#reform — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #reform, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/26562/ The Granada Debate: A Prime Minister on the brink? #Chancellor #cheshire #Conservative #conservatives #granada #GranadaReports #GreaterManchester #HomeSecretary #IsleOfMan #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #Labour #lancashire #LibDems #LiberalDemocrats #liverpool #manchester #merseyside #MPs #NorthWest #parliament #politicians #politics #PrimeMinister #reform #ReformUK #WESTMINSTER
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“Nigel Farage bought £1.4m property in cash shortly after receiving £5m gift.” Well the donation was for security so presumably he bought a castle! #Farage #Reform #Corruption
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Precedents looking good for Farage.
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The "We're not racists, honest guv, Party"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-councillor-ken-tranter-6hp2m7pq6
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The "We're not racists, honest guv, Party"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-councillor-ken-tranter-6hp2m7pq6
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The "We're not racists, honest guv, Party"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-councillor-ken-tranter-6hp2m7pq6
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The "We're not racists, honest guv, Party"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-councillor-ken-tranter-6hp2m7pq6
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@news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK @FlipboardUK worth noting both ridiculous views and seeming inability to be part of a formal meeting of reasonable length #Doncaster #Reform #UFO
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@news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK @FlipboardUK worth noting both ridiculous views and seeming inability to be part of a formal meeting of reasonable length #Doncaster #Reform #UFO
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@news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK @FlipboardUK worth noting both ridiculous views and seeming inability to be part of a formal meeting of reasonable length #Doncaster #Reform #UFO
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@news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK @FlipboardUK worth noting both ridiculous views and seeming inability to be part of a formal meeting of reasonable length #Doncaster #Reform #UFO
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@news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK @FlipboardUK worth noting both ridiculous views and seeming inability to be part of a formal meeting of reasonable length #Doncaster #Reform #UFO
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Nazis and thieves, the #Reform way! Nigel #Farage bought £1.4m property after receiving £5m gift from British crypto billionaire news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jgvcogxgfeplj7g3tfov7iro/post/3mlsc3eprwk2u
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[P] I know it might be terifying, but voting shows that the moral are a tiny minority. A thousand moral voices on social media might seem like an infinite number, but it's a speck compared to the allistic tribal hyperconforming majority who're hungry for some atrocity.
We live in a world of mostly monsters. I'd love to be wrong. But the slayers are hungry for their meat, and it'll be worse than anything I can imagine.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #racism #reform #reformuk #politics #uk
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[P] Atrocity is around the corner. And it's going to be the worst yet. Gaza is just an appetiser.
Let's see if I'm wrong.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #racism #reform #reformuk #politics #uk
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[P] You're delusional. Atrocity is the end-point. It's only once the monsters have had their fill of out-group meat, and they feel sated, does the allistic tribal hyoerconformist majority back off. History repeats this over & over. I'm scared for LGBTQ+ people, neurodivergent people, disabled people, and obviously minority ethnicities. Right now the allistic majority is building to critical mass, they're hungry for meat.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #racism #reform #reformuk #politics #uk
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/free-pass-antisemitism-left-right-nigel-farage-zack-polanski-jewish; https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/10/thousands-attend-rally-against-antisemitism-outside-downing-street. "A #Green party spokesperson said #antisemitism requires a cross-party effort & for #politicians to reduce tensions rather than escalate them, adding: 'It does feel like the world is upside down when #Reform are invited to be part of an initiative to tackle antisemitism but the #GreenParty - & its #Jewish leader - aren’t.'"
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[P] Every. Single. Fucking. Time. It's happened, because the tribal hyperconformist allistic majority wants it to happen. I see monsters, I call monster. Tribal hyperconformity can only lead to atrocity. If it isn't gas chambers, it'll be bioweapons, or they'll actually find a way to melt people. There's no excuses to be made. If you don't think allistic tribal hyperconformity won't result in gas chambers or worse?
#psychology #actuallyautistic #racism #reform #reformuk #politics #uk
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[P] They all want ICE. The allistic majority wants thugs pulling legal immigrants and long-time citizens of other ethnicities out of their homes, to shove them in squalid detention camps where they're treated as non-human. Where the fuck do you think that escalates to? If you know your history, it's fuxking gas chambers. "That'll nsver hapoen!" has been said repeatedly about this racist rise, and guess what?
#psychology #actuallyautistic #racism #reform #reformuk #politics #uk
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[P] If there's one thing the past decade has made clear—with the rose of Reform, MAGA, and the rest of the far-right—it's how tribal, cruel, selfish, greedy, hyperconformist, and actually stupid the allistic majority is. This majority is voting FOR rape, FOR abuse, FOR genocide, FOR fucking melting people. They're always secretly hoping for gas chambers to kill the out-groups with. Stop making excuses for monsters.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #racism #reform #reformuk #politics #uk
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[P] "Turkeys voting for Christmas" is tbe best, most apt and on-the-nose description of Reform voters I've ever seen.
