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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 35m

'Key Isssues in Global Refugee Policy:
Analysis, Commentary and Advocacy, 2015-2025'.
A compilation of e-links to around 80 articles I've published over the past decade, most of them brief and easily readable!
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Key issues in global refugee policy: analysis, commentary and advocacy 2015 - 2025 Jeff Crisp Refugee Studies Centre University of Oxford September 2025 [email protected] @jfcrisp @jfcrisp.b...

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 4d

“Despite condemning the racist and divisive rhetoric of Farage and his followers, Starmer’s Government continue to accept the central premise of his message that the biggest problem facing the country is the amount of people who want to come and live here.“

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 6d

🔴Keir Starmer’s Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a ‘Darker Path’ Towards a Reform Government

The Prime Minister’s condemnations of Reform’s racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant politics, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

Keir Starmer's Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a 'Darker Path' Towards a Reform Government

The Prime Minister's condemnations of Reform's racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage's anti-migrant politics, argues Adam Bienkov

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Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social · 6d

My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....

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Benjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 9d

A first post of the new academic year for RefugeeHistory.org:

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Christian anti-communism and the history of refugee relief — Refugee History.

The history of post-World War II refugee relief is often presented as part of the triumph of modern ideas about human rights and the spread of humanitarian values. A closer examination of some of the ...

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 11d

Not one of the 14 people sent to Ghana from the U.S. was allowed to stay in Ghana. INSPITE of a law suit filed in Ghana asking that they be allowed to stay!

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Ghana accused of dumping West African migrants deported from US in Togo

West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana earlier this month have been transferred to neighbouring Togo by force, according to their lawyers, who are pursuing lawsuits in US, Ghan...

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 13d

Our new report!
An alternative approach to the Rohingya refugee situation:
www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/09/25/r...

New report: "An alternative approach to the Rohingya refugee situation", by UAI and UNA-UK - United Against Inhumanity

A new report from United Against Inhumanity (UAI) and the United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK) presents the findings of a multi-stakeholder workshop convened 5 September 2025, entitled ‘Alternativ...

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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 14d

For clarity, the people being sent back to France haven’t have their asylum claims rejected, they haven’t been refused. Their claims have been deemed inadmissible to the UK’s asylum system.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

Family of three are first arrivals in UK under ‘one in, one out’ immigration deal

Small child part of first reciprocal intake after removal of four asylum seekers from Britain to France over past week A family of three including a small child have become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal, the Home Office said on Wednesday. The move follows the removal of the first four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past six days, despite ongoing legal challenges. Continue reading...

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · 25d

What is happening to refugees at the Humanitarian Centre near Agadez, Niger?
I asked UNHCR to explain:
www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/09/11/r...

Distressed in the desert:UNHCR’s perspective on the refugee situation in Agadez, Niger - United Against Inhumanity

For over a year, refugees at the Humanitarian Centre near Agadez, Niger, have been protesting about their conditions of life and asking to be relocated elsewhere. Jeff Crisp, a volunteer with UAI, pos...

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 25d

FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system

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The crumbling seaside palaces at the centre of Britain’s asylum crisis

[FREE TO READ] How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25d

NEW: A judge warned Friday that the Trump admin is "with a wink and a nod" deporting people to Ghana, only for Ghana to quickly re-deport them to countries where they face torture and persecution.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Sep 8

UN Human Rights Committee rules against Malta’s and Italy’s non-assistance #Refugees

UN Human Rights Committee rules against Malta's and Italy's non-assistance • Sea-Watch e.V.

Italy and Malta have a duty to coordinate rescues of people in distress at sea and their disembarkation in a place of safety. This was decided by the UN Human Rights Committee on Wednesday, 3 September 2025. This decision stems from a complaint by a group of 41 survivors of a shipwreck, who were stranded…

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is what the judge said in the case that sentenced Connolly to jail and for which she pleaded GUILTY: “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.”

These morons are cheering a self confessed criminal who encouraged mass murder.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Reform UK conference gives a standing ovation to "special guest" Lucy Connolly, who pled guilty to stirring up racial hatred after she called for asylum hotels to be set on fire with people inside them.

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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · Sep 7

There is a much cheaper, more sustainable and more human alternative to using military sites that could end the need for hotels in months www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/stay-informe...

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Jane Kinninmont @janekinninmont.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Gaza is being destroyed - the UK government must show Israel that there can be no “business as usual” | UNA-UK

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis has determined that Gaza is...

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 29

Can't we call them HOSTELS?

Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · Aug 28

There's been a lot of talk about asylum hotels over the last few weeks, but little in the way of practical suggestions. Our new analysis at @refugeecouncil.bsky.social sets out how the government could end the use of hotels within months, rather than years www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Ending the use of hotels to house people seeking asylum - Refugee Council

New analysis outlinines how the UK can responsibly end the use of asylum hotels within a year through a secure, practical solution.

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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · Aug 26

Nice ”partners” we work with to stop #migration in the Mediterranean. euobserver.com/migration/ar...

EU-backed Libyan patrol boat fires hundreds of rounds onto rescue vessel, says NGO

An EU-backed Libyan Coast Guard boat fired hundreds of rounds at a charity vessel damaging onboard rescue speed boats and putting bullet holes in windows on the bridge, says an NGO.

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 24

Horrible stuff from the UK's Daily Mail.

Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · Aug 24

This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 17

Workshop on the future of Rohingya refugees. 3 September. All welcome! Register here:

www.eventbrite.fr/e/workshop-o...

Workshop on Alternative Approaches for Rohingya Refugees

A workshop held in preparation for an International High-Level Conference on the Rohingya crisis, New York, 30 September 2025.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · Aug 10

Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 9

'Stop the Inhumanity at Europe's Borders!'

Here is our Campaign Manifesto.
Supported by 160 NGOs and civil society associations across the continent.
www.against-inhumanity.org/wp-content/u...

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · Aug 1

This month we're publishing "A Handbook of Integration with Refugees" edited by @esaldegheri.bsky.social, @dx-fisher.bsky.social and @alisonphipps.bsky.social.

The book is Open Access and is already available to download completely free via the following link: zenodo.org/records/1641...

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Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social · Aug 2

How 'voluntary' were they?

Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Aug 1

Tunisie : plus de 1 000 migrants ont bénéficié d'un "retour volontaire" de l’OIM en juillet #Refugees

Tunisie : plus de 1 000 migrants ont bénéficié d'un "retour volontaire" de l’OIM en juillet

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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · Aug 1

Another landmark judgement by @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social that applies to many member states: even in cases of a sudden surge in arrivals, basic reception conditions must be provided. So will the @ec.europa.eu finally launch infringement proceedings against all (many) member states in breach?

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Aug 1

CJEU, asylum law

New judgment: Ireland cannot avoid liability for insufficient support for asylum-seekers
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

CURIA - Documents

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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Aug 1

Top EU court questions premise of Italy's Albania migrant camp scheme #Refugees

Top EU court questions premise of Italy's Albania migrant camp scheme

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Jul 31

A hotel filled with pregnant women, frightened children, families seeking safety.

Outside: a mob shouting “Send them out.”

This is the refugee’s story from behind the glass....

Exclusive: Inside the Diss hotel – a refugee’s view of the anti-refugee crowd outside

Families fleeing danger thought they'd found safety, until protesters gathered outside their hotel, chanting for their removal

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