For the record, in March, the Irish High Court did *not* find that the UK was not a safe third country, due to the Rwanda scheme.

“The British establishment put a brick wall in front of us. Whether they open the door and let us through, or we have to chip away at it. Behind that wall is the truth.”

- Dessie Trainor, whose mother was killed by a loyalist gang when he was just 13

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I've spoken to dozens of people who've been detained by immigration enforcement during these dawn raids. Tactics include a battery ram to break open doors, separating distressed family members, hauling them out in front of their neighbours and friends.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

I've written extensively on these decades-old 'new measures'....
- Ethnic minorities fear being racially profiled -thedetail.tv/articles/ethni…
- Migrants are always at risk of crossing a line irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…
- Passport checks on cross-border buses thedetail.tv/articles/passp…

“The British establishment put a brick wall in front of us. Whether they open the door and let us through, or we have to chip away at it. Behind that wall is the truth.”

- Dessie Trainor, whose mother was killed by a loyalist gang when he was just 13

thedetail.tv/articles/the-l…

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For the day that's in it... here are some of our stories on the challenges migrants and ethnic minorities face 👇

Ethnic minorities fear being racially profiled during immigration checks

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It was once a notorious loyalist bar at a Belfast interface that Catholics crossed the road to avoid

A decade ago, businesses beside it paid protection money

The new Ben Madigan bar has 'completely transformed the row' & brought normality to Cavehill Rd irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

One question from an audience member that identifies a major, almost completley ignored legal problem in an Act passed by the whole UK legislature days ago.

Excellent. Important read from Elaine Crory

'we need to drop the idea that we are above these things. They’re miles ahead of us, and we are playing catch up.'

Our final #AOPAwards24category for individual excellence is The AOP Award for Inspiring Local Journalism, sponsored by Google News Initiative. Good luck to Charles Thomson Newsquest Digital,
Joe Locker Notts TV, Anna Whittaker Notts TV, & @Lukejbutterly The Detail.

Delighted that our journalist Luke Butterly has been nominated for The AOP Award for Inspiring Local Journalism AOP

Rosalind Skillen: Bad weather can't be divorced from climate change Rosalind Skillen

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This '80% are coming from NI' can't be correct...

A back-of-the-envelope calculation for 2023:

- 13,000 asylum claims;

- 7,160 people refused 'leave to land' at air/sea ports. Of those, an estimated 87% or 6,229 claim asylum.

= minimum c.50% did *not* cross NI border?

‘It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest, but I can’t read Irish obviously’ - Residents at Lanark Way interface on plans for bilingual street signs
irishnews.com/news/northern-…

A man leaves prison, becomes homeless, steals a bottle of whiskey to keep warm, and is sent back to prison....

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/ho…

Tyrone man John Hurson has joined an 'international freedom flotilla' to break Israel's blockade & bring aid to Gaza. He sets sail on Monday. 'I know the risks involved, but I couldn't sit back & do nothing while people in Gaza suffer & starve,' he says.
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

Reuters' Mohammed Salem has won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for this image of a Palestinian woman, Inas Abu Maamar, cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in Gaza.

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

🧵This most recent story by Luke Butterly confirms that migrant victim/survivors’ fear of reporting crimes to the police is not unjustified. The volume of data sharing that is being reported here also confirms what we see at the frontline, that this is not an uncommon issue. 1/4