"Ugg! Me Mr. Ugg! Me racist 'cuz da imm'gunts make prublems, make Ugg poor."
No, Ugg, all of those problems will only get worse under Farage. Your problems are caused by the very rich, not "the browns," but you're a stupid caveman and you don't know anythig. You're about to get refuk'd like the rest of us.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #racism #reform #reformuk #politics #uk
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What do you think is the biggest problem in the UK?
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/26070/ Starmer survives the King’s Speech – But what comes next? | The Cathy Newman Show #2026 #Analysis #CathyNewman #conservatives #elections #greens #Labour #LibDems #local #May #MAYOR #Mayoral #MP #PlaidCymru #reform #SkyNews #SNP #THECATHYNEWMANSHOW #tories #uk
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Princeton mandates proctoring in-person exams, upending 133 years of precedent
#HackerNews #Princeton #proctoring #education #reform #exams #academic #integrity
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/26024/ Nigel Farage investigated over £5 million gift from crypto billionaire #Bitcoin #Channel4 #Channel4News #Channel4 #crypto #cryptocurrency #FarRight #farage #investigation #KeirStarmer #NigelFarage #parliament #politics #reform #ReformParty #ReformUK #UKGovernment #UKPolitics
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Global Trends in Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2024
Refugees and asylum seekers still generate a lot of political heat
May 2026
The International Organisation for Migration has produced its latest World Migration Report, covering 2024/5. It assesses the number of internally displaced people worldwide at 83 million, mostly due to environmental disaster, but about 20 million due to conflict. In 2025 there were 94 million migrants in Europe (i.e. people living in a different country from their starting residence). Of course, these figures include people who move for reasons of work or family, as well as refugees and asylum seekers.
At the end of 2024, there were 36.9 million refugees globally, with 31 million under the UNHCR mandate, and 5.9 million refugees registered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). A further 5.9 million other people in need of international protection – largely from Venezuela – were reported at the end of 2024. The number of refugees under the UNHCR mandate has decreased slightly since 2023, when it stood at 31.6 million.
Increase in asylum claims
There were also approximately 8.4 million people seeking asylum status. This is a 22 per cent increase from the end of 2023. Despite partial reporting from the United States (only until mid-2024), the country still had – by far – the largest number of pending asylum claims (3.2 million) by end of 2024. Other countries with large asylum applications included Egypt (631,100), Peru (540,000), Germany (348,900) and Canada (292,100).
In 2024 alone, 3.1 million new individual asylum applications were registered globally, with half of these received in only four countries: the United States (729,100), Egypt (433,900), Germany (229,800) and Canada (174,000). Nationals of the Sudan, Venezuela, Syria, Colombia and Afghanistan comprised most new individual asylum applications in 2024. Obviously the situation will be somewhat different post-2024, particularly with regard to the USA.
At the end of 2024, children (that is, people under 18 years of age) made up around 41 per cent of refugees, people in a refugee-like situation and other people in need of international protection.
The (American) Migration Policy Institute have researched the question of anti-immigrant borders. They reckon that in 1989 there were 12 border walls, and there are now 74. The EU has increased its fenced length between 2014 and 2022 from 315km to 2,048 km. One of the results of this sort of growth has been the number of drownings at the US/Mexico border, up by 3,200% between 2020 and 2023. It was observed that tougher border policy has resulted in more seasonal migrants deciding to stay. Picture shows the wall between the US and Mexico.
UK situation
In the UK, the amount of legislation on immigration has now seen 6000 changes to the rules since 2010. The latest areas of conflict concern the 1 in 1 out arrangements with France, the prevention of family reunion, and the replacement of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by use of military establishments. On the latter, the Institute for Public Policy Research has reported on the relations between claimants and the local community, and concludes that the main problem is the lack of transparency from government bodies, the absence of consultation and the lack of any obvious benefit from the newcomers’ arrival to the community. The IPPR support a community-based long-term social housing project that would be of benefit to all groups.
The Refugee Council has a briefing on how to respond to the government consultation on asylum support and family returns, which runs out on 28th May.
Other unhappy organisations include the Law Society (the new independent appeals body is not satisfactory) and 150 children’s’ social and legal organisations, who believe the latest changes in immigration rules amount to an attack on children’s rights.
