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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 19h

New from FM: Visa requirement imposed on Botswana nationals to prevent asylum claims | Colin Yeo

Visa requirement imposed on Botswana nationals to prevent asylum claims - Free Movement

The British government has, with immediate effect from 3pm today, imposed a new visit visa requirement on Botswanan nationals. Previously, a Botswanan could

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 18h

…state crimes that are becoming standard practice…

Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · 19h

#Italien und #Frontex bestätigen den Angriff auf Geflüchtete vor #Malta. Die dortigen Behörden wollten das mit 140 Personen besetzte Flüchtlingsboot aber nicht retten. Die durch Schüsse Verletzten wurden erst auf Sizilien versorgt.
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Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · 18h

The UN estimates that 83 percent of all structures in Gaza City were damaged or destroyed, along with most of its crops and vegetation. Drone footage shows the extent:
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 19h

New statement of changes to the immigration rules. Commencement dates set for changes to graduate visas, new English language requirement for skilled visas, capped expansion (?!?) of High Potential Individual route and more www.gov.uk/government/p...

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1333, 14 October 2025

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 14 October 2025.

www.gov.uk

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 2d

…leaving the much diminished bird place was a good move, all the more so coz it was wrecked by malevolent people who didn’t accept being schooled by people who know stuff… which is why i also miss it, but it’s not fit for use…

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2d

“ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 2d

quite…

Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like the worst time to start sharing your citizens' biometric data with the US government

Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · Aug 29

The EU-Commission wants to negotiate a very sensitive agreement that would allow US authorities direct (!) access to police-stored fingerprints & facial images in Europe.
Potentially, all travelers could be affected by this #EBSP – and people in need for protection.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 4d

💥ICYMI: Hungarian intelligence spied on the EU from Brussels in the 2010s, trying to recruit Hungarians inside EU institutions. Their reckless operation backfired—the network got exposed, and now even EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi’s role is under scrutiny. @direkt36.bsky.social @papertrailmedia.de

Inside the Fall of Viktor Orbán’s Secret Brussels Spy Network - Direkt36

In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions for this purpose. However, Hungarian intelligence carried it out...

www.direkt36.hu

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 3d

…migration policy enforcement & the need for people to protect each other from tyranny & violence, in a racist authoritarian key…

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 3d

From yesterday: Afghan judge succeeds in High Court challenge to refusal of resettlement | Sonia Lenegan

Afghan judge succeeds in High Court challenge to refusal of resettlement - Free Movement

A judge from Afghanistan has successfully challenged a refusal to bring him to the UK under the Afghan Assistance and Relocations Programme, meaning that the

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 3d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · 4d

Die EU-Kommission will #Frontex künftig auch zur #Drohnenabwehr einsetzen. Ein Wettbewerb in #Lissabon soll diesen Monat die besten Anbieter finden. Aus einem Fonds sollten 250 Millionen Euro für derartige Technologien bereit stehen:
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1194...

Frontex soll bei Drohnenabwehr helfen

Die EU erwägt, die Grenzschutzagentur Frontex künftig auch zur Drohnenabwehr einzusetzen. Für neue Technologien sollen 400 Millionen Euro bereitgestellt werden. Ein Wettbewerb in Lissabon soll die…

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6d

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Szabolcs Musca @szabolcsmusca.bsky.social · 4d

Flowers of Srebrenica @legalalienstheatre.bsky.social is opening next week in London and I'll be joining forces with @zrinka.bsky.social, Clare Finburgh-Delijani, @aidanhehir.bsky.social, and Kim Sadique to discuss theatre, memory & collective healing. Join us www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/the-f...

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Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · 6d

Trump held a “roundtable” today on how to take action against #Antifa.
Just to be clear: once the #EBSP is adopted, US law enforcement agencies would also have access to biometric and personal data on left-wing activists in Germany and 42 other VWP states.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 5d

Just digging out this blog I wrote for ECRE 6 years ago about the myth of the economic pull factor for asylum seekers -the myth that very much never dies! ecre.org/op-ed-pull-f...

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 5d

Want to learn more about the spread of military tools and oppressive technologies into our daily lives? Read our explainer on the militarisation of tech: privacyinternational.org/long-read/56...

What is Militarisation of Tech?

Governments are rapidly militarising our societies. They are already increasing military spending, undermining civil rights protections, and reducing social protection programmes.

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 5d

“One in, one out”: des associations françaises et britanniques dénoncent un marchandage politique des vies humaines à la frontière franco-britannique migreurop.org/article3465....

« One in, one out » : des associations françaises et britanniques dénoncent un marchandage politique des vies humaines à la frontière franco-britannique – MIGREUROP

Dans cette tribune publiée aujourd'hui dans le journal "Le Monde" et dont Migreurop est signataire, plusieurs associations et chercheur·euse·s français·e·s et britanniques se sont associé·e·s pour…

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Netpol @netpol.org · 6d

On Tuesday we warned that the Home Secretary could "ban more groups as rebranded versions of Palestine Action. Legislation already makes this possible".

Now it's happening

Telegraph headline: "Police to assess if pro-Palestinian group Intifada 87 broke terror laws". Subheading: "Counter-terrorism officers investigate whether name illegally supports Hamas, which was founded in 1987"

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 5d

the externalisation-criminalisation of mobility continuum in the maghreb and west africa…

Migreurop @migreurop.bsky.social · 6d

📢 @lacimade.org partage les constats de Loujna-Tounkaranké sur la criminalisation des migrations au Maghreb et en Afrique de l’Ouest.
➡️ Dispositifs répressifs encouragés par l’UE, détentions, expulsions, stigmatisation… les droits des personnes et la libre circulation de la #CEDEAO sont bafoués.

Criminalisation des migrations au Maghreb et en Afrique de l’Ouest, tour d’horizon - La Cimade

Des constats partagés sur la criminalisation des personnes exilées en Afrique entre les membres du collectif Loujna-Tounkaranké, dont La Cimade est membre, et des avocats lors d’un atelier régional.

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 7d

Footage from the Israeli Occupation Forces assault on #Conscience, shortly before dawn. In international waters, close to Palestinian territorial waters. Another act of state piracy by the rogue, lawless Israeli occupation.
www.youtube.com/live/PSQcbIw...

Live from Conscience Boat to Gaza, FFC & TMTG (Live 3)

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 6d

…medical flotilla vessels were boarded and its members were kidnapped by the armed forces from a rogue state… again

Kozuki Oden @callmeoden.bsky.social · 6d

Anoche interceptaron a la 2ª Flotilla @freedomflotilla.bsky.social @freedomflotillafr.bsky.social @freedomflotillaita.bsky.social que se dirigía a Gaza. POR FAVOR, HAY QUE HACER RUIDO #FreePalestine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS6p...

Freedom Flotilla Coalition & Thousand Madleens to Gaza sailing to break the siege (Live 2)

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

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Netpol @netpol.org · 7d

The Crown Prosecution Service says it will appeal against the decision to throw out the terrorism case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh of Kneecap news.sky.com/story/prosec...

Prosecutors to appeal against decision to throw out terrorism case against Kneecap rapper

Liam Og O hAnnaidh was charged with the alleged display of a flag in support of the proscribed terrorist group Hezbollah at a gig, but the case against him was dismissed due to a technical error.

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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 7d

…after seeing bits of coverage of jenrick the xenophobe at the tory conference, i’d be surprised if he isn’t reported to prevent…