The Welcoming Edinburgh @welcomingedinburgh.bsky.social Supporting refugees and migrants in Edinburgh. We provide free English classes and social activities for New Scots. Email info@thewelcoming.org.
Coalition to Close Campsfield @closecampsfield.bsky.social We are a diverse group of organisations and individuals demanding the closure of Campsfield House detention centre and an end to Immigration Detention.
Sir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social Lover of trams, classical music, maths, tea and cats.
Member of the cycling lobby.
🇮🇹 immigrant in 🇬🇧, dual national.
Refugees are welcome, racists are not.
Addicted to "Italian Effeminacy and Italian Nonsense" (i.e. opera, according to Jonathan Swift)
A Million Acts of Hope @1mactsofhope.bsky.social
Ruth Sinhal @ruthsinhal.bsky.social Ex-Primary Teacher on an antiracism journey since the 80s
Founder of Project FREE -Connecting Communities CIC
Leicester Schools Linking Projects Facilitator
Regularise @regulariseuk.bsky.social A safer path to settlement for undocumented migrants currently living in the UK. #SaferPathToSettlement
https://regularise.org
Ascension Church Hulme @hulmeascension.bsky.social 🌍 On a journey together.
Your local sanctuary in solidarity, hospitality and justice. A home for all, especially the marginalised.
https://linktr.ee/ascensionchurchhulme
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social Socialist. Feminist. Anti-Racist. Trade unionist. Labour MP for Clapham & Brixton Hill 🌹
Global Detention Project (GDP) @globaldetention.bsky.social
Detention Forum @detentionforum.bsky.social We are a network of over 50 independent organisations committed to working together to challenge the use of immigration detention in the UK
https://detentionforum.org.uk/
Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social Supporting people detained by the Immigration Service in Dungavel IRC and influencing policy on detention.
Asylum Welcome @asylumwelcome.bsky.social Supporting asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire.
🤝 We provide information, advice, practical support, and solidarity.
❤️ Powered by your compassion: https://www.asylum-welcome.org/donate
ICVA @custodyvisiting.bsky.social
Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social We challenge injustice, defend freedom and campaign so everyone in the UK is treated with dignity and respect.
Join us. Stand up to power.
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
mita @decolonialdaughter.bsky.social ✊🏾decolonial justice 🌱 collective care
🎬 'Dover 82' screening now
formerly Liberty, JCWI. words + photos in Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera English etc.
🏴🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
IMIX @imixuk.bsky.social https://imix.org.uk
IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social The Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham, UK. Director: Prof @nandosigona.bsky.social
web: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/iris
blog: https://superdiversity.net
INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social ⚖️INQUEST is an independent charity combining specialist support for bereaved people following a state related death, with campaigning for justice and change.
🎙️ Creators of the Unlawful Killing podcast
Oxford Criminology @oxfordcrim.bsky.social Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/centre-for-criminology/centre-criminology
Reposts/links to media or other websites do not imply endorsements.
Diane Taylor @diane-writer10.bsky.social journalist @Guardian
Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social Labour Peer, ex-MP for Battersea. Campaigner for refugees, especially children. Interested in human rights, asylum policy and Ireland. RTs are not endorsements.
gracie mae bradley @graciemaybe.bsky.social writer, doctoral scholar // Against Borders (Verso, 2022) // civil liberties bod // www.graciemaebradley.com ig:@/inrelativeopacity
JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association. Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. Official website www.jengba.co.uk
Medact @medact.bsky.social Health workers for health justice! https://medact.org
Beyond Detention @beyonddetention.bsky.social Supporting people in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, and beyond.
https://linktr.ee/beyonddetention
Anna Sayburn Lane @annasayburnlane.bsky.social Author of 1920s murder mysteries and contemporary thrillers. Sometime health journalist
Bhatt Murphy Solicitors @bhattmurphy.bsky.social A team of lawyers who work together to make a contribution to the protection of civil liberties
https://bhattmurphy.co.uk
Duncan Lewis Public Law @dlpubliclaw.bsky.social A leading public law team fearless in holding the government to account.
Corporate Watch @corporatewatch.bsky.social A research & training co-operative providing critical information on corporations & capitalism. UK-based & not-for-profit.
www.corporatewatch.org
https://linktr.ee/corporatewatch
Jed Pennington @jedcpennington.bsky.social Partner, joint head of public law & human rights, Wilson Solicitors London
https://www.wilsonllp.co.uk/our-people/jed-pennington
Inquest @inquest.bsky.social National Magazine Award finalist. Cited in Best American Essays. Stillwater Award winner. Focused on ending mass incarceration.
All our links: https://linktr.ee/inquest.org
Can you spare $5?: https://inquest.org/donate/
Di Volpe @divolpe.bsky.social Wiener-Anspach Postdoctoral Fellow @ REPI @ulbruxelles.bsky.social & Co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social / DPhil @refugeestudies.bsky.social / Italy, asylum, borders, abolition / big fan of wheelie shoes
Hallam Tuck @hallamtuck.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology, City St George’s University of London. Border criminology, migration, punishment, incarceration.
drdconlon @drdconlon.bsky.social researcher—immigration detention and destitution economies, borders—educator—urban and global studies—wannabe runner—m-dash lover.
John Barrett @northorchi.bsky.social Trying to make sense of a muddled world. Immigration Detention visitor for near 30 years and still learning.
UK National Preventive Mechanism @uknpm.bsky.social The UK National Preventive Mechanism works to prevent ill-treatment in detention and implement #OPCAT through independent monitoring.
Learn more at https://nationalpreventivemechanism.org.uk/.
Andriani Fili @andrianifili.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow @oxfordcrim.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social and Co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, researching #immigration #detention #health in Greece (mainly) #DetentionLandscapes
Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world 🌍 We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
Vicky Taylor @vickytaylor.bsky.social writing about the UK's criminalisation of asylum seeking · border criminologies · otherwise found in cold water somewhere
HMI Prisons @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social Independent inspectorate reporting on conditions for and treatment of those in prisons, young offender institutions and immigration detention facilities.
Learn more at: https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/
Toufique Hossain @toufiquehossain.bsky.social Director of Duncan Lewis, Public Law
https://bsky.app/profile/dlpubliclaw.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/show/600daseJRW7AMQEaCNvX7W?si=0niEubN0SBaybjw75nu4fw
Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social Social Worker | Anti-Trafficking campaigner | Socialist
Peter Wieltschnig @pwielt.bsky.social 🇮🇪 | Workers’ rights, migrants’ rights & labour exploitation | views my own | he/they
Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc
@cettamainwaring.bsky.social @cettamainwaring.bsky.social
Zrinka Bralo @zrinka.bsky.social Organiser for Solidarity, Dignity and Justice.
Bluesky words are my own, and always will be!
www.migrantsorganise.org
Sile Reynolds @silereynolds.bsky.social Asylum policy lead at Freedom from Torture. Scenic swimmer. Hopeless grower of inedible vegetables. Occasional painter. Views are my own.
Tom Kemp @tomkemp.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Writing on carceral change making in prisons, police custody and immigration detention.
Kate Roberts @k8roberts.bsky.social Migration, migrant rights, labour rights, labour exploitation, anti-trafficking
Forced Migration Review @fmreview.bsky.social We are Forced Migration Review, a world-renowned publication based at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
www.fmreview.org
Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social Immigration lawyer about town. Migrant. Queer. She/her. Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/thoughtsonimmigration
Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social I do refugee and asylum policy at the Refugee Council, so most likely a lot of the posts will be about that.
Jennifer Blair @squeakinglyjen.bsky.social Feminist lawyer, Classicist, barrister at No5 Chambers. She/her or They/them pronouns
CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social Parliamentary adviser on immigration and asylum. Child of the Common Travel Area. Views, if any, are my own. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/cj-mckinney/
Alison Harvey @aliromah.bsky.social Barrister One Pump Court Chambers. Frome. London. Trustee of Kalayaan. Tweeting personal views on rule of law, nationality, immigration, asylum, Court of Protection, passion & whimsy. Views my own. Unafraid.
Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social Immigration and asylum law. All views my own but reposts not endorsement. Refugees welcome🧡. Green Party member💚. Trans 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights. He/him.
"Lawyers have hitherto only interpreted the law. The point however is to change it."
Dr. Sue Conlan @sueconlan.bsky.social Director of TACTIC Immigration and Asylum CIC. Immigration practitioner, trainer and consultant. https://tactic.org.uk/
Holly Bancroft @hollybancroft.bsky.social Home affairs correspondent at The Independent
📧 holly.bancroft@independent.co.uk
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
Director: @sundersays.bsky.social
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Writer, talker, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
European Network on Statelessness @enstatelessness.bsky.social Committed to ending #statelessness & ensuring that people living in Europe without a nationality are protected.
Visit www.statelessness.eu to find out more about our work.
African Rainbow Family @africanrainbowfam.bsky.social Leading UK Based Expert by Experience Grassroots Charity Campaigning for Racial Justice & Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ Refugees and People Seeking Asylum 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
HIAS+JCORE @hiasjcore.bsky.social Supporting refugees, led by Jewish values.
https://hiasjcore.org/signup
Jake Puddle @jakepuddle.bsky.social Director of Research at British Future
Interested in migration, cohesion and countering the far-right
Aspen Institute Fellow
Heather Rolfe @heather-rolfe.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @britishfuture.bsky.social
Mostly interested in immigration, employment, migrants’ new lives in UK and public attitudes
Focus on Labour Exploitation @focusonlabour.bsky.social Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research and policy organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation.
Social Equity Centre @socialequitycic.bsky.social The Social Equity Centre is a not-for-profit organisation committed to breaking down barriers for first-generation migrants in the UK.
One Life To Live @nicoladavid.bsky.social Founder of One Life To Live - collaboratively compaigning against large asylum-seeker containment sites in ex-RAF bases, former prisons & barges. Linton-on-Ouse, Bibby Stockholm. Ripon CoS 💪🏼 🇵🇸
Migration Policy Scotland @migrationscotland.bsky.social Independent think tank in Scotland. Provides a home for informed responses to the opportunities and challenges of migration.
https://migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk
@HaringeyWelcome @haringeywelcome.bsky.social Campaigning for a #welcome borough for migrant, refugee, and all residents
Web: haringeywelcome.org
Pod: nosmallvictories.buzzsprout.com
Linktree: linktr.ee/haringeywelcome
Emily Graham @emilyagraham.bsky.social Migration and asylum policy. Plus often human rights & democratic participation. Trustee of Care Rights UK.
Captain Support UK @captainsupportuk.bsky.social Resisting and documenting the criminalisation of movement
https://linktr.ee/captainsupportuk
@jamescwilson35.bsky.social @jamescwilson35.bsky.social
the3million @the3million.bsky.social Giving a voice to EU citizens in the UK | This is our home | Campaigning to protect pre-Brexit rights | info@the3million.org.uk
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/
Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social Fighting for human rights across UK & the world 🌍 follow for activism & news. Amnesty UK (Charitable Trust & Section).
http://amnesty.org.uk/
ECPAT UK @ecpatuk.bsky.social We campaign against child trafficking and transnational child exploitation so children everywhere can uphold their rights and live a life free from abuse.
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
Charlie Whelton @cwhelton.bsky.social Human rights type, doing policy & campaigns at Liberty.
After Exploitation @afterexploitation.bsky.social Tracking 'hidden' data on modern slavery and exploitation in the UK. Our briefing on survivors' access to compensation is now live ⬇️
www.afterexploitation.com
Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.
Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social Journalist etc. Currently Irish Times correspondent in Beirut/Damascus & author of ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ (Orwell Prize, Terzani Prize, Inge Feltrinelli Prize, Michel Deon Prize, Irish Book of the Year) & new book 'This is Also a Love Story'.
Southall Black Sisters (SBS) @sbsisters.bsky.social
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
refugeetales.bsky.social @refugeetales.bsky.social Refugee Tales walks and shares tales as we call for a future without immigration detention. Tales published by Comma Press.
Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social Border Criminologies draws together researchers working in #criminology on #bordercontrol. Retweets/links to media or other websites do not imply endorsements.
https://linktr.ee/bordercrim
Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS) @lawrsuk.bsky.social Specialist 'by and for' BME organisation. Over 40 years upholding Latin American & other migrant women's rights in the UK. Leading the #StepUpMigrantWomen coalition.
Jesuit Refugee Service UK @jrsuk.bsky.social JRS UK accompanies refugees and forced migrants, serving them as companions and advocating their cause.
www.jrsuk.net
Jeremy Thompson @jeremymt.bsky.social
Migration Exchange @migration-exchange.bsky.social Cultivating insight, connection and action across the UK refugee and migration sector.
MEX is a programme hosted by Global Dialogue.
Find out more: https://global-dialogue.org/programmes/migration-exchange/
Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social Research on global migration and mobility from the Faculty of Social Sciences Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield.
Website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group
Restore @restoreuk.bsky.social Welcoming, valuing and integrating refugees and asylum seekers in Birmingham.
https://linktr.ee/restore_birmingham?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=174905c4-183c-4894-a40f-28297535a085
Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social The RLI is the only academic centre in the UK focusing specifically on international refugee law | Home of the Refugee Law Clinic | Part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://linktr.ee/rli_sas
Central England Law Centre @ce-lawcentre.bsky.social Using our legal knowledge and expertise to help build a more equal society since 1976. Finalist Legal Aid Firm/NFP - Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2023.
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards @lalyawards.bsky.social We are unlike any other legal awards! The LALYs are a non-profit-making, grassroots celebration of the life-changing work of social justice lawyers. Organisers @wearelapg.bsky.social @ChrisLAPG @FionaBawdon.bsky.social
West London Welcome @westlondonwelcome.bsky.social Community centre run for and with refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum. Classes, activities, advice, advocacy, food and friendship.
www.westlondonwelcome.com
ASSIST Sheffield 🧡 @assistsheffield.bsky.social ASSIST is a Sheffield-based charity supporting destitute people seeking asylum. We provide accommodation, welfare payments and bespoke casework support. 🧡