The government is withdrawing travel support for Afghans seeking to come to the UK, of which there are believed to be about 9,000. They will now have to make their own way vie third countries. The Home Secretary (pictured) has made a new agreement with France worth £662 million to provide more enforcement on the Channel coast beaches and better intelligence. The Home office say that 480 people smugglers were arrested in 2025. The Telegraph have quoted Ms Mahmood with saying that the crackdown on irregular migrants will give her room to allow more legitimate routes, but there is no detail on this as yet.
Reform’s claims
Other proposals in the air include Reform UK’s intention to deport migrants who have settled status if they arrived by non-legal means. This would amount to some 400,000 (and they claim would save £14.3 billion through 2029-34 (when they would presumably be in power). The (Reform) Lancashire County Council are withdrawing from the government’s resettlement scheme for accepted asylum seekers.
Nevertheless, the numbers of arrivals are down this year (by a third in the first quarter); the number of small boat arrivals in April 2025 was 11,000 against 7,000 this April. The net inflow (of all types of immigration) over the last three years has gone from 900,000 in 2023 to 400,000 in 2024 to 200,000 in 2025; obviously much of this is due to restrictions of work and student visas, but it remains striking. Next stats available 21st May
The Council of Europe are meeting on Friday in Moldova to discuss the issue of return hubs for refused asylum seekers. Various European countries have made bilateral arrangements and up to 12 countries have been named as possible recipients. The COE is the governing body for the European Convention of Human Rights, and possible changes to the ECHR will also be discussed.
The people behind Refugee Week (15th -21st June) are urging us to carry out a million acts of hope between 13th and 20th May. Details at A Million Acts of Hope – Together With Refugees
#borderWalls #immigration #migration #Reform #refugee #ShabanaMahmoud -
Global Trends in Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2024
Refugees and asylum seekers still generate a lot of political heat
May 2026
The International Organisation for Migration has produced its latest World Migration Report, covering 2024/5. It assesses the number of internally displaced people worldwide at 83 million, mostly due to environmental disaster, but about 20 million due to conflict. In 2025 there were 94 million migrants in Europe (i.e. people living in a different country from their starting residence). Of course, these figures include people who move for reasons of work or family, as well as refugees and asylum seekers.
At the end of 2024, there were 36.9 million refugees globally, with 31 million under the UNHCR mandate, and 5.9 million refugees registered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). A further 5.9 million other people in need of international protection – largely from Venezuela – were reported at the end of 2024. The number of refugees under the UNHCR mandate has decreased slightly since 2023, when it stood at 31.6 million.
Increase in asylum claims
There were also approximately 8.4 million people seeking asylum status. This is a 22 per cent increase from the end of 2023. Despite partial reporting from the United States (only until mid-2024), the country still had – by far – the largest number of pending asylum claims (3.2 million) by end of 2024. Other countries with large asylum applications included Egypt (631,100), Peru (540,000), Germany (348,900) and Canada (292,100).
In 2024 alone, 3.1 million new individual asylum applications were registered globally, with half of these received in only four countries: the United States (729,100), Egypt (433,900), Germany (229,800) and Canada (174,000). Nationals of the Sudan, Venezuela, Syria, Colombia and Afghanistan comprised most new individual asylum applications in 2024. Obviously the situation will be somewhat different post-2024, particularly with regard to the USA.
At the end of 2024, children (that is, people under 18 years of age) made up around 41 per cent of refugees, people in a refugee-like situation and other people in need of international protection.
The (American) Migration Policy Institute have researched the question of anti-immigrant borders. They reckon that in 1989 there were 12 border walls, and there are now 74. The EU has increased its fenced length between 2014 and 2022 from 315km to 2,048 km. One of the results of this sort of growth has been the number of drownings at the US/Mexico border, up by 3,200% between 2020 and 2023. It was observed that tougher border policy has resulted in more seasonal migrants deciding to stay. Picture shows the wall between the US and Mexico.
UK situation
In the UK, the amount of legislation on immigration has now seen 6000 changes to the rules since 2010. The latest areas of conflict concern the 1 in 1 out arrangements with France, the prevention of family reunion, and the replacement of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by use of military establishments. On the latter, the Institute for Public Policy Research has reported on the relations between claimants and the local community, and concludes that the main problem is the lack of transparency from government bodies, the absence of consultation and the lack of any obvious benefit from the newcomers’ arrival to the community. The IPPR support a community-based long-term social housing project that would be of benefit to all groups.
The Refugee Council has a briefing on how to respond to the government consultation on asylum support and family returns, which runs out on 28th May.
Other unhappy organisations include the Law Society (the new independent appeals body is not satisfactory) and 150 children’s’ social and legal organisations, who believe the latest changes in immigration rules amount to an attack on children’s rights.
