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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 14h

🎉Big news! 🎉We're partnering with Clean Sheet, a new progressive toilet roll company that gives 100% of their profits to grassroots organisations fighting for system change.

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 1d

❗️''Since 2019, Clearsprings and the two other providers that cover the rest of the UK have made a combined profit of £383m from the asylum contracts''

This is big business.

So, why is it so hard for them to provide decent, safe housing for people that need it?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 13d

📌🎉Solidarity & community this Saturday in London!

Join the Migrant Connections event for workshops, collective learning, 🎈kids activities and a community spirit - FREE

✊ Info below⬇️

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RAMFEL 🧡 @ramfel.bsky.social · 19d

The first PERSON was deported, BBC.
Whilst politicians dehumanise migrants & refugees, the media enables this by failing to recognise & acknowledge that amidst the rhetoric & numbers, we're talking about people.
People who, like everyone, want safety & a better life.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First migrant deported to France under 'one in one out' deal

The man was removed on Thursday under the

www.bbc.co.uk

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · 19d

🚨TOMORROW:

We stand united against the hatred & division of the far-right

We demand gov protect the ordinary people who keep this country running, not the super-rich

We send a clear message: billionaires and polluters must pay to fix the crises they're fuelling

Are you in?

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 20d

3/ Legal aid is a vital public service. It's about care, compassion, dignity and justice.

We're connecting lawyers, community groups and social justice movements to demand access to justice.

Check out our campaign page and join us ⬇️

www.migrantsorganise.org/access-to-ju...

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 Everyday life has become a maze of complex anti-migrant rules and enforcement.

People need reliable, trusted legal advice but our research shows that trusted, publicly-funded advice has become harder to find.

www.migrantsorganise.org/new-report-t...

New Report! Threadbare: the Quality of Legal Aid - Migrants Organise

New Report! Threadbare: the Quality of Legal Aid - Access to Justice

www.migrantsorganise.org

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 20d

Good quality legal advice is essential in navigating the immigration system.

But thousands of isolated people have been forced to turn to false offers of 'support' after decades of legal aid cuts and neglect. We need a fully resourced legal aid system now! 1/ ⬇️

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

Immigration law firm making £1.7m in legal aid loses contract over standards

Thousands of asylum seekers left without lawyers after firm took on thousands of cases with just five solicitors

www.theguardian.com

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 21d

Many of those detained under this policy are survivors of torture and trafficking.

Most would agree that torture and trafficking survivors should have their cases heard before they are deported. They are entitled to access to justice, just like everyone else.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK deportation of Eritrean man to France under ‘one-in, one-out’ halted by judge

The 25-year-old claims to be trafficking victim and won high court challenge in what may prove major blow to Labour policy

www.theguardian.com

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 22d

2/ The far right deals in fear because they cannot compete with the solidarity we embody every day. Do not mistake their noise for strength.

They shout for cameras; we organise for a better future for everyone.

Let’s look after each other, and remember, our #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 22d

Solidarity is not a slogan; it is a practice.

Every bit of progress we’ve made, from trade union rights to migrant justice, was won not because those in power handed it down, but because ordinary people demanded it. And took action to make it happen. ⬇️

on a blue background, with a yellow bird. Text says "Dignity, justice and welcome for all migrants" Art by Migrants in culture

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Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants @jcwi-uk.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 Take urgent action to stop Air France deportations next week.

Call, email and @ them on social media: Tell them not to be complicit in these violent deportations of people seeking safety.

Use this script to help you: docs.google.com/document/d/1qs…#STOPAIRFRANCEDEPORTATIONSNS

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 26d

Migrants Organise is a platform for migrants and refugees to organise for dignity and justice.

Check out out resources- organising toolkits, webinars, Know Your Rights Protests Bustcards + more. We organise together until we win ✊🏽

➡️ linktr.ee/MigrantsOrga...

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 27d

✊ DEMO ! SAT 20TH SEP! MAKE THEM PAY!📢

Some people want us to believe that there isn’t enough — that rights and humanity are scarce resources. But we have enough, when we share.

We'll be at the migrant & racial justice bloc demanding an end to the scapegoating - join us @makethempay.bsky.social ⬇️

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Cameron @cameronboyle95.bsky.social · 28d

Billed £31k. For NHS liver treatment.

Their crime? Being born overseas.

This is why I campaign for #PatientsNotPassports. To dismantle this injustice.

Would you pay this bill? For using a health service supposedly FREE FOR ALL? Thought not. Take action now ⤵️

Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 28d

After facing liver problems, our friend Atef received a £30,700.25 NHS bill. The suggested payment plan would make Atef and his family destitute.

👉🏽 ACT NOW! Email the heads of @royalberkshospital.bsky.social to give Atef a payment plan within his means: patientsnotpassports.co.uk/what-do-we-d...

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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 28d

Another heartbreaking yet totally avoidable tragedy.

Our thoughts are with their loved ones and refugee communities everywhere.

Enough. Human beings will continue to die at the border until our government dismantles its hostile environment and creates safe routes.
news.sky.com/story/two-ch...

Two children among three dead in English Channel overnight

Three others are missing in the Channel as a result of another small boat crossing, according to the prosecutor of the Pas-de-Calais region.

news.sky.com

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 28d

Prison-like asylum accommodations is not an unavoidable response to "crisis", but a deliberate narrowing of political possibility.

There have always been alternatives - they lie in the principles of welcome.

Read more from @zrinka.bsky.social ⬇️

www.migrantsorganise.org/asylum-accom...

Asylum Accommodation Can Be Done Better - Migrants Organise

Prison-like hotel asylum accommodation is not an unavoidable response to “crisis,” but a deliberate narrowing of political possibility.

www.migrantsorganise.org

Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 28d

Learn more about the #PatientsNotPassports campaign: patientsnotpassports.co.uk

@medact.bsky.social

patientsnotpassports.co.uk

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 28d

After facing liver problems, our friend Atef received a £30,700.25 NHS bill. The suggested payment plan would make Atef and his family destitute.

👉🏽 ACT NOW! Email the heads of @royalberkshospital.bsky.social to give Atef a payment plan within his means: patientsnotpassports.co.uk/what-do-we-d...

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 29d

Good news ❤️

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 29d

❗"The race to the bottom on migration policy has to stop. No one will benefit from the increasingly harsh rhetoric and migration policies adopted by this government … who, we are afraid, are just preparing the political and public arena for the far right.”

This is a must-read article ⬇️

Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 29d

Uche, care worker & Praxis campaigner, chats to @theguardian.com about the govt.'s plans to make more people wait longer and pay more in visa fees for settlement.

"People say migrants take but we have no recourse to public funds. We are paying for things twice.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Paying twice’: workers face NHS bills of thousands in immigration crackdown

Campaigners fear plans to make people wait longer for leave to remain could cost tax-paying skilled workers dearly

www.theguardian.com

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 29d

This summer we faced relentless hostility from all sides. Despite this,action is the best antidote to despair.

Thank you to everyone that has supported our Summer Fundraiser- this solidarity goes a long way in creating welcome for our members ❤️

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Zrinka Bralo @zrinka.bsky.social · Sep 8

if the ministers truly did “whatever it takes” they would do the only thing they did not try and it worked - to welcome refugees as humans and let them rebuild their lives. Shamefully uninformed journalists fail to imagine or mention this positive solution in reporting.
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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · Sep 5

Many people believe that resilience is an individual capacity, but for us resilience is a communal practice of care.

As the summer draws to a close, we're reflecting on ways we look out for each other and how we build rest and nourishment into out work ⬇️

www.migrantsorganise.org/celebrating-...

Celebrating our Resilience - Migrants Organise

Celebrating our Resilience - Community Programme

www.migrantsorganise.org

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · Sep 5

Families belong together, but the government is shutting down safe ways to reunite families that have been torn apart.

Here is a great short explainer from friends at @praxisprojects.bsky.social ⬇️

Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · Sep 5

This week the Government shut down the refugee family reunion scheme.

Joe, legal advisor at Praxis, breaks down what this means and what you'll need to do now if you want to be reunited with your loved ones 👇

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