Still horrifying, even though we were expecting it.
Before you start thinking that Europe is any better, ours have been called "rehoming hubs" or something equally dystopian (dear Dutch person I spoke to about this a couple of weeks ago, please jump in and correct me if you see this). I am NOT joking.

#AsylumIsNotACrime #RefugeesWelcome #USPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/trump-texas-mass-deportation-facilities

Here's a photograph that will brighten your day.

This is Scottish Refugee Council head Sabir Zazai, who came to the country as a refugee from Afghanistan in 1999.

He's standing in sunny Edinburgh, with some of the 20 refugee women from Afghanistan who have just arrived on visas to study medicine at Scottish universities.

If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

#FreeAfghanWomen
#RefugeesWelcome
#Scotland

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"Even the sun came out today to greet the 20 female medical students that arrived in Scotland from Afghanistan, thanks to the efforts of Linda Norgrove Foundation and Scottish universities.

Through their forthcoming achievements, the girls will prove the Taliban ban on education very wrong."

Sabir Zazai,
Scottish Refugee Council.

#FreeAfghanWomen
#LetAfghanWomenLearn
#RefugeesWelcome

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https://www.thetimes.com/article/ae88e9c1-204a-4ac6-bc2d-0cdaecb0a976?shareToken=968c1404ddf0ba13cc93f3bc1d37254d

He's not saying "build a wall", but he's not *not* saying it either.

GPLB: "Starmer says people smuggling should be seen as ‘global security threat similar to terrorism’"

#UKPolitics #RefugeesWelcome #AsylumIsNotACrime