The government is withdrawing travel support for Afghans seeking to come to the UK, of which there are believed to be about 9,000. They will now have to make their own way vie third countries. The Home Secretary (pictured) has made a new agreement with France worth £662 million to provide more enforcement on the Channel coast beaches and better intelligence. The Home office say that 480 people smugglers were arrested in 2025. The Telegraph have quoted Ms Mahmood with saying that the crackdown on irregular migrants will give her room to allow more legitimate routes, but there is no detail on this as yet.
Reform’s claims
Other proposals in the air include Reform UK’s intention to deport migrants who have settled status if they arrived by non-legal means. This would amount to some 400,000 (and they claim would save £14.3 billion through 2029-34 (when they would presumably be in power). The (Reform) Lancashire County Council are withdrawing from the government’s resettlement scheme for accepted asylum seekers.
Nevertheless, the numbers of arrivals are down this year (by a third in the first quarter); the number of small boat arrivals in April 2025 was 11,000 against 7,000 this April. The net inflow (of all types of immigration) over the last three years has gone from 900,000 in 2023 to 400,000 in 2024 to 200,000 in 2025; obviously much of this is due to restrictions of work and student visas, but it remains striking. Next stats available 21st May
The Council of Europe are meeting on Friday in Moldova to discuss the issue of return hubs for refused asylum seekers. Various European countries have made bilateral arrangements and up to 12 countries have been named as possible recipients. The COE is the governing body for the European Convention of Human Rights, and possible changes to the ECHR will also be discussed.
The people behind Refugee Week (15th -21st June) are urging us to carry out a million acts of hope between 13th and 20th May. Details at A Million Acts of Hope – Together With Refugees
#borderWalls #immigration #migration #Reform #refugee #ShabanaMahmoud -
Global Trends in Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2024
Refugees and asylum seekers still generate a lot of political heat
May 2026
The International Organisation for Migration has produced its latest World Migration Report, covering 2024/5. It assesses the number of internally displaced people worldwide at 83 million, mostly due to environmental disaster, but about 20 million due to conflict. In 2025 there were 94 million migrants in Europe (i.e. people living in a different country from their starting residence). Of course, these figures include people who move for reasons of work or family, as well as refugees and asylum seekers.
At the end of 2024, there were 36.9 million refugees globally, with 31 million under the UNHCR mandate, and 5.9 million refugees registered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). A further 5.9 million other people in need of international protection – largely from Venezuela – were reported at the end of 2024. The number of refugees under the UNHCR mandate has decreased slightly since 2023, when it stood at 31.6 million.
Increase in asylum claims
There were also approximately 8.4 million people seeking asylum status. This is a 22 per cent increase from the end of 2023. Despite partial reporting from the United States (only until mid-2024), the country still had – by far – the largest number of pending asylum claims (3.2 million) by end of 2024. Other countries with large asylum applications included Egypt (631,100), Peru (540,000), Germany (348,900) and Canada (292,100).
In 2024 alone, 3.1 million new individual asylum applications were registered globally, with half of these received in only four countries: the United States (729,100), Egypt (433,900), Germany (229,800) and Canada (174,000). Nationals of the Sudan, Venezuela, Syria, Colombia and Afghanistan comprised most new individual asylum applications in 2024. Obviously the situation will be somewhat different post-2024, particularly with regard to the USA.
At the end of 2024, children (that is, people under 18 years of age) made up around 41 per cent of refugees, people in a refugee-like situation and other people in need of international protection.
The (American) Migration Policy Institute have researched the question of anti-immigrant borders. They reckon that in 1989 there were 12 border walls, and there are now 74. The EU has increased its fenced length between 2014 and 2022 from 315km to 2,048 km. One of the results of this sort of growth has been the number of drownings at the US/Mexico border, up by 3,200% between 2020 and 2023. It was observed that tougher border policy has resulted in more seasonal migrants deciding to stay. Picture shows the wall between the US and Mexico.
UK situation
In the UK, the amount of legislation on immigration has now seen 6000 changes to the rules since 2010. The latest areas of conflict concern the 1 in 1 out arrangements with France, the prevention of family reunion, and the replacement of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by use of military establishments. On the latter, the Institute for Public Policy Research has reported on the relations between claimants and the local community, and concludes that the main problem is the lack of transparency from government bodies, the absence of consultation and the lack of any obvious benefit from the newcomers’ arrival to the community. The IPPR support a community-based long-term social housing project that would be of benefit to all groups.
The Refugee Council has a briefing on how to respond to the government consultation on asylum support and family returns, which runs out on 28th May.
Other unhappy organisations include the Law Society (the new independent appeals body is not satisfactory) and 150 children’s’ social and legal organisations, who believe the latest changes in immigration rules amount to an attack on children’s rights.
The government is withdrawing travel support for Afghans seeking to come to the UK, of which there are believed to be about 9,000. They will now have to make their own way vie third countries. The Home Secretary (pictured) has made a new agreement with France worth £662 million to provide more enforcement on the Channel coast beaches and better intelligence. The Home office say that 480 people smugglers were arrested in 2025. The Telegraph have quoted Ms Mahmood with saying that the crackdown on irregular migrants will give her room to allow more legitimate routes, but there is no detail on this as yet.
Reform’s claims
Other proposals in the air include Reform UK’s intention to deport migrants who have settled status if they arrived by non-legal means. This would amount to some 400,000 (and they claim would save £14.3 billion through 2029-34 (when they would presumably be in power). The (Reform) Lancashire County Council are withdrawing from the government’s resettlement scheme for accepted asylum seekers.
Nevertheless, the numbers of arrivals are down this year (by a third in the first quarter); the number of small boat arrivals in April 2025 was 11,000 against 7,000 this April. The net inflow (of all types of immigration) over the last three years has gone from 900,000 in 2023 to 400,000 in 2024 to 200,000 in 2025; obviously much of this is due to restrictions of work and student visas, but it remains striking. Next stats available 21st May
The Council of Europe are meeting on Friday in Moldova to discuss the issue of return hubs for refused asylum seekers. Various European countries have made bilateral arrangements and up to 12 countries have been named as possible recipients. The COE is the governing body for the European Convention of Human Rights, and possible changes to the ECHR will also be discussed.
The people behind Refugee Week (15th -21st June) are urging us to carry out a million acts of hope between 13th and 20th May. Details at A Million Acts of Hope – Together With Refugees
#borderWalls #immigration #migration #Reform #refugee #ShabanaMahmoud -
Global Trends in Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2024
Refugees and asylum seekers still generate a lot of political heat
May 2026
The International Organisation for Migration has produced its latest World Migration Report, covering 2024/5. It assesses the number of internally displaced people worldwide at 83 million, mostly due to environmental disaster, but about 20 million due to conflict. In 2025 there were 94 million migrants in Europe (i.e. people living in a different country from their starting residence). Of course, these figures include people who move for reasons of work or family, as well as refugees and asylum seekers.
At the end of 2024, there were 36.9 million refugees globally, with 31 million under the UNHCR mandate, and 5.9 million refugees registered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). A further 5.9 million other people in need of international protection – largely from Venezuela – were reported at the end of 2024. The number of refugees under the UNHCR mandate has decreased slightly since 2023, when it stood at 31.6 million.
Increase in asylum claims
There were also approximately 8.4 million people seeking asylum status. This is a 22 per cent increase from the end of 2023. Despite partial reporting from the United States (only until mid-2024), the country still had – by far – the largest number of pending asylum claims (3.2 million) by end of 2024. Other countries with large asylum applications included Egypt (631,100), Peru (540,000), Germany (348,900) and Canada (292,100).
In 2024 alone, 3.1 million new individual asylum applications were registered globally, with half of these received in only four countries: the United States (729,100), Egypt (433,900), Germany (229,800) and Canada (174,000). Nationals of the Sudan, Venezuela, Syria, Colombia and Afghanistan comprised most new individual asylum applications in 2024. Obviously the situation will be somewhat different post-2024, particularly with regard to the USA.
At the end of 2024, children (that is, people under 18 years of age) made up around 41 per cent of refugees, people in a refugee-like situation and other people in need of international protection.
The (American) Migration Policy Institute have researched the question of anti-immigrant borders. They reckon that in 1989 there were 12 border walls, and there are now 74. The EU has increased its fenced length between 2014 and 2022 from 315km to 2,048 km. One of the results of this sort of growth has been the number of drownings at the US/Mexico border, up by 3,200% between 2020 and 2023. It was observed that tougher border policy has resulted in more seasonal migrants deciding to stay. Picture shows the wall between the US and Mexico.
UK situation
In the UK, the amount of legislation on immigration has now seen 6000 changes to the rules since 2010. The latest areas of conflict concern the 1 in 1 out arrangements with France, the prevention of family reunion, and the replacement of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by use of military establishments. On the latter, the Institute for Public Policy Research has reported on the relations between claimants and the local community, and concludes that the main problem is the lack of transparency from government bodies, the absence of consultation and the lack of any obvious benefit from the newcomers’ arrival to the community. The IPPR support a community-based long-term social housing project that would be of benefit to all groups.
The Refugee Council has a briefing on how to respond to the government consultation on asylum support and family returns, which runs out on 28th May.
Other unhappy organisations include the Law Society (the new independent appeals body is not satisfactory) and 150 children’s’ social and legal organisations, who believe the latest changes in immigration rules amount to an attack on children’s rights.
The government is withdrawing travel support for Afghans seeking to come to the UK, of which there are believed to be about 9,000. They will now have to make their own way vie third countries. The Home Secretary (pictured) has made a new agreement with France worth £662 million to provide more enforcement on the Channel coast beaches and better intelligence. The Home office say that 480 people smugglers were arrested in 2025. The Telegraph have quoted Ms Mahmood with saying that the crackdown on irregular migrants will give her room to allow more legitimate routes, but there is no detail on this as yet.
Reform’s claims
Other proposals in the air include Reform UK’s intention to deport migrants who have settled status if they arrived by non-legal means. This would amount to some 400,000 (and they claim would save £14.3 billion through 2029-34 (when they would presumably be in power). The (Reform) Lancashire County Council are withdrawing from the government’s resettlement scheme for accepted asylum seekers.
Nevertheless, the numbers of arrivals are down this year (by a third in the first quarter); the number of small boat arrivals in April 2025 was 11,000 against 7,000 this April. The net inflow (of all types of immigration) over the last three years has gone from 900,000 in 2023 to 400,000 in 2024 to 200,000 in 2025; obviously much of this is due to restrictions of work and student visas, but it remains striking. Next stats available 21st May
The Council of Europe are meeting on Friday in Moldova to discuss the issue of return hubs for refused asylum seekers. Various European countries have made bilateral arrangements and up to 12 countries have been named as possible recipients. The COE is the governing body for the European Convention of Human Rights, and possible changes to the ECHR will also be discussed.
The people behind Refugee Week (15th -21st June) are urging us to carry out a million acts of hope between 13th and 20th May. Details at A Million Acts of Hope – Together With Refugees
#borderWalls #immigration #migration #Reform #refugee #ShabanaMahmoud -
Global Trends in Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2024
Refugees and asylum seekers still generate a lot of political heat
May 2026
The International Organisation for Migration has produced its latest World Migration Report, covering 2024/5. It assesses the number of internally displaced people worldwide at 83 million, mostly due to environmental disaster, but about 20 million due to conflict. In 2025 there were 94 million migrants in Europe (i.e. people living in a different country from their starting residence). Of course, these figures include people who move for reasons of work or family, as well as refugees and asylum seekers.
At the end of 2024, there were 36.9 million refugees globally, with 31 million under the UNHCR mandate, and 5.9 million refugees registered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). A further 5.9 million other people in need of international protection – largely from Venezuela – were reported at the end of 2024. The number of refugees under the UNHCR mandate has decreased slightly since 2023, when it stood at 31.6 million.
Increase in asylum claims
There were also approximately 8.4 million people seeking asylum status. This is a 22 per cent increase from the end of 2023. Despite partial reporting from the United States (only until mid-2024), the country still had – by far – the largest number of pending asylum claims (3.2 million) by end of 2024. Other countries with large asylum applications included Egypt (631,100), Peru (540,000), Germany (348,900) and Canada (292,100).
In 2024 alone, 3.1 million new individual asylum applications were registered globally, with half of these received in only four countries: the United States (729,100), Egypt (433,900), Germany (229,800) and Canada (174,000). Nationals of the Sudan, Venezuela, Syria, Colombia and Afghanistan comprised most new individual asylum applications in 2024. Obviously the situation will be somewhat different post-2024, particularly with regard to the USA.
At the end of 2024, children (that is, people under 18 years of age) made up around 41 per cent of refugees, people in a refugee-like situation and other people in need of international protection.
The (American) Migration Policy Institute have researched the question of anti-immigrant borders. They reckon that in 1989 there were 12 border walls, and there are now 74. The EU has increased its fenced length between 2014 and 2022 from 315km to 2,048 km. One of the results of this sort of growth has been the number of drownings at the US/Mexico border, up by 3,200% between 2020 and 2023. It was observed that tougher border policy has resulted in more seasonal migrants deciding to stay. Picture shows the wall between the US and Mexico.
UK situation
In the UK, the amount of legislation on immigration has now seen 6000 changes to the rules since 2010. The latest areas of conflict concern the 1 in 1 out arrangements with France, the prevention of family reunion, and the replacement of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by use of military establishments. On the latter, the Institute for Public Policy Research has reported on the relations between claimants and the local community, and concludes that the main problem is the lack of transparency from government bodies, the absence of consultation and the lack of any obvious benefit from the newcomers’ arrival to the community. The IPPR support a community-based long-term social housing project that would be of benefit to all groups.
