The narrative about London crime is truly so BORING to Londoners.
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
Today we published a report on public understanding & attitudes to #irregularmigration in the UK.
this is my a one-line summary:
strong opinions, wrong facts.
But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex...
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
Something i didn't have time to say is: the standard liberal neurodiversity response of *actually theyre underdiagnosed, the increase is just us getting better at recognising neurodivergence, etc.* is a dead end here as it precisely depoliticises the issue and reifies and essentialises diagnosis.
This bbc question time on immigration is such a painful watch, I can’t. Thank God for @zackpolanski.bsky.social
These nurses have given years of service to the NHS; have worked tirelessly through nights, holidays, and crises; and have often put their own well-being aside to care for others.
Yet with draconian immigration rules they are told they no longer belong here ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Oh no. Heartbreaking news. Alice was such a light in the world.
You’ve got £9.95 to last you the whole week… what’s your plan?
This impossible choice is played out in asylum hotels. Whilst people await a decision on their claim, they are banned from working & receive just £9.95 for clothes, travel, data & more.
This is not luxury. This is a hellish limbo.
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We welcome the Govt.'s announcement of a much-needed £84 million cash boost to support families this winter, particularly those in temporary accommodation.
To tackle homelessness, they must also look at the drivers of it - including their own immigration policies.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
✨Urban Childhoods: Growing up in Inequality and Hope. Our child health team have contributed to a new publication that compiles research on housing, play and food to consider what creates the best start for children growing up in England’s inner-city areas uclpress.co.uk/book/urban-c...
Just dropped! Episode two of Between Borders podcast where we explore what reproductive justice means in the context of precarious migration. With @mariammalik.bsky.social @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social and Julia Fernandez Molina podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
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...
🎙️ Exciting news—we’ve just launched a new mini podcast series, Between Borders!
Across three episodes, we dive into the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of researching it. Available on all good platforms, listen to our first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
And These Walls Must Fall, our lived-experience-led campaigners, issued the following statement in response to the suspension of the refugee family reunion route.
"Family Reunion is a Right, Not a Privilege"
#RefugeesWelcome
righttoremain.org.uk/family-reuni...
🚨 Today we launched a joint briefing with Gingerbread, @runnymedetrust.bsky.social @z2ktrust.bsky.social @praxisprojects.bsky.social and others on how child poverty affects different groups & the inclusive govt actions needed to tackle it. Link below ⬇️
bit.ly/47RgwvM
❓Did you know that hundreds of thousands of people are forced to wait over 10 years for the right to permanently settle in the place they already call home?
And it’s about to get worse. 🧵
The world professes reverence for childhood, but hollow platitudes about universal children's rights aren't meant for the colonized.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
#Palestine #Israel
"Shockingly, 46% of migrant children live in poverty, nearly double the rate for other children. Yet despite this, the NRPF policy remains largely absent from conversations on poverty and inequality. This silence must end."
👉Read Olivia's powerful piece here www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
Geography matters. Technofixes won’t change poverty or environmental pollution, both of which are far bigger factors in health outcomes.
Re-posting, in light of Casey report
Absolutely vital read on the thousands of children trapped in poverty by migration rules. If the Government is serious about ending child poverty, it cannot abandon hundreds of thousands of children because of what's on their parents' passports.
New paper out today by @laurajpottinger.bsky.social and me, making the case for more curious, diverse and heterodox economic geographies- and suggestions for how we can do this!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Social Workers Union and @basw-uk.bsky.social have published a joint statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank.
Read it in full 🔗 swu-union.org.uk/2025/05/basw...
@scotssocialwork.bsky.social @baswni.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social
Brilliant piece by the wonderful Nish @praxisprojects.bsky.social on her experience of being a victim of trafficking and the ongoing trauma of being on the 10-year route to settlement. This is who Labour needs to be listening to and speaking to, not Reform.
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
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The genocide in Gaza isn’t just airstrikes and rubble.
It’s a girl getting her period with no bathroom.
A mother miscarrying on a cold floor.
A woman giving birth under drones.
This is the war where the female body lost its rights. 🧵
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
💬 “What does it mean to have something where the edges are not so sharp? Where the lines are more blurred and people can move freely and access healthcare?”
These were just some of the questions we pondered at the #PatientsNotPassports National Gathering last weekend. 🧵
"The 10-year route is not a pathway—it’s a punishment, forcing families into poverty and robbing people of their most productive years. Where we come from should not deny us the right to belong." Anna, Praxis campaigner
Read more from Anna in our full statement👇 www.praxis.org.uk/news/praxis-...
NRPF causes generational trauma, and has a long term negative impact on children's health and development. All children should be treated equally and deserve to live healthy, happy lives.
#NRPF must be scrapped.
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This film shows what many of our members with no recourse to public funds are going through. Our families are suffering with poor accommodation, black mould is causing our children to go to hospital, we are facing food poverty, and bad mental health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNGW...
📝NEW PUBLICATION: In this book chapter, I distinguish vanguard and rearguard climate social movement leadership, arguing that while vanguardism has value, rearguardism can forcefully supplement it
Book (paywalled): www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Chapter PDF: lukasslothuus.com/media/files/...