Scott LucasMany thanks to @AlisonOConn and Shana Cohen for their thoughtful, humane analysis of #immigration, #Ireland, and #Ukraine on Brendan O'Connor Show this morning
And for pushing back on @Niall_Boylan podcast's "sour milk of human weakness"
Saraphir CamilleI wrote this poem a couple of years ago in solidarity with immigrants everywhere. I am Danish but have made Scotland my home. Not everyone is welcomed by all. But we are all earth inhabitants. 🌍
©️ Saraphir Camille Legind
#poetrylovers #IAmAnImmigrant #immigration #politicalpoetry #protestpoetry
I wrote a part two to my "I AM AN IMMIGRANT" poem from a couple of years ago. A bit more of a 👊 this time, but sometimes that is needed.
#iamanimmigrant #poem #poetrycommunity #politicalpoetry #immigration
MietmOnce, two ladies were struggling with the bottle return machine at the store. They were holding up several other customers.
An older Dutch man decided to complain about those "fucking immigrants" to me.
I was honest and told him I was an immigrant (in Dutch). He looked surprised and responded with "Oh, well... I don't mean YOU."
I am a part of that group and will face the consequences of being a part of that group whether you mean me or not.
I think about this a lot.
#IAmAnImmigrant
Join me and Ireti Bakare-Yusuf for an hour of chat about finding a way to make the world better....
Beginning with refugees and immigrants and moving to social welfare, “capitalism”, the “Left”, protest and independence, and a politics of decency
"In the 1940s, West Indians came and helped build the UK. In the 1960s and 70s, people came from Africa and Asia and helped build the UK. Why is it that in 2024, you suddenly decide that immigrants are a threat to your country?"
How UK Government is punishing legal #immigrants with consequences for British economy and society --- & why it would have prevented my life and career here
EA on @TVPWorld_com: The UK Government's Cruelty Towards #Immigrants (@ScottLucas_EA / Stephane Wlodarczyk)
https://eaworldview.com/2023/12/uk-government-cruelty-immigrants/
Christian Allard SNP 🏴🇫🇷Re @bbcsml I think asylum seekers and refugees must not be called migrants.
#Iamanimmigrant #WordChoiceMatters https://t.co/t3pu7z2jbz
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Christia_Allard/status/1677975900124479488
@FlowerP79667758 You’re not sorry, I am, #IAmAnImmigrant
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Christia_Allard/status/1615400642847338497
