Mark Elliott sees four areas where Labour's shift to worsen the rights of refugees is intended to confront the European Convention on Human Rights:

Removing obligations around destitution;

Reducing weight of private & family life;

(as noted yesterday) changing the threshold for inhumane & degrading treatment;

Shifting legal practice(s) on refugees.

Elliott sees this as explicitly intending to provoke the Courts into conflict with the Govt.

#politics #ECHR #refugees

https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/the-legal-and-constitutional-implications-of-the-asylum-white-paper-some-initial-thoughts/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@TinJar/115567565007754025

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/10/24/the-world-has-become-surprisingly-less-grumpy

Which is why the #climate #refugees in Sequoia have been provided with free #housing, #healthcare, #education, and a universal basic #income ( #UBI )

#solarpunk #bookstodon #adaptation #migration #humanrights #justice #climatefiction #sciencefiction #detective #mystery #thriller

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/11/06/all-over-the-rich-world-fewer-people-are-hooking-up-and-shacking-up

With trends such as these, it is not particularly hard to imagine the life in Sequoia, the fictional city of "A New Faith". What this #solarpunk #book explores is how these #climate #refugees figure out (or not?) how to live with this freedom.

#bookstodon #sciencefiction #climatefiction #detective #thriller #mystery #urbanfantasy #speculativefiction

More families to be deported under Home Secretary plans to stop UK being ‘destination of choice’ for refugees

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/17/families-deported-home-secretary-plans-stop-uk-destination-choice-refugees-24732918/

Taking jewellery from asylum seekers is more government cruelty

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/17/taking-jewellery-asylum-seekers-government-cruelty-24731337/

Al Dabbah, #Sudan
People displaced from El Fasher use a makeshift community kitchen in El Afadh camp in North Darfur state.

Photograph: Marwan Ali/AP

#photography
#refugees

"A Church of England bishop has said Shabana Mahmood’s comments on asylum seekers had shaken him “to the core” and argued people coming to the UK were being “scapegoated” for years of government policy failures."

#UKPol #Labour #Immigration #Refugees

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/anglican-bishop-home-secretary-shabana-mahmood-asylum-seeker-comments

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/refugees-jewellery-asylum-home-office

More evidence that the #UK is joining the #USA and #Denmark in adopting harsh anti-refugee policies.

#Refugees #Asylum #HumanRights