The *top two* stories on the BBC site, plus a 3rd further down, are now about the claims of scammers which the BBC presents as evidence of the asylum process being “systematically exploited” - whilst also admitting they don’t know how widespread the issue is. Practically a Reform mouthpiece now.

Boy believed to be first charged under new border law due in court Measures introduced under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act cover journeys by water to the UK from France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

He's 16 FFS. The Home Office knows that the chances are, as with most people piloting small boats, that he was forced into doing so by gangs. He should be having his asylum claim processed, not being prosecuted.

news.sky.com/story/boy-be...

Maroc : plus de 70 000 interceptions de migrants en 2025, en baisse de 6 % sur un an Les autorités marocaines ont déjoué 73 640 tentatives d’immigration vers l’Union européenne en 2025, contre près de 80 000 en 2024, soit une baisse de 6 % sur un an, selon les chiffres du ministère de l’Intérieur. Pour Rabat, cette diminution des interceptions s'explique par un changement de routes des migrants, qui ont délaissé le Maroc suite au durcissement des contrôles, au profit d’autres itinéraires.

Maroc : plus de 70 000 interceptions de migrants en 2025, en baisse de 6 % sur un an #Refugees

Transcripts of the hearing now published
pca-cpa.org/en/cases/370/

Regulator finds no evidence that refugee charity engaged in inappropriate activity The Charity Commission has closed its compliance case into City of Sanctuary UK, finding no evidence of wrongdoing.

The Charity Commission finds attacks on refugee charity City of Sanctuary were unfounded, and fuelled by online misinformation.

Charity Commission
www.gov.uk/government/n...

City of Sanctuary response
cityofsanctuary.org/2026/04/07/c...

#NewBlog

"Labour mobility programmes for refugees: origins, benefits and limitations" by Jeff Crisp

Available here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/03/23/l...

#RefugeeProtection
#LabourMobility
#MigrationPolicy
#DurableSolutions

@jfcrisp.bsky.social

We have been hearing this mantra for more than 50 years

What scope is there for the establishment of programmes that allow refugees to leave their country of asylum and to relocate to states where their skills are in demand?
My thoughts here:
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/03/23/l...

My latest!
'Labour mobility programmes for refugees:
origins, benefits and limitations'
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/03/23/l...

To those who are traveling to the U.S. to see the Football championships…. You still have time to cancel. It is not worth the risk.

Iran’s neighbours brace for fallout as war threatens new refugee crisis As war engulfs Iran, neighbouring states quietly prepare for a potential refugee exodus across already fragile borders.

In the event of major refugee movements out of Iran, it’s really not clear where people could go and be safe.
Good overview here, by @abidhussayn.bsky.social @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

BBC bias.

Just published a new #BookReview! Won Geun Choi reviewed “Refugee Policies in East Asia” by Petrice R. Flowers - out now on Cambridge University Press. Read the #OpenAccess review here: doi.org/10.25071/192...

Very good point!
It is misleading to suggest, as some organizations do, that all refugees want to return to their country of origin, something that is recogniźed in the 1951 Refugee Convention.

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

Today is a dark day for anyone who believes in sanctuary in the UK.

People who've fled war and torture should be able to rebuild their lives in peace and security - not live under a constant threat of removal.

We must not stop fighting these appalling anti-refugee laws.

The Home Secretary's decision, without any attempt at consultation or oversight, to limit refugees to 30 months in the UK before having to have their claims re-confirmed is a cruel, inhumane, and ultimately unworkable policy. The Home Secretary has claimed it is necessary to tackle "legitimate grievances". There is nothing legitimate about denying those fleeing war and persecution the ability to rebuild their lives. There is nothing legitimate about leaving them in limbo, increasing the stress and trauma they are already going through, and reinforcing hostility and racism against them. People seeking asylum often already have to wait years for their claims to be heard. Increasing the number of cases which the Home Office deals with is obviously never going to be feasible. The Home Secretary knows this. That is why she has pushed this through via the backdoor without any consultation. Instead of trying to grab headlines to appear "tough", this government needs to be ensuring that those who come here seeking safety are able to receive it faster, and more effectively. This latest PR stunt from the Home Office runs counter to any practical measures which are needed.

We are disgusted by the latest cruel and inhumane anti-asylum policy announced by the Home Secretary. Limiting refugees to 30 months before needing to re-apply undermines their ability to rebuild their lives, to feel safe and secure, all while increasing Home Office bureaucracy and costs.

Mauritanian expulsìons:

UK update:

Minister makes major vow on safe routes - 'alternative to small boat crossings' Home Office minister Mike Tapp said the Government is committed to extending safe and legal routes to the UK - as he pointed to a rise in grants last year

Here's Home Minister Mike Tapp celebrating that "we have more than doubled the number of people granted sanctuary via safe and legal routes." Which is only true because they're counting extending the leave of people who arrived under the previous government... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The £500k “Boat Migrant Payout” Story Isn’t What You Think How unlawful phone seizures, selective reporting and misleading headlines turned a government failure into a culture-war outrage.

Another splendid 'debunk' from @monkemma.bsky.social. It's hard to overestimate just how much work it takes to excavate, accurately and in detail, the layers of half-truth, falsity, misinterpretation etc. of these kinds of stories: monkdebunks.substack.com/p/the-500k-b...

What does the Mixed Migration Centre think of this?

Today's good news story:

I’m confident my research skills — honed over almost a decade in grad school using libraries, archives, electronic databases, learning where to find the answer to complicated questions— will never be done by AI. Tech bros don’t know why they don’t know. The real problem is defunding libraries for AI

Won't be a revelation to anyone but the reason all the worst people on the right are pivoting to talking about race and culture rather than immigration is so they can keep banging the drum even as net migration figures fall (UK) and even reverse (US).

This is the next step and it always was.

Germany moves to return more Syrians, but Damascus says the country is not yet ready Germany has announced plans to resume returns of Syrian refugees and rejected asylum seekers, marking a significant shift in its migration policy. But Syrian authorities have asked for more time to rebuild not only the country's infrastructure but its fractured social ties too.

Germany moves to return more Syrians, but Damascus says the country is not yet ready #Refugees

NGOs condemn Italy's migration bill: 'The aim is to push us out'

NGOs condemn Italy's migration bill: 'The aim is to push us out' #Refugees

Great thread!

1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.