Our conversation about immigration is framed entirely on Nigel Farage’s terms.
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.

We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today

We call for the immediate shutdown of Larne House and the implementation of bespoke community-based Alternatives To Detention for the North. [8/8]

..and a monument to racist border violence imposed on the 6 counties. Recently a Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons report detail a Spanish woman detained in Larne House wrongly who developed suicidal thoughts during her detention.
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scapegoat the 6 counties to demand a harder border on the island. This means even more people are being detained in Larne House, up around 30% in the last year.

There is no form of immigration detention that doesn’t cause harm, Larne House is a place of isolation, terror, fear, degradation … [6/n]

…found that based on the two pilot Alternatives to Detention models tested that Alternatives to Detention were cheaper and offer better value for money compared with the costs of detention.

Right now the North is being disproportionately immigration enforced as UK and Irish Governments .. [5/n]

…in no uncertain terms, supported by data, that insertion in the community of persons needing asylum – which, again, is not a crime and instead a protected right – benefitted them greatly, and was an asset to those same communities in terms of support and engagement.

Furthermore, the UN … [4/n]

..only be understood as an oppressive state instrument, designed to instil fear.

In August 2023, a report was issued by the UN outlining the key findings of the two Home Office ATD pilots and benefits of ATD programmes. Specifically, the pilots demonstrated .. [3/n]

…defined as “any legislation, policy or practice, formal or informal, that ensures people are not detained for reasons relating to their migration status.”
Many of the 6000+ people disappeared into Larne House are later released with legal intervention. Immigration detention can ..

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Our politics are still defined by resentment & hatred of these people.

We still believe that they can be perpetually denied all the safety & comforts that we have always taken for granted.

We dehumanise ourselves & our society by treating their lives like they're worthless.

Tough on crime
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Every disappeared charge, every non-intervention order, every careless grant given to violent proscribed groups who are up to their necks in far-right racist violence, pogroms & attempted murder - it embeds, prolongs & rewards systems and organisations of violent oppression in the North. [7/7]