For some light relief

🚨EXCL: An 18-year-old man trapped in Gaza and separated from his parents, has brought a double legal challenge against the Home Office and the FCDO after the government refused entry for him to join his family in the UK. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f…

A Palestinian teenager trapped alone in Gaza could be reunited with his family in the UK after the Government agreed to reconsider its decision to deny him permission to enter the country following a High Court challenge ✍️: Callum Parke irishnews.com/news/uk/govern…

It’s hard enough to feel forced to leave; yet to also be blocked by borders. “The moment you think things aren’t going to get worse, they somehow manage to, consistently.” theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

🧵 Ghassan, one of our members, speaks to ITV Granada Reports about the need for a Gaza Family Scheme, similar to what was set up in the context of Ukraine. The Scheme would provide temporary sanctuary for his family & that of 350 other Palestinians from Gaza who live in the UK. 1/

“I welcome the Gaza Families Reunited campaign and support their call for the UK Government to deliver a family reunion scheme as soon as possible.” We are pleased that Humza Yousaf supports our campaign. Will other political & party leaders follow suit? thenational.scot/news/24205607.…

‘Safe and legal routes’ are empty words when we are forced to go to Court to even just get decisions out of the Home Office on family reunification applications from Gaza

Alice Hardy of Bindmans: “Given the catastrophic situation in Gaza, including an impending, man-made famine, the ongoing decision to cease funding to UNRWA is not only morally wrong but flies in the face of that strategy.” leftfootforward.org/2024/03/foreig…

🧵 We have coordinated a letter to the Home Secretary James Cleverly🇬🇧 signed by 60+ organisations & law firms calling for the introduction of a Gaza Family Scheme. Letter in thread below. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr… Sign the petition to join these calls 👇1/ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6485…

Families in Gaza have won a legal case against the Home Office after a judge ruled the department’s decisions were a “disproportionate interference” in their right to a family life theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

If you haven’t signed this yet, now is the time. Existing routes for immigration applications for applicants from Gaza are too slow and inaccessible; an urgent and concerted effort to permit families to reunite is needed.

“Mujaawarah can only be lived… It happens at the communal level, where learning takes place in freedom, not fear… can only happen with trust, honesty, mutual nurturance, among people who are ready to really listen to one another with full attentiveness.” newalphabetschool.hkw.de/mujaawarah-nei…

🚨 Urgent action: On 13 May, MPs will debate the petition that 103,800+ of us signed calling for a Gaza Family Scheme that would reunite Palestinian families until it is safe to return ✍️ Write to your MP and ask them to attend palestinecampaign.eaction.online/gazafamily Share far and wide

Fears of new Windrush as thousands of UK immigrants face ‘cliff edge’ visa change theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Europe is giving huge sums of money to N African countries each year in an effort to curb migration Our year-long investigation reveals this money is being used to indiscriminately round up Black people & dump them in desert areas, sometimes leaving them for dead Short thread🧵

“We are measured by what we tolerate…”

If it’s possible for one, it’s possible for more.

British media devotes endless airtime to politicians' views on migration, but they rarely talk to migrants. So I decided to speak to three people who can't vote in the upcoming election about what it is like to be talked about when you don't have a say. thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…