Reform pledges to review the previous 5 years of asylum grants if got into power - deporting those granted refugee status if came without permission.
Reform claim 400,000 people granted asylum would be "in scope" - and they would deport most of them
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
BBC reports "more than 600 people crossed the Channel on small boats on Saturday, making it second busiest day so far this year".
BBC reports "Over the past three years, crossings have increased" while omitting 33% year on year fall this year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mahmood’s migration changes will deliver fraction of claimed savings, data suggests - @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Hungary 2026 general election constituency map versus 2022 map must be among the most dramatic shifts of any geographic-constituency based electoral system in a single electoral cycle. (There are also top up seats)
Our @jakepuddle.bsky.social is speaking on a webinar panel (Weds 29 April, 12:00 pm) as part of Global Intergenerational Week, exploring how to strengthen connection between generations. Sign up here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e16be0...
Our @jakepuddle.bsky.social is interviewed on the new @britishredcross.bsky.social 'Bridging divides' podcast - discussing what 'division' looks like in our everyday lives, why it can be hard to navigate – and why there’s more reason for hope than we might think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNhT...
Do some racists now feel they have a licence to hate? @sundersays.bsky.social new column for @easterneye.bsky.social examines how unfettered hatred online is bleeding into the real world
www.easterneye.biz/nhs-licence-...
Our @sundersays.bsky.social talks to @davehillonlondon.bsky.social about getting inclusion and belonging right in the London Borough of Newham, drawing on the recent Commission he chaired on this topic
Licence to hate? Farhana Haider hears from NHS frontline staff about their rising experience of racism for a Radio 4 documentary. + Speaks to me for context about drivers of racism, offline & online in the last 5 minutes. Is 'zero tolerance' something we could mean?
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
‘My Pakistani grandads helped Britain win WW2' - BBC speaks to Ibrahim Chisti about his family history, at our event in Oldham raising awareness of South Asian service in the world wars
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Unsettled status: the policy and politics of indefinite leave to remain' – our @sundersays.bsky.social writes for @ukandeu.bsky.social, on proposed reforms to UK settlement rules and whether they could meet the fairness challenge:
ukandeu.ac.uk/unsettled-st...
'Licence to Hate - Racism on the Front Line' - BBC Radio 4 this Sunday 5th at 1.30pm
Examining whether racism is becoming more frequent and visible, with a focus on healthcare workers - incl discussion with our @sundersays.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
'Between compassion and control: Labour’s immigration balancing act' - new @sundersays.bsky.social column for @easterneye.bsky.social
www.easterneye.biz/labour-immig...
There is a class angle here too, says Dr Shamim Miah. Working class history is more widely neglected in a history that tends to focus on kings, queens and other elites, he says.
“Change has to come from the bottom up,”says Shamim Miah - adding that what is taught in schools will only change when there’s sufficient pressure to make that happen.
This history is documented very little and we’ve lost it,” says Jhotti. “It’s important we try to bring this history alive again.”
“It’s important we remember that this is part of our history… and we need to own that history. We played an important role,” says Rahilla Bano
Discussing at Gallery Oldham why remembering South Asian service in the world wars is so important - with panellists Rahilla Bano, former BBC Journalist; Dr Shamim Miah from Huddersfield University; and Oldham community representative
Jyoti Vithiani
Veteran Harry Boota from Bradford shares his story - from arriving in Bradford in the 1960s and joining the Sea Cadets, to serving in the Royal Navy for 23 years, including in the Falklands.
“Come with me, and let me tell you an alternative true story,” says Jubeda - in a spoken-word piece encompassing the stories of servicemen & women from across South Asia
“My grandfather‘s story - connecting Punjab, Aden and Sheffield - reminds me that we, British Asians, have been part of Britain’s story for a long time,” he says
Oldham resident Ibrahim shares his family story, of his grandfather’s service in WW2.
www.britishfuture.org/event/forgot...
Including this man, Asghar Khan, who went on to command the No.9 Squadron fighting in Burma
Kids learning about the Spitfires they’ve been crafting today, and the people who flew them
We’re also asking south asian families in Britain to share their family stories of service in the world wars. More info here:
www.myfamilylegacy.org.uk
It’s part of the Royal British Legion’s ‘Forgotten Army’ project, touring the uk
www.ljmutheforgottenarmy.org
In Oldham today raising awareness of the South Asian service in the world wars (including with the youngest members of the community!) www.britishfuture.org/event/forgot...
"In polarised times, faith and even flags feel like they may be on the ballot paper at the next general election" – our
@sundersays.bsky.social discusses Nick Timothy's criticism of the Trafalgar Square Open Iftar in @easterneye.bsky.social www.easterneye.biz/uk-religious...
British Future, alongside the Royal British Legion, hosts a special daytime event at Gallery Oldham next Tues 31 March to honour the vital role played by South Asian soldiers during the world wars.
Join us for 'Faith, Flags and the Future of Englishness', a webinar with the Good Faith Partnership, Thurs 26 March 12-1pm. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...