FionainLU
@fionainlu.bsky.social
Civil, health, climate, and voting rights advocate because it's all interrelated. Director of British in Europe. Born in Yorkshire, now living in Luxembourg. Trying to stay sane in an increasingly insane world.
Reposted by FionainLU
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
Reposted by FionainLU
The Witcher - Netflix, 2019
#alphabetchallenge #WeekTforTv
#Stunday
(click on the image to see it in full)
Great memories of an excellent hike in Luxembourg, speaking a lot of politics with @fionainlu.bsky.social when I was convinced that Russia would not invade Ukraine..
#alphabetchallenge #WeekTforTv
#Stunday
(click on the image to see it in full)
Great memories of an excellent hike in Luxembourg, speaking a lot of politics with @fionainlu.bsky.social when I was convinced that Russia would not invade Ukraine..
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Witcher - Netflix, 2019
#alphabetchallenge #WeekTforTv
#Stunday
(click on the image to see it in full)
Great memories of an excellent hike in Luxembourg, speaking a lot of politics with @fionainlu.bsky.social when I was convinced that Russia would not invade Ukraine..
#alphabetchallenge #WeekTforTv
#Stunday
(click on the image to see it in full)
Great memories of an excellent hike in Luxembourg, speaking a lot of politics with @fionainlu.bsky.social when I was convinced that Russia would not invade Ukraine..
Reposted by FionainLU
Any politician who is taking seriously that the next election might be lost to a far-right populist party, should be doing all they can to strengthen protections for vulnerable people. If this is lost, it will go down in history as a moment where everything collapsed.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Any politician who is taking seriously that the next election might be lost to a far-right populist party, should be doing all they can to strengthen protections for vulnerable people. If this is lost, it will go down in history as a moment where everything collapsed.
Reposted by FionainLU
Another day another migration story. Terrifying in here tho is the reform of the ECHR she will attempt. This will be Labour's biggest and most dangerous mistake, I GUARANTEE. It will set up the infrastructure for a Reform govt. to dismantle all our protections. news.sky.com/story/home-s...
Home secretary to tackle UK's 'excessive generosity' with sweeping immigration reforms
In a statement to MPs on Monday, Shabana Mahmood is expected to tighten up the rules to allow for more deportations, and reduce the "pull factors" that attract migrants to the UK.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Another day another migration story. Terrifying in here tho is the reform of the ECHR she will attempt. This will be Labour's biggest and most dangerous mistake, I GUARANTEE. It will set up the infrastructure for a Reform govt. to dismantle all our protections. news.sky.com/story/home-s...
Reposted by FionainLU
People are not deterred by perilous journeys lasting months or years, crossing the Sahara, making dangerous sea crossings in rickety boats, all the time risking imprisonment, enslavement, torture and rape.
They will not be deterred by this.
They will not be deterred by this.
Shabana Mahmood has vowed to end Britain’s “golden ticket” for asylum seekers by forcing people arriving illegally to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
People are not deterred by perilous journeys lasting months or years, crossing the Sahara, making dangerous sea crossings in rickety boats, all the time risking imprisonment, enslavement, torture and rape.
They will not be deterred by this.
They will not be deterred by this.
Reposted by FionainLU
Fernando (33), who was 12 when he came to the UK, was detained by the Home Office as part of their upgraded immigration raids. Held for 29 days. We are supporting him with an application for settled status. No way to know, but this is unlikely to be isolated. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Motorcyclist on shopping trip arrested amid Labour’s crackdown on undocumented migrants
Fernando Fontoura, who moved to the UK aged 12, detained in drive to find people ‘illegally working’ as delivery drivers
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Fernando (33), who was 12 when he came to the UK, was detained by the Home Office as part of their upgraded immigration raids. Held for 29 days. We are supporting him with an application for settled status. No way to know, but this is unlikely to be isolated. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Very proud to have been coordinator and a work package leader on this project, we have achieved a lot.
Our EU-funded Inform, Connect, Empower, project on the EU Charter and Withdrawal Agreement rights is now finished. Read about what we achieved and check out our toolkit for Charter and WA Rights here bit.ly/47x6wWF
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Very proud to have been coordinator and a work package leader on this project, we have achieved a lot.
Reposted by FionainLU
What has it been like to participate in the EU-funded Inform, Connect, Empower project as a volunteer advocate?