The Refugee Council has a briefing on how to respond to the government consultation on asylum support and family returns, which runs out on 28th May.
Other unhappy organisations include the Law Society (the new independent appeals body is not satisfactory) and 150 children’s’ social and legal organisations, who believe the latest changes in immigration rules amount to an attack on children’s rights.
The government is withdrawing travel support for Afghans seeking to come to the UK, of which there are believed to be about 9,000. They will now have to make their own way vie third countries. The Home Secretary (pictured) has made a new agreement with France worth £662 million to provide more enforcement on the Channel coast beaches and better intelligence. The Home office say that 480 people smugglers were arrested in 2025. The Telegraph have quoted Ms Mahmood with saying that the crackdown on irregular migrants will give her room to allow more legitimate routes, but there is no detail on this as yet.
Reform’s claims
Other proposals in the air include Reform UK’s intention to deport migrants who have settled status if they arrived by non-legal means. This would amount to some 400,000 (and they claim would save £14.3 billion through 2029-34 (when they would presumably be in power). The (Reform) Lancashire County Council are withdrawing from the government’s resettlement scheme for accepted asylum seekers.
Nevertheless, the numbers of arrivals are down this year (by a third in the first quarter); the number of small boat arrivals in April 2025 was 11,000 against 7,000 this April. The net inflow (of all types of immigration) over the last three years has gone from 900,000 in 2023 to 400,000 in 2024 to 200,000 in 2025; obviously much of this is due to restrictions of work and student visas, but it remains striking. Next stats available 21st May
The Council of Europe are meeting on Friday in Moldova to discuss the issue of return hubs for refused asylum seekers. Various European countries have made bilateral arrangements and up to 12 countries have been named as possible recipients. The COE is the governing body for the European Convention of Human Rights, and possible changes to the ECHR will also be discussed.
The people behind Refugee Week (15th -21st June) are urging us to carry out a million acts of hope between 13th and 20th May. Details at A Million Acts of Hope – Together With Refugees
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#Starmer had a #GreenPledge that he spectacularly dropped before being elected.
Because suddenly #Renewables , #Retrofit and #ClimateAction were too expensive to actually do in government or did chasing #Reform ‘s coattails mean conveniently #Labour no longer needed to care?
On Friday they realised they lost whole swathes of voters across the country they’d taken for granted. Now they want them back less than a week later.
Were there ever any workable plans? Have these been resurrected?
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A personal, unconditional gift for £5 million?
No strings attached?
I mean, it happens all the time to us UK citizens.
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#politics #thepembrokepapers The Office at 73 Main Street #pembroke #cymru finally has 4G wifi. Now lets get to work for #labour #wales and a return to sanity. The next edition will have the true story of how #eluned was stitched up by #plaid and #reform. I am an old journalist, I have shorthand notes from #senedd #plenary and #cafeteria #chat . #Tories are notoriously indiscrete. #justsaying @RejoinEU @instance-toot.wales @Vibracobra23
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#politics #thepembrokepapers The Office at 73 Main Street #pembroke #cymru finally has 4G wifi. Now lets get to work for #labour #wales and a return to sanity. The next edition will have the true story of how #eluned was stitched up by #plaid and #reform. I am an old journalist, I have shorthand notes from #senedd #plenary and #cafeteria #chat . #Tories are notoriously indiscrete. #justsaying @RejoinEU @instance-toot.wales @Vibracobra23
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#politics #thepembrokepapers The Office at 73 Main Street #pembroke #cymru finally has 4G wifi. Now lets get to work for #labour #wales and a return to sanity. The next edition will have the true story of how #eluned was stitched up by #plaid and #reform. I am an old journalist, I have shorthand notes from #senedd #plenary and #cafeteria #chat . #Tories are notoriously indiscrete. #justsaying @RejoinEU @instance-toot.wales @Vibracobra23
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#politics #thepembrokepapers The Office at 73 Main Street #pembroke #cymru finally has 4G wifi. Now lets get to work for #labour #wales and a return to sanity. The next edition will have the true story of how #eluned was stitched up by #plaid and #reform. I am an old journalist, I have shorthand notes from #senedd #plenary and #cafeteria #chat . #Tories are notoriously indiscrete. #justsaying @RejoinEU @instance-toot.wales @Vibracobra23
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#politics #thepembrokepapers The Office at 73 Main Street #pembroke #cymru finally has 4G wifi. Now lets get to work for #labour #wales and a return to sanity. The next edition will have the true story of how #eluned was stitched up by #plaid and #reform. I am an old journalist, I have shorthand notes from #senedd #plenary and #cafeteria #chat . #Tories are notoriously indiscrete. #justsaying @RejoinEU @instance-toot.wales @Vibracobra23
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/25402/ Plaid Cymru prepare to govern after historic election win | Sharp End | ITV Cymru Wales #conservatives #GOVERNMENT #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #Labour #plaid #PlaidCymru #politics #reform #ReformUK #senedd #Wales #WelshConservatives #WelshLabour #WelshPolitics #WESTMINSTER
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“If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy”
by Jonathan Cook on Substack
@uk_politics
@UKLabour
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“There are two conclusions to be drawn from last week’s momentous local elections in Britain.The first, and most obvious, is that two-party politics in the UK is now finished”
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“The second lesson is that Labour is determined, before it sinks into terminal irrelevance, to pave the way for a far-right, Reform-led government under Nigel Farage”
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“The question for Polanski, as for Corbyn before him, is this: can a chink in the armour be found? Can the spear of an insurgent politics pierce through the billionaires’ defences? Can it finally bring the Epstein class to their knees?”
