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Sophie O’Connell
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Senior policy adviser at Green Alliance
Environmental policy, politics and social justice
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For fairly obvious reasons when people flee their countries of origin to seek asylum elsewhere they can't carry much. Often things like jewellery are all they have to hold onto. This isn't just stripping people of "assets", it is stealing their memories. 57/
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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
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November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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"People are angry about being failed by an economic and political system. We should not be trying to protect that status quo. So what consensus are we trying to defend and for who?"

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November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Striking research by the @carbonbrief.org team shows England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat
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carbonbrief.org Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 12
NEW – Analysis: England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @vernerviisas.bsky.social w/ comment from @profangelhