Mastodawn

Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after Foreign Office U-turn
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/19/gaza-phd-student-manar-al-houbi-granted-access-to-uk-but-others-remain-stranded

"As part of a UK crackdown on immigration, most international students have been prevented from bringing their dependants.

Shortly after Houbi’s story, the UK government made a U-turn on its policy, stating it would support the evacuation of dependants on a “case-by-case basis”."

#UKPol #UKImmigration #HostileEnvironment

Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after foreign office U-turn

Manar al-Houbi’s family had been denied entry despite a scholarship covering their living costs, but other students remain stranded

The Guardian

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK Dec 4

400 #jobs lost and an entire #University campus closed in #Essex due to a decline in #InternationalStudent numbers (clearly the effect of our #HostileEnvironment for #Immigration) - and this Uni is offering courses in #HealthAndSocialCare for jobs which are in high demand in the region!

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-12-03/misery-for-staff-and-students-as-uni-cuts-400-jobs-and-closes-campus

Jules she/her Nov 29

"Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips"

The way this is framed is that asylum seekers are getting taxis at the taxpayers' expense because they're too lazy to get public transport. The reality is that the companies running asylum hotels are responsible for arranging their transport to medical appointments, so have mutually highly profitable contracts with taxi companies at the taxpayers' expense to get them there. Blame the right people.

#UKpol #HostileEnvironment

Jules she/her Nov 28

UK rejects visa for 8 year old girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa to join her parents in the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/28/uk-home-office-rejects-visa-young-girl-destitute-jamaica-hurricane-melissa

#HostileEnvironment #PerformativeCruelty

UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined

The Guardian

quangobaud Oct 23

Home Office - Hostile Environment Policy

The UK Home Office hostile environment policy is a set of administrative and legislative measures designed to make staying in the United Kingdom as difficult as possible for people without leave to remain, in the hope that they may "voluntarily leave".

The Home Office policy was first announced in 2012 under the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition. The policy was widely seen as being part of a strategy of reducing UK immigration figures to the levels promised in the 2010 Conservative Party Election Manifesto.

#HostileEnvironment #HostileEnvironmentPolicy

The policy led to issues with the Windrush generation and other Commonwealth citizens not being able to prove their right to remain in the UK. The resulting Windrush scandal led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary, on 29 April 2018, and the appointment of Sajid Javid as her successor.

#WindrushScandal

(nb: "Windrush Generation" is a made-up term created by UK Cabinet Office.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office_hostile_environment_policy

Home Office hostile environment policy - Wikipedia

Jules she/her Sep 21

Charities attack ban on Gaza students bringing families to UK

"Last week, 34 Gaza students with scholarships at British universities were evacuated ahead of starting their studies.

But some students said they would have to give up their places rather than leave family in Gaza, after learning tighter immigration rules barred them from bringing dependents." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgee1wwd29o

#UKpol #UKImmigration #HostileEnvironment

Charities attack ban on Gaza students bringing families to UK

Some students say they will have to give up their university places rather than leave family in Gaza.

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inamruzui Sep 9

Our food is restocked thanks to those who helped and what we need is the tyres so we can get out of Ohio and so our tyres don't throw their tread and pop and potentially injure someone or damage a vehicle
https://pounced-on.me/@Kuniti_shino/115155204211037797
Because where it's bloating and cracking is at the retreads and also we need it urgently so we don't get in trouble for staying at a truck stop too long
#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #transinneed #disabledmutualaid #EmergencyAid #emergency #hostileenvironment

inamruzui (@Kuniti_shino@pounced-on.me)

Attached: 2 images It appears that a old tyre needs replacement and are bubbling up when driving along around the retreads On buses and semi trucks a blowout can not only hurt our bus and damage it but also be a bit lethal to someone nearby and not all tyres have been replaced properly with new ones so they fail at their own rate And sorry I have to ask so much but there's a fuckton going on and we plan on being a refuge for minorities and fellow trans folk when the bus is sorted out and built fully and once we go to our end destination and set up land https://www.paypal.me/inaraclocks https://ko-fi.com/inamruzui 0/400 #EmergencyAid #emergencymutualaid #mutualaid #ALT4me

pouncetodon

Jules she/her Sep 2

Why do racist rioters get treated with so much respect?

"One month ago, I marched with 100,000 people at London Trans Pride... But somehow, trans people and their allies are still treated like a fringe minority.

By contrast, there are rarely more than a thousand people at the asylum hotel protests - but parliament and the papers are falling over themselves to respect their complaints. "

https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/why-do-racist-rioters-get-treated

#UKPol #UKFarRight #HostileEnvironment #UKLabour #UKTransphobia #Transphobia