https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/if-starmer-gets-his-way-reform-not
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Greens #Polanski #AntiSemitism #EpsteinClass #CorporateMedia #Labour #Conservatives #TwoPartyPolitics #Starmer #Reform #FarRight
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MPs demand #Reform suspend candidate over claims he celebrated #rape of #Sikh women - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/05/mps-demand-reform-suspend-candidate-over-claims-he-celebrated-of-sikh-women oh, look, another one...
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Let's have Claudia Winkelman pick a successor
If #starmer is ditched, the UK is condemned to to chaotic future with a two party system with "comedy" leaders -#reform and #greenParty
#mandelson is just a banana skin. The real problem is a government unable to understand it had won an election with a thumping majority and was expected to enact legislation to reverse the evils of the #tory party
DAY 1 events that did not happen
- British steel nationalised
- Utilities under national control
- Scrap defence reliance on USA
- Limit private health care
- Impose standards on key industries
- Reverse #brexit
- Adopt proportional representationAnybody else think this pantomime is in MPs heads
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/34214/ Labour’s London wall has fallen. What now? #Business #ConservativeParty #council #GreenParty #KeirStarmer #LabourParty #LiberalDemocats #LocalElections #London #LondonCouncils #News #opinion #Reform #UkGovernment
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#earth #uno #securitycouncil #reform #multilateralism #genocide #egregriouscrimes
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… members, one Asian member and one North American member and no Latin America or African members [and] just one Asian doesn’t correspond at all to the world of today. And this creates a problem of #legitimacy. And with legitimacy comes its effectiveness in guaranteeing #peace and #security in the world.”«
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#earth #uno #securitycouncil #reform #multilateralism #genocide #egregriouscrimes
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… members, one Asian member and one North American member and no Latin America or African members [and] just one Asian doesn’t correspond at all to the world of today. And this creates a problem of #legitimacy. And with legitimacy comes its effectiveness in guaranteeing #peace and #security in the world.”«
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#earth #uno #securitycouncil #reform #multilateralism #genocide #egregriouscrimes
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… members, one Asian member and one North American member and no Latin America or African members [and] just one Asian doesn’t correspond at all to the world of today. And this creates a problem of #legitimacy. And with legitimacy comes its effectiveness in guaranteeing #peace and #security in the world.”«
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#news ⚡ Grüne fordern Reform der Einkommenssteuer: Nach der im Bundesrat gescheiterten 1.000-Euro-"Entlastungsprämie" der Bundesregierung fordert die Grünen-Fraktionschefin Katharina Dr... https://hubu.de/?p=325729 | #einkommenssteuer #gruene #reform #hubu
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#news ⚡ Grüne fordern Reform der Einkommenssteuer: Nach der im Bundesrat gescheiterten 1.000-Euro-"Entlastungsprämie" der Bundesregierung fordert die Grünen-Fraktionschefin Katharina Dr... https://hubu.de/?p=325729 | #einkommenssteuer #gruene #reform #hubu
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#news ⚡ Grüne fordern Reform der Einkommenssteuer: Nach der im Bundesrat gescheiterten 1.000-Euro-"Entlastungsprämie" der Bundesregierung fordert die Grünen-Fraktionschefin Katharina Dr... https://hubu.de/?p=325729 | #einkommenssteuer #gruene #reform #hubu
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#news ⚡ Grüne fordern Reform der Einkommenssteuer: Nach der im Bundesrat gescheiterten 1.000-Euro-"Entlastungsprämie" der Bundesregierung fordert die Grünen-Fraktionschefin Katharina Dr... https://hubu.de/?p=325729 | #einkommenssteuer #gruene #reform #hubu
