode 1: There's Been an Allegation
Arrest: the shift from person to suspect, from ordinary citizen to ‘the accused’.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
For a wonderfully well-informed but empathetic and accessible insider's guide to the criminal justice system in England and Wales, you won't find much better than @joannahs.bsky.social 's series/podcast for the BBC
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘿𝙤 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙮 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘿𝙤 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙮 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Very informative data visualization piece by
@alexjclark.bsky.social in today's Guardian (18/02/2025) — examining the projected demographic evolution between 2025 and 2100 in countries across Europe with and without immigration maintained at current levels:
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
@alexjclark.bsky.social in today's Guardian (18/02/2025) — examining the projected demographic evolution between 2025 and 2100 in countries across Europe with and without immigration maintained at current levels:
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised
How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Very informative data visualization piece by
@alexjclark.bsky.social in today's Guardian (18/02/2025) — examining the projected demographic evolution between 2025 and 2100 in countries across Europe with and without immigration maintained at current levels:
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
@alexjclark.bsky.social in today's Guardian (18/02/2025) — examining the projected demographic evolution between 2025 and 2100 in countries across Europe with and without immigration maintained at current levels:
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Superlative article from the Guardian's John Harris on the extent of the UK's dependency on migrant workers for essential public services.
In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted | John Harris
In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted | John Harris
My dad’s journey through the health and social care systems proves what politicians secretly know: we’ll be lost if they succeed in ‘sending them home’, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Superlative article from the Guardian's John Harris on the extent of the UK's dependency on migrant workers for essential public services.
𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨: 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 examines the plight of refugees seeking to reach Europe, the enormous risks and challenges they face, the brutality of the smugglers—but also the compassion of those in receiving countries who try to help them.
Paul Russell & Andrea Vogt (2016)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58a...
Paul Russell & Andrea Vogt (2016)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58a...
The Brutal Reality of Mediterranean Human Trafficking | Lethal Cargo | Documentary Central
YouTube video by Documentary Central
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨: 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 examines the plight of refugees seeking to reach Europe, the enormous risks and challenges they face, the brutality of the smugglers—but also the compassion of those in receiving countries who try to help them.
Paul Russell & Andrea Vogt (2016)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58a...
Paul Russell & Andrea Vogt (2016)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58a...
The latest tragedy on the world's deadliest migration route is a chance to draw attention to the moving but deeply disturbing documentary "𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬" (2024), made by Blanca Muñoz for BBC Africa Eye:
t.co/zj0YNPWWgD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajX6...
t.co/zj0YNPWWgD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajX6...
February 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The latest tragedy on the world's deadliest migration route is a chance to draw attention to the moving but deeply disturbing documentary "𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬" (2024), made by Blanca Muñoz for BBC Africa Eye:
t.co/zj0YNPWWgD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajX6...
t.co/zj0YNPWWgD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajX6...
Just the latest mass tragedy on the world's most lethal migration route.
📸 Dozens of people died when a migrant boat capsized en route to Spain’s Canary Island last month.
One of the victims, Muhammad Arslan, was laid to rest in the Punjab region of Pakistan yesterday.
His family says they paid a smuggler 4 million rupees (nearly €14,000) to get Arslan to Europe.
One of the victims, Muhammad Arslan, was laid to rest in the Punjab region of Pakistan yesterday.
His family says they paid a smuggler 4 million rupees (nearly €14,000) to get Arslan to Europe.
February 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just the latest mass tragedy on the world's most lethal migration route.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥...
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February 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥...
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Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – and ALSO on the numbers of migrants & of small boats that were PREVENTED.
In 35 weeks (to 29/12/24):
29,649 migrants arrived in 547 SBs;
21,317 migrants were prevented in 694 SBs.
In 35 weeks (to 29/12/24):
29,649 migrants arrived in 547 SBs;
21,317 migrants were prevented in 694 SBs.
February 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Since w/b 29/04/24, Home Office publishes weekly data on numbers of migrants & of small boats (SBs) that reached UK – and ALSO on the numbers of migrants & of small boats that were PREVENTED.
In 35 weeks (to 29/12/24):
29,649 migrants arrived in 547 SBs;
21,317 migrants were prevented in 694 SBs.
In 35 weeks (to 29/12/24):
29,649 migrants arrived in 547 SBs;
21,317 migrants were prevented in 694 SBs.
Yesterday's ECHR judgment is a chance to highlight the superb documentary made by Lucile Smith and Ben Steele (for BBC) on the systematic abuse of asylum-seekers' rights at the EU's Greek border with Turkey.
First broadcast 17/06/2024.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-sB...
First broadcast 17/06/2024.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-sB...
Dead Calm: Killing in the Med
YouTube video by Michalis Michaloliakos
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Yesterday's ECHR judgment is a chance to highlight the superb documentary made by Lucile Smith and Ben Steele (for BBC) on the systematic abuse of asylum-seekers' rights at the EU's Greek border with Turkey.
First broadcast 17/06/2024.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-sB...
First broadcast 17/06/2024.
1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-sB...
The ECtHR has found Greece guilty of conducting “systematic” pushbacks of would-be asylum seekers – the first time it has been publicly condemned for carrying out a policy it has long denied.
Further pushback cases are pending before the Strasbourg court.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Further pushback cases are pending before the Strasbourg court.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Strasbourg court finds Greece guilty of ‘systematic’ pushback of asylum seekers
In ‘potentially trailblazing’ decision, European court of human rights finds country engaging in illicit deportations
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The ECtHR has found Greece guilty of conducting “systematic” pushbacks of would-be asylum seekers – the first time it has been publicly condemned for carrying out a policy it has long denied.
Further pushback cases are pending before the Strasbourg court.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Further pushback cases are pending before the Strasbourg court.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
"Life and death on the Bibby Stockholm"
Diane Taylor's (@diane-writer10.bsky.social) illuminating epitaph on (yet) another disastrously ill-conceived Conservative policy on asylum-seekers.
(in today's Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Diane Taylor's (@diane-writer10.bsky.social) illuminating epitaph on (yet) another disastrously ill-conceived Conservative policy on asylum-seekers.
(in today's Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Life and death on the Bibby Stockholm: ‘No one wanted to go inside – but we had no choice’
From the moment it was announced that asylum seekers would be accommodated on this hulking, prison-like barge, the scheme was steeped in controversy. As it leaves British waters, here is the inside st...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Life and death on the Bibby Stockholm"
Diane Taylor's (@diane-writer10.bsky.social) illuminating epitaph on (yet) another disastrously ill-conceived Conservative policy on asylum-seekers.
(in today's Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Diane Taylor's (@diane-writer10.bsky.social) illuminating epitaph on (yet) another disastrously ill-conceived Conservative policy on asylum-seekers.
(in today's Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Very proud to be a supporter and member of this admirable and vitally necessary British life-saving institution, 200 years young this year:
December 7, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Very proud to be a supporter and member of this admirable and vitally necessary British life-saving institution, 200 years young this year: