@putitbangs.bsky.social @putitbangs.bsky.social
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social Membership network for volunteer visitors to immigration detention. Helping those detained in removal centres, STHF & prisons across UK.
Adam Wagner KC @adamwagner1.bsky.social Barrister specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. Views my own https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/adam-wagner
Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
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."
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
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/
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.
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/
Jennifer Blair @squeakinglyjen.bsky.social Feminist lawyer, Classicist, barrister at No5 Chambers. She/her or They/them pronouns
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.
Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social Updates, commentary and analysis on UK immigration and asylum law. Sign up to our weekly email newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2yNDl3r.
Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social Immigration lawyer about town. Migrant. Queer. She/her. Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/thoughtsonimmigration
Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social We're one of the largest providers of free immigration advice in London. We give advice, provide support, and campaign so that migrants & refugees in the UK can live with safety, dignity & respect.
https://linktr.ee/praxis_uk
Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social Asylum Rights Campaigning. Migrant & Human Rights advocacy. She/Her 🏳🌈 🧡
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
Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social We support women seeking safety in the UK to rebuild their lives on their own terms.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
#WelcomeEveryWoman #SetHerFree #SistersNotStrangers
DSC Immigration Team @doughtystimm.bsky.social Immigration team at Doughty Street Chambers. Human Rights specialists with a reputation for excellence in asylum and immigration matters.
Kate Roberts @k8roberts.bsky.social Migration, migrant rights, labour rights, labour exploitation, anti-trafficking
Asylos @asylos.bsky.social Research for asylum ⁞ we investigate human rights abuses to help asylum lawyers and NGOs defend refugees #proofnotprejudice
Help us defend asylum - https://asylos.org/
Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social Migrants’ Rights Network is a UK campaigning charity that stands in solidarity with all migrants in their fight for rights and justice.
https://linktr.ee/migrantsrightsnetwork
Tom Kemp @tomkemp.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Writing on carceral change making in prisons, police custody and immigration detention.
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.
@rainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social We support LGBTQI+ people through the UK asylum and immigration system.
Zrinka Bralo @zrinka.bsky.social Organiser for Solidarity, Dignity and Justice.
Bluesky words are my own, and always will be!
www.migrantsorganise.org
@cettamainwaring.bsky.social @cettamainwaring.bsky.social
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.
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
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Helen Bamber Foundation 🧡 @helenbamber.org We are a human rights charity.
We give survivors of trafficking and torture the strength to move on.
Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.
Detention Action @detentionaction.bsky.social Human rights charity on the frontline of immigration detention in the UK, providing direct support and campaigning for change.
detentionaction.org.uk
linkin.bio/detention_action
Peter Wieltschnig @pwielt.bsky.social 🇮🇪 | Workers’ rights, migrants’ rights & labour exploitation | views my own | he/they
Dr Jo Wilding @jowilding.bsky.social Legal aid geek, researcher and associate professor at Sussex University, author of 'The Legal Aid Market' (Policy Press), lawyer, mum, athletics obsessive, ex clown.
Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social Social Worker | Anti-Trafficking campaigner | Socialist
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
Gee Manoharan @gee-manoharan.bsky.social Co-Director @aviddetention.bsky.social - Survivor of Immigration Detention.
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 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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/
Captain Support UK @captainsupportuk.bsky.social Resisting and documenting the criminalisation of movement
https://linktr.ee/captainsupportuk
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca 🚑 Providing medical care where & when it’s needed.
🥼 Fournir des soins médicaux humanitaires là où les besoins sont les plus grands.
Independent. Neutral. Impartial. | Indépendant. Neutre. Impartial.
doctorswithoutborders.ca | medecinssansfrontieres.ca
Public Law Project @publiclawproject.bsky.social Promoting access to justice, upholding the rule of law, ensuring fair systems
Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social We are a migrant-led national organisation empowering migrants to speak out, challenge perceptions and change public debate, in the media and to policymakers. Offices in London, Glasgow and Birmingham.
Holly Bancroft @hollybancroft.bsky.social Home affairs correspondent at The Independent
📧 holly.bancroft@independent.co.uk
Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford provides independent, authoritative, evidence-based analysis on UK migration.
Asylum Aid @asylumaid.org.uk We're a refugee charity providing high-quality legal advice & representation to people seeking protection in the UK.
Now part of @helenbamber.org
Bail for Immigration Detainees @biddetention.bsky.social A small charity providing free legal advice to people detained under immigration powers across the UK.
www.biduk.org
Doctors of the World @dotwuk.bsky.social We go where healthcare isn't. UK clinics. Refugee camps. Emergency zones. UK + 80 countries. Healthcare is a human right. We make sure people get it.
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
RAMP (Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy) Project @rampproject.bsky.social RAMP works with political leaders across the political spectrum to re-imagine a world-class migration system for a successful and integrated Britain.
https://www.rampproject.org/
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.
Refugee Council @refugeecouncil.bsky.social The Refugee Council is the nation’s refugee charity. We support refugees to rebuild their lives, integrate into communities and play a part in Britain.
Prison Reform Trust @prtuk.bsky.social The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Links and retweets are not endorsements.
Vicky Taylor @vickytaylor.bsky.social writing about the UK's criminalisation of asylum seeking · border criminologies · otherwise found in cold water somewhere
Medical Justice @medicaljustice.org.uk Working to promote and defend the health rights of people detained under immigration powers, including by arranging independent medical assessments
https://medicaljustice.org.uk/
@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.
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
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…
Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer
Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social The IRR's online news service on anti-racism & social justice issues in UK & Europe.
Our journal is Race & Class ▶ https://bit.ly/raceandclass
Donate to the IRR ▶ http://irr.org.uk/donate
For more info ▶ https://linktr.ee/instituteracerelations
Right to Remain @right-to-remain.bsky.social Boosting our community's right to remain in the UK with dignity & humanity. Fighting injustice of asylum/immigration system #TheseWallsMustFall #NoOneIsIllegal
https://righttoremain.org.uk/
Humans for Rights Network @humansforrights.bsky.social Documenting rights violations as endured by humans subjected to hostile border regimes to ensure justice and accountability through casework and litigation.
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
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/.
John Barrett @northorchi.bsky.social Trying to make sense of a muddled world. Immigration Detention visitor for near 30 years and still learning.
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
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.
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/
Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social Migrants Organise is a grassroots platform where migrants and refugees organise for justice.
In 1993 we came to life in living rooms across West London, where migrant leaders would provide support to their communities.
www.migrantsorganise.org
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
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
End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social Campaigning group opposing border regimes, detention and deportation in Northern Ireland / North of Ireland. #ShutDownLarneHouse
https://enddeportationsbelfast.com/
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
Duncan Lewis Public Law @dlpubliclaw.bsky.social A leading public law team fearless in holding the government to account.
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
These Walls Must Fall @thesewallsmustfall.bsky.social Network of migrant campaigners working with allies and supporters for radical change. Run by @Right_to_Remain #TheseWallsMustFall RT≠endorsement
https://wallsmustfall.org/
Anna Sayburn Lane @annasayburnlane.bsky.social Author of 1920s murder mysteries and contemporary thrillers. Sometime health journalist
Beyond Detention @beyonddetention.bsky.social Supporting people in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, and beyond.
https://linktr.ee/beyonddetention
Medact @medact.bsky.social Health workers for health justice! https://medact.org
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
gracie mae bradley @graciemaybe.bsky.social writer, doctoral scholar // Against Borders (Verso, 2022) // civil liberties bod // www.graciemaebradley.com ig:@/inrelativeopacity
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.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org We protect the rights of refugees, stateless people and all who are forced to flee.
unhcr.org
Diane Taylor @diane-writer10.bsky.social journalist @Guardian
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.
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
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
@ronnietag.bsky.social @ronnietag.bsky.social
@leilazadeh.bsky.social @leilazadeh.bsky.social
IMIX @imixuk.bsky.social https://imix.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.
🏴🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
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/
ICVA @custodyvisiting.bsky.social
ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) is a global network of 160+ humanitarian NGOs promoting effective and principled humanitarian action.
Subscribe to the ICVA bulletin: http://tinyurl.com/3c4nyckt
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