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Global refugee sponsorship scheme could improve perceptions of refugees in the UK – research - University of Birmingham

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 2d

New research by @profjennyp.bsky.social and colleagues for a global #refugeesponsorship initiative
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The UK should develop a ‘global’ sponsorship programme to give all sponsored refugees the same rights and entitlements, according to new research.

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · 29d

Join our online report launch on #refugeesponsorship and hear about #sponsorship could be improved for everyone 29/9 at 3.30pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-lau...

Report Launch: Shaping the future of community sponsorship

Join us for the launch of our report exploring UK refugee sponsorship: community sponsorship, homes for Ukraine and communities for Afghans

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Sep 6

It’s not wrong. Its a lie. No one should ever trust this man. Fantasist!!! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton

Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Sep 2

Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Aug 27

The moral and economic costs of Farage’s plan to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers

Key planks of policy include Human Rights Act repeal and potential payments to countries such as Iran and Afghanistan

Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Aug 25

‘I can’t sleep, I can’t get on with my life’: how Europe’s tougher rules are keeping families apart

Tighter family reunification laws are causing long separations, traumatising children, and can push people towards traffickers, campaigners say

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal? | Ayman Alhussein

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political target, says film-maker Ayman Alhussein

Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Aug 11

UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti-migrant protests

More than 200 refugee groups, charities and unions sign letter calling for action after weeks of protests outside asylum hotels

Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Aug 10

‘Why is this happening?’: violent attacks terrify Ireland’s immigrant community

Spate of physical incidents includes attack on a six-year-old girl at a County Waterford housing estate

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Aug 4

‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year

Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’

Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Aug 2

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones

Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 31

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report

Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions

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

Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 28

‘Every human being deserves dignity’: asylum seeker in Essex hotel calls for understanding

Man housed at hotel targeted in protests writes letter urging people not to resort to harmful stereotypes

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 28

‘The matter is in his hands alone’: president of Sierra Leone urged to ban FGM as court rules it tantamount to torture

The Ecowas court of justice has ordered the West African country to criminalise female genital mutilation after hearing the case of a woman brutally forced to undergo the practice

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 26

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that? | Natalie Roberts

Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocide, says Médecins Sans Frontières UK executive director Dr Natalie Roberts

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Jul 9

Nick Thomas Symmonds proving for the millionth time on #r4today that Labour JUST DOESNT GET IT.

12,000 people may have been prevented from crossing the channel, but they just will have tried again until they get here because there is NOTHING ELSE FOR THEM.
People need real solutions. They just do.

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 9

Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites

Doctors say hundreds have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoys

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 8

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza

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Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social · Jul 7

Exiles from Uganda’s harsh anti-gay laws now fear ‘moral panic’ legislation could follow them

Gay people who found sanctuary in neighbouring Kenya now fear a new family protection bill could once again threaten their rights