Zofia Duszynska
@duszdemon.bsky.social
Asylum, human rights and civil liberties lawyer #Legal500 UK
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Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
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‘It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain.’
That’s some weaselly way of saying that he rather likes the idea of racialised fear as an instrument of state.
That’s some weaselly way of saying that he rather likes the idea of racialised fear as an instrument of state.
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
‘It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain.’
That’s some weaselly way of saying that he rather likes the idea of racialised fear as an instrument of state.
That’s some weaselly way of saying that he rather likes the idea of racialised fear as an instrument of state.
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Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
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It's not going away
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It's not going away
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At the other place, Farage’s supporters are guffawing and asking “Why now?” and I hate to say it, but they’re not wrong to ask. Why now indeed? Why not a decade ago, when all this was every bit as obvious as it is today? It looks and smells bullshitty even though it’s true, because it is bullshitty.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
At the other place, Farage’s supporters are guffawing and asking “Why now?” and I hate to say it, but they’re not wrong to ask. Why now indeed? Why not a decade ago, when all this was every bit as obvious as it is today? It looks and smells bullshitty even though it’s true, because it is bullshitty.
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Great post from Kirsty Hughes on Labour's flailing efforts towards a statutory redefinition of the meaning of family rights for immigration purposes:
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/19/k...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/19/k...
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Great post from Kirsty Hughes on Labour's flailing efforts towards a statutory redefinition of the meaning of family rights for immigration purposes:
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/19/k...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/19/k...
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🔴Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🔴Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
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Labour peer Lord Dubs: "To use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Labour peer Lord Dubs: "To use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
And when none of it works and loads of it ends up in court, they’ll blame the judges and the lawyers!
This is very disappointing from this government. Do they really have no good ideas? And have to go policy shopping around the world for the worst schemes?
This is very disappointing from this government. Do they really have no good ideas? And have to go policy shopping around the world for the worst schemes?
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
And when none of it works and loads of it ends up in court, they’ll blame the judges and the lawyers!
This is very disappointing from this government. Do they really have no good ideas? And have to go policy shopping around the world for the worst schemes?
This is very disappointing from this government. Do they really have no good ideas? And have to go policy shopping around the world for the worst schemes?
And is already very restrictive for those with convictions
Making it more so - for people who have done all the right things (learn a language, work, form relationships, stay out of trouble) is cruel
The only thing which stands a chance of stopping the boats is more visa schemes. 5/
Making it more so - for people who have done all the right things (learn a language, work, form relationships, stay out of trouble) is cruel
The only thing which stands a chance of stopping the boats is more visa schemes. 5/
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
And is already very restrictive for those with convictions
Making it more so - for people who have done all the right things (learn a language, work, form relationships, stay out of trouble) is cruel
The only thing which stands a chance of stopping the boats is more visa schemes. 5/
Making it more so - for people who have done all the right things (learn a language, work, form relationships, stay out of trouble) is cruel
The only thing which stands a chance of stopping the boats is more visa schemes. 5/
This will not only leave people in limbo for years but will be phenomenally expensive for the taxpayer! Who’s going to pay for all these extra applications? Currently protection visas are free - are they going to charge the applicant?
Legislation on interpreting Article 8 ECHR exists already 4/
Legislation on interpreting Article 8 ECHR exists already 4/
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This will not only leave people in limbo for years but will be phenomenally expensive for the taxpayer! Who’s going to pay for all these extra applications? Currently protection visas are free - are they going to charge the applicant?
Legislation on interpreting Article 8 ECHR exists already 4/
Legislation on interpreting Article 8 ECHR exists already 4/
So is the government going to lift the restrictions?
Next - reducing protection visas to 30 months is not only cruel but unworkable by this Home Office (under any administration over the past 20 years). Any claim that requires an assessment of risk on return sits undecided for months, often years 3/
Next - reducing protection visas to 30 months is not only cruel but unworkable by this Home Office (under any administration over the past 20 years). Any claim that requires an assessment of risk on return sits undecided for months, often years 3/
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
So is the government going to lift the restrictions?
Next - reducing protection visas to 30 months is not only cruel but unworkable by this Home Office (under any administration over the past 20 years). Any claim that requires an assessment of risk on return sits undecided for months, often years 3/
Next - reducing protection visas to 30 months is not only cruel but unworkable by this Home Office (under any administration over the past 20 years). Any claim that requires an assessment of risk on return sits undecided for months, often years 3/
They can work if they already had leave to remain when they claimed asylum (eg were a student)
I don’t know anyone who has preferred to claim asylum support rather than work.
Asylum seekers who are given the right to work can only work in jobs on the immigration salary list - very restrictive 2/
I don’t know anyone who has preferred to claim asylum support rather than work.
Asylum seekers who are given the right to work can only work in jobs on the immigration salary list - very restrictive 2/
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
They can work if they already had leave to remain when they claimed asylum (eg were a student)
I don’t know anyone who has preferred to claim asylum support rather than work.
Asylum seekers who are given the right to work can only work in jobs on the immigration salary list - very restrictive 2/
I don’t know anyone who has preferred to claim asylum support rather than work.
Asylum seekers who are given the right to work can only work in jobs on the immigration salary list - very restrictive 2/
I found some bits of the government’s immigration announcement confusing. Asylum support is already means-tested and not mandatory (see s95).
It’s stopped very often for little reason.
Asylum-seekers don’t have the right to work unless they specifically request and receive it …1/
It’s stopped very often for little reason.
Asylum-seekers don’t have the right to work unless they specifically request and receive it …1/
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I found some bits of the government’s immigration announcement confusing. Asylum support is already means-tested and not mandatory (see s95).
It’s stopped very often for little reason.
Asylum-seekers don’t have the right to work unless they specifically request and receive it …1/
It’s stopped very often for little reason.
Asylum-seekers don’t have the right to work unless they specifically request and receive it …1/
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Why stop at jewelry? Why not gold fillings? Jesus fucking Christ
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Why stop at jewelry? Why not gold fillings? Jesus fucking Christ
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
And it’s not immigration that has caused this. These problems AND the immigration crisis are the result of government inertia and slow and bad decision making, wasting money on unworkable policies and austerity policies.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And it’s not immigration that has caused this. These problems AND the immigration crisis are the result of government inertia and slow and bad decision making, wasting money on unworkable policies and austerity policies.
I’m so bored with immigration grabbing all the headlines while this, surely , is the real issue. Poverty, housing, health, schooling…
news.sky.com/story/inside...
news.sky.com/story/inside...
Inside the town where 6 out of 7 children grow up in poverty - and live in fear of homelessness
As ministers prepare to act on child poverty, families in the area are backing calls for the two-child cap on benefits to be scrapped, and even local children say they are worried about becoming homel...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I’m so bored with immigration grabbing all the headlines while this, surely , is the real issue. Poverty, housing, health, schooling…
news.sky.com/story/inside...
news.sky.com/story/inside...
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‘Government sources said rules that mean most asylum seekers are not allowed to have jobs will not change.’ It’s absurd that the govt chooses to continue with a rule that puts asylum seekers in a situation of dependency, then attacks then for needing ‘handouts’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’
Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assets
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
‘Government sources said rules that mean most asylum seekers are not allowed to have jobs will not change.’ It’s absurd that the govt chooses to continue with a rule that puts asylum seekers in a situation of dependency, then attacks then for needing ‘handouts’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
Britain Has Never Been Welcoming to Refugees | Novara Media
From Russia's war with Ukraine to the second world war, the nostalgic myth of Britain being welcoming to refugees is exactly that; a myth. Daniel Sohege explains.
novaramedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
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Lovely message from @neuroblastomauk.bsky.social thanking Alan Carr.
Shared on their X.
#CelebrityTraitors
Shared on their X.
#CelebrityTraitors
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Lovely message from @neuroblastomauk.bsky.social thanking Alan Carr.
Shared on their X.
#CelebrityTraitors
Shared on their X.
#CelebrityTraitors
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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👏 Today marks 75 years since the creation of the ECHR.
We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights.
But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR.
As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights.
The Bear explains
We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights.
But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR.
As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights.
The Bear explains
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
👏 Today marks 75 years since the creation of the ECHR.
We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights.
But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR.
As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights.
The Bear explains
We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights.
But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR.
As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights.
The Bear explains
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I know this won't surprise anyone here but Musk's reprogrammed artificial intelligence is spreading misinformation about yesterday's attack on a train
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I know this won't surprise anyone here but Musk's reprogrammed artificial intelligence is spreading misinformation about yesterday's attack on a train