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Special report: hope, despair, and the deadly journey to Britain

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 1d

In the week I visited the Loon Plage camp in Dunkirk for a special report for @theleaduk.bsky.social a man was found dead by the side of the road and another in critical condition after being hit by a truck. Six people died or went missing in the sea.

The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 1d

Life at Loon Plage is tough: there is no running water, no toilets, no permanent medical or welfare tents and people sleep in tents in the grass or bushes.

@sarahelizacollins.bsky.social meets refugees waiting to cross the channel in northern France.

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Sarah Collins meets refugees waiting to cross the channel at Loon Plage in northern France

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Special report: hope, despair, and the deadly journey to Britain

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 1d

Life at Loon Plage is tough: there is no running water, no toilets, no permanent medical or welfare tents and people sleep in tents in the grass or bushes.

@sarahelizacollins.bsky.social meets refugees waiting to cross the channel in northern France.

national.thelead.uk/p/immigratio...

Sarah Collins meets refugees waiting to cross the channel at Loon Plage in northern France

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Woke people like me need to stop viewing hope as disrespectful

Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 2d

"They say its the hope that kills you, but without hope you are already dead."

My latest column for @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

In the face of a world sliding into darkness, our sanity depends on holding on to joy

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 3d

Made a silly little portfolio for my reporting, columns and editing. Should probably have done so five years ago but alas here we are: authory.com/SarahCollins.

Acclaimed journalist Philip Collins to become editor of Prospect

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 20d

@arusbridger.bsky.social will step down as Prospect's editor at the end of 2025. Our print & digital circulation grew 30% last year & he’s transformed Prospect into a flourishing multi-media company. Excited that acclaimed journalist Philip Collins will be our new editor.

Alan Rusbridger steps down following record circulation growth

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 22d

The border in Northern France has become a spectacle of cruelty

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 22d

I met a woman today in Dunkirk who said her tent had been slashed by the police and all her belongings had been taken during an eviction in the Loon Plage camp. She couldn't understand why the police would do this to her. "I have come all the way from Libya," she told me. "I'm not giving up."

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 22d

As the UK suspends its refugee family reunion scheme, growing numbers of women and children in northern France face inhumane conditions. @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social reports from Dunkirk.

As the United Kingdom suspends its refugee family reunion scheme, growing numbers of women and children in Calais and Dunkirk face inhumane conditions...

‘A useful political scapegoat’: how human rights play out...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 24d

Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 25d

Myths and misinformation - my piece on the political battle over the ECHR for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The future of the European Convention on Human Rights is a divisive issue for both the left and right at Westminster

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 25d

🚨 MARCHING UNITED 🚨

In Central London, thousands are marching united against racism, the far right, and division.

✊ Last summer, a national tragedy was twisted to stoke Islamophobic and racist fear. A year on, racist intimidation continues.

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 25d

I accept "major" may have been an overstatement made in haste based on my experience in Northern France over the last few weeks and the data I've seen. I just loathe that Farage claims he can solve this so-called "problem", when the Brexit campaign contributed to rise in use of this dangerous route

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 25d

British fascists are on the move again

Yet Starmer does and says nothing except echo anti-migrant rhetoric and talk of a land of strangers

It is dereliction of duty, and despicable politics

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Crowds gather in London for ‘unite the kingdom’ march featuring Tommy Robinson – UK politics live

March expected to be Britain’s largest far-right rally in decades, and will include speakers from Britain, the US and Europe

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 25d

With awful news about Conor Gearty’s death, it’s apt to listen to & reflect on this searching & v recent discussion about the threats to human rights in Britain & what on Earth to do about it …

In his gentle tones he forcefully convey the answer is NOT just to lie down & accept that decency is over

Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Sep 3

🎧: The Prospect Podcast is back from summer break! On today’s episode, Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban.

Are we losing our civil liberties?

Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban

West Midlands detectives are looking for two white male suspects after incident involving 20-year-old in Oldbury MPs have expressed their shock at reports of the racially motivated rape of a 20-year-old Sikh woman, said to have occurred in broad daylight. Detectives are looking for two white male suspects alleged to have racially abused the woman during the assault – they believe one suspect had a shaved head and wore gloves. Continue reading...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25d

MPs express shock after alleged racially motivated rape of Sikh woman

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 25d

"No Dublin, no fingerprints anymore"

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

Brexit has made it easier for small boat crossings to reach UK, refugees say

Outside EU, people can no longer be returned to other European countries under legislation known as Dublin regulation

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 25d

Both are true. But what I'm talking about more here is the perception people crossing the channel have that the UK is a haven where Dublin III cannot force them back to their original point of entry ukandeu.ac.uk/taking-back-...

Taking back control on immigration through closer cooperation with the EU? - UK in a changing Europe

Natascha Zaun argues ...

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 25d

Farage and his campaign have contributed to the higher rates of crossing that he has now deemed a "problem" that only he can solve. Not sure why Labour comms don't emphasise this more

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 25d

One of the major reasons that asylum seekers wish to cross the channel to the UK, is that the UK is no longer bound by the EU's Dublin III regulation, which means the UK provides a new opportunity to claim asylum for those who failed in Europe Europe. Brexit has incentivisised channel crossings

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 27d

We see endless stories about “Channel migrants”. But volunteering with a charity that supports displaced women and children living in Calais and Dunkirk, @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social sees a different side to the story.

As the United Kingdom suspends its refugee family reunion scheme, growing numbers of women and children in Calais and Dunkirk face inhumane conditions...

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 27d

Two children believed to have died this week

Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 27d

"I hate the thought that some of these women and girls will return to sleep in a scrub of trees tonight, where they are outnumbered by men, and where they do not have access to toilets or showers."

My reporting on the people waiting to cross the channel

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

As the United Kingdom suspends its refugee family reunion scheme, growing numbers of women and children in Calais and Dunkirk face inhumane conditions...

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 27d

"I hate the thought that some of these women and girls will return to sleep in a scrub of trees tonight, where they are outnumbered by men, and where they do not have access to toilets or showers."

My reporting on the people waiting to cross the channel

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

As the United Kingdom suspends its refugee family reunion scheme, growing numbers of women and children in Calais and Dunkirk face inhumane conditions...

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 28d

3 people dead and 3 people missing after a boat got into distress in the channel last night. Devastating news.