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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 1h

Authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand are subjecting people in the Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Kiribati at risk of climate related harm to discriminatory migration policies that tear families apart and disregard children’s rights. Read the full story at this link
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Discriminatory migration system fails Pacific People

Aotearoa New Zealand's discriminatory migration policies tear families apart.

www.amnesty.org

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 12h

Chilling realpolitik: in a meeting at the White House in August "Trump agreed to take mass enforced displacement [of Palestinians from Gaza] off the agenda" of diplomatic negotiations. AS IF forced displacement were not a crime against humanity
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Diplomacy’s lowest point: how the Israel-Gaza conflict was mishandled

In two years there have been many versions of a ‘day after’ plan for Gaza and many obstacles to overcome

www.theguardian.com

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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 5d

@amnesty.org : Deliberately inflicting yet another devastating wave of mass displacement in Gaza amidst this suffering is not just inhumane, it is a flagrant violation of international law. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Israel/ OPT: Catastrophic wave of mass displacement under inhumane conditions as Israel obliterates Gaza City

As Israel steps up its cataclysmic onslaught, it appears hell-bent on obliterating Gaza City, deliberately driving out its entire population, levelling large swathes of the city, and seizing full cont...

www.amnesty.org

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Amnesty EU @amnestyeu.bsky.social · 6d

EU/Libya: Alarming escalation of attacks threatening the safety of humanitarian NGO rescuers and those they are rescuing in the Mediterranean🧵

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 6d

Amnesty International will be launching next week its first report on climate displacement. To hear about the human rights challenges faced by nationals of Tuvalu and Kiribati who move to Aotearoa New Zealand, please join our virtual press briefing on 8 / 9 October

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 12d

The US has both the international and domestic tools to address the concerns it has raised, without undermining or overturning the multilateral agreements or weakening protections for refugees. The agenda behind this proposal goes far beyond "fixing" the asylum system
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The Trump administration’s call to ‘reframe’ the global asylum system would harm people seeking safety

It would have a disproportionate impact on poor and racialised asylum seekers and refugees from the Global South

www.amnesty.org

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 13d

The US proposal would also increase the chasm between Global North and Global South countries, as middle- and low-income countries in the Global South continue carrying most of the responsibility for the world’s refugees.

Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 13d

Beyond the "common sense" talk, the US proposal would severely curtail the ability of refugees to seek protection. It would have a particularly detrimental impact on poor and racialised people from the Global South, who travel by land and would be blocked in regions with poor protection systems

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 13d

Refugees and asylum seekers often need to continue their journey because the country of their first entry is not safe. For example: both Iran and Pakistan (neighbouring countries) are currently returning Afghans to Afghanistan, including women and girls at risk of gender persecution

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 13d

The only truly new point is requiring asylum seekers to seek asylum in the first country of entry. Although most refugees and asylum seekers already stay in the country of first entry (mainly in middle- and low- income countries in the Global South) this is not currently an obligation

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 13d

The 5 points of the US proposal:
1. States have a “right” to control their borders.
2. Asylum seekers to seek asylum in first country of entry.
3. Asylum is a temporary status.
4. States decide whether conditions allow returns.
5. States to receive back their own nationals.

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 13d

This is the link to watch the Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau host the panel “Global Refugee Asylum System: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It” - New York City at 1:50 p.m. ET today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfV3...

LIVE: Deputy Secretary of State Hosts Panel on Global Refugee Asylum System

YouTube video by NTD

www.youtube.com

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 22d

Would the plan really "reshape the global approach to asylum"? No. It would reinforce and amplify a decade-long trend: Global North countries refusing their fair share of the responsibility for the world's refugees, and shifting that responsibility on low- and middle- income Global South countries.

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 22d

Fact-check 2: Asylum is not meant to be permanent. Most asylum systems already include procedures for the host country to regularly check whether conditions in the country of origin have changed.

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 22d

Fact-check 1: The vast majority of refugees and asylum-seekers worldwide stay in the first country they enter. According to UNHCR, 67% live in countries neighbouring their countries of origin; and 73% are hosted in low- and middle-income countries
www.unhcr.org/uk/about-unh...

Figures at a glance | UNHCR UK

Topline global statistics on forced displacement, including current and historical numbers of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people.

www.unhcr.org

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 22d

According to Reuters, the plan would call for
1. Requiring asylum seekers to claim protection in the first country they enter
2. Making asylum temporary
The ambition would be to "reshape the global approach to asylum"

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · 22d

What to make of the Trump administration's plans to call for a revision of the global refugee system? A thread
www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Exclusive: Trump administration plans push at UN to restrict global asylum rights

President Donald Trump's administration plans to call for sharply narrowing the right to asylum at the United Nations later this month, documents show, as it seeks to undo the post-World War Two framework around humanitarian protection.

www.reuters.com

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Mark Dummett @markdummett.bsky.social · 28d

Only the US outsourcing its FP to white supremacist bikers…

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

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites

BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · Sep 1

The best analysis on current migration policies I have read all summer, applicable not only to the UK but also to most EU countries. Cheap political manipulation produces misinformation, fueling increasing draconian and ineffective anti-migration measures
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s the truth about Britain’s immigration hysteria: Starmer and co have whipped it up to get cheap votes | Nesrine Malik

He is part of a political establishment that is fuelling a crisis way beyond the point that they can ever be seen to solve it. It’s a cynical, idiotic doom loop, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · Jul 28

Is UNHCR's chief Filippo Grandi advocating for a better global protection system for refugees - or is he advocating for more money to the agency? Further proof, if any were needed, of the clash between UNHCR protection and assistance mandates

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Jul 28

Budget cuts to the United Nations’ refugee agency are driving more migrants to Europe, the organization’s chief Filippo Grandi has said.

UN refugee chief says budget cuts propel migrants to Europe

Boosting aid to Africa would “solve a lot” of problems, says High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · Jul 25

While the world is burning and Gaza is starving, the UK government is intent on demonizing an underclass of workers whose exploitation is created by the government's own migration and asylum policies.

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UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law @kaldorcentre.bsky.social · Jul 24

It has been described as a ‘game-changer for human rights’, but what does the #ICJ Advisory Opinion issued overnight signal for #refugees and other people displaced in the context of #climate change? @profjmcadam.bsky.social finds some answers: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · Jul 24

"That the Home Office sent a removal letter to an eleven-year-old is not a clerical error. It is the system working as designed." @nandosigona.bsky.social on the UK migration system intentionally splitting families apart
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...

How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design

Barriers to migrants’ family life are embedded in the UK’s immigration system.

theconversation.com

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Koldo Casla @koldocasla.bsky.social · Jul 24

Very concerning.
I have an idea.
Two, in fact.
Give asylum seekers the right to work.
And increase the restrictions to betting shops. (Or close them down, ideally.)

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Home Office has launched an investigation after PolHome found that asylum seekers nationwide have been using taxpayer-funded payment cards for gambling

"The Home Office has begun an investigation into the use of Aspen cards"

The cards are intended for essentials like food, toiletries & clothes

Asylum Seekers Using Taxpayer-Funded Payment Cards To Gamble

The Home Office has launched an investigation after PoliticsHome revealed that asylum seekers across the UK have been using taxpayer-funded payment...

www.politicshome.com

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Francesca Pizzutelli @therightsangle.bsky.social · Jul 18

Excellent analysis of the new Greek asylum ban by Minos Mouzourakis @rsaegean.org bit.ly/46c2TXi

OP-ED: Neglect needs, manufacture crisis, rinse, repeat: The new Greek asylum ban and a textbook breach of international law | European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

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