We asked our VAs to tell us how it helped them deepen their expert knowledge of the WA and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Watch the video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jihh...
We asked our VAs to tell us how it helped them deepen their expert knowledge of the WA and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Watch the video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jihh...
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What has it been like to participate in the EU-funded Inform, Connect, Empower project as a volunteer advocate?
We asked our VAs to tell us how it helped them deepen their expert knowledge of the WA and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Watch the video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jihh...
We asked our VAs to tell us how it helped them deepen their expert knowledge of the WA and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Watch the video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jihh...
Reposted by FionainLU
As part of our toolbox for rights we asked our volunteer advocates to discuss the types of cases and issues that arose, the WA and Charter articles that were most relevant in their work, and outcomes. See what they had to say in the video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBp...
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As part of our toolbox for rights we asked our volunteer advocates to discuss the types of cases and issues that arose, the WA and Charter articles that were most relevant in their work, and outcomes. See what they had to say in the video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBp...
Reposted by FionainLU
During the ICE (Inform, Connect, Empower) project volunteer advocates from 11 EU states (AT, BE, CZ, DE, DK, EL, ES, LU, HU, MT, SE) supported hundreds of UK citizens living in the EU to access & defend their rights under the Withdrawal Agreement & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
During the ICE (Inform, Connect, Empower) project volunteer advocates from 11 EU states (AT, BE, CZ, DE, DK, EL, ES, LU, HU, MT, SE) supported hundreds of UK citizens living in the EU to access & defend their rights under the Withdrawal Agreement & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Reposted by FionainLU
Backed up by our practical experience in the WA negotiations and cases we have dealt with across the 11 country groups involved in the project, it is the first legal report of its kind focusing on WA implementation for the 1.2 million UK WA beneficiaries in the EU and issues that have arisen.
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Backed up by our practical experience in the WA negotiations and cases we have dealt with across the 11 country groups involved in the project, it is the first legal report of its kind focusing on WA implementation for the 1.2 million UK WA beneficiaries in the EU and issues that have arisen.
@lukepiper.bsky.social @the3million.bsky.social @nandosigona.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social
As part of our EU-funded Inform, Connect, Empower project on the implementation of the #WithdrawalAgreement and EU Charter of Fundamental rights for UK citizens in the EU we have drafted a comprehensive legal report on implementation. bit.ly/49kAwYr
Legal Report on the WA and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights | British in Europe
As part of the work funded by the ICE project, we are now publishing a detailed legal report on Withdrawal Agreement implementation and the EU Charter of...
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Reposted by FionainLU
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
Reposted by FionainLU
3. While big oil, big tobacco, etc. serve as well-known cautionary tales, social media research poses novel challenges for independent researchers—perhaps most notably, access to the study system itself.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
3. While big oil, big tobacco, etc. serve as well-known cautionary tales, social media research poses novel challenges for independent researchers—perhaps most notably, access to the study system itself.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
Reposted by FionainLU
Once again we find ourselves responding to attacks on fundamental rights and basic decency from UK political parties. Once again we are stunned at how far-right racist policies and arguments are now being mainstreamed in the UK.
Read our statement bit.ly/48K3TmK
Read our statement bit.ly/48K3TmK
British in Europe opposes immigration bill put forward by Conservatives | British in Europe
British in Europe is alarmed by the comments made by Katie Lam MP in an interview with the Sunday Times published on 19 October 2025 and a bill drafted by...
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Once again we find ourselves responding to attacks on fundamental rights and basic decency from UK political parties. Once again we are stunned at how far-right racist policies and arguments are now being mainstreamed in the UK.
Read our statement bit.ly/48K3TmK
Read our statement bit.ly/48K3TmK
Reposted by FionainLU
People who are generally upset with how their lives are going, and also feel there are too many people around who look different, can never actually be appeased.
Not by Brexit, not by eliminating FoM, not by new taxes or fees, not by ending ILR, not by denaturalizing not by anything.
Not by Brexit, not by eliminating FoM, not by new taxes or fees, not by ending ILR, not by denaturalizing not by anything.
October 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
People who are generally upset with how their lives are going, and also feel there are too many people around who look different, can never actually be appeased.
Not by Brexit, not by eliminating FoM, not by new taxes or fees, not by ending ILR, not by denaturalizing not by anything.
Not by Brexit, not by eliminating FoM, not by new taxes or fees, not by ending ILR, not by denaturalizing not by anything.
Reposted by FionainLU
All of which is to say, this has costs, for us in HE sure, but also for business, medicine, finance, tech, arts and entertainment, pharmaceuticals. The industries that this country is a world leader in. And if you cannot fathom why this uncertainty is a problem then you are not fit to govern.
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
All of which is to say, this has costs, for us in HE sure, but also for business, medicine, finance, tech, arts and entertainment, pharmaceuticals. The industries that this country is a world leader in. And if you cannot fathom why this uncertainty is a problem then you are not fit to govern.
Reposted by FionainLU
If any Labour MPs are reading (go on, you know you want to), as someone trying to hire six new Oxford professors in AI / experiments / big data / all the stuff you say you want, I would really appreciate knowing if new hires can, you know, stay in the country they move to... current policy is chaos
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If any Labour MPs are reading (go on, you know you want to), as someone trying to hire six new Oxford professors in AI / experiments / big data / all the stuff you say you want, I would really appreciate knowing if new hires can, you know, stay in the country they move to... current policy is chaos
Reposted by FionainLU
If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?
Reposted by FionainLU
Our EU-funded ICE (Inform, Connect, Empower) project is ending. We’d like to hear from the UK Withdrawal Agreement beneficiary community living in the EU about your thoughts on the project so please grab a cuppa and take five minutes to complete it bit.ly/49bF6Ik Deadline midnight CET on 24.10.2025
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our EU-funded ICE (Inform, Connect, Empower) project is ending. We’d like to hear from the UK Withdrawal Agreement beneficiary community living in the EU about your thoughts on the project so please grab a cuppa and take five minutes to complete it bit.ly/49bF6Ik Deadline midnight CET on 24.10.2025
Reposted by FionainLU
Who is the #HomeOffice really targeting with this campaign?
While the stated goal in their latest #Immigration White Paper is to “cut net migration”, messages like this only make millions of UK residents (who are already here, sometimes for many years!) feel unwelcome.
While the stated goal in their latest #Immigration White Paper is to “cut net migration”, messages like this only make millions of UK residents (who are already here, sometimes for many years!) feel unwelcome.
October 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Who is the #HomeOffice really targeting with this campaign?
While the stated goal in their latest #Immigration White Paper is to “cut net migration”, messages like this only make millions of UK residents (who are already here, sometimes for many years!) feel unwelcome.
While the stated goal in their latest #Immigration White Paper is to “cut net migration”, messages like this only make millions of UK residents (who are already here, sometimes for many years!) feel unwelcome.
Reposted by FionainLU
To millions of foreign residents, that kind of message reads like: 'Stay in your place, head down, you are on borrowed time'
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
To millions of foreign residents, that kind of message reads like: 'Stay in your place, head down, you are on borrowed time'
Reposted by FionainLU
While trying to play catch-up with Reform and its imaginary white working-class voters, #Labour is alienating millions of real British workers and voters.
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
While trying to play catch-up with Reform and its imaginary white working-class voters, #Labour is alienating millions of real British workers and voters.
Reposted by FionainLU
There are over 10 million foreign-born residents in the UK (2021 Census).
And many more Britons have a parent who was born abroad.
In 2024, 40.4% of live births in Britain were to families with at least one parent born outside the UK — up from 35.1% in 2021.
And many more Britons have a parent who was born abroad.
In 2024, 40.4% of live births in Britain were to families with at least one parent born outside the UK — up from 35.1% in 2021.
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There are over 10 million foreign-born residents in the UK (2021 Census).
And many more Britons have a parent who was born abroad.
In 2024, 40.4% of live births in Britain were to families with at least one parent born outside the UK — up from 35.1% in 2021.
And many more Britons have a parent who was born abroad.
In 2024, 40.4% of live births in Britain were to families with at least one parent born outside the UK — up from 35.1% in 2021.
Reposted by FionainLU
'thanks' to the algorithm, this is what I woke up to every morning... As a foreigner, this really gets me in a good mood (not) for the day.
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
'thanks' to the algorithm, this is what I woke up to every morning... As a foreigner, this really gets me in a good mood (not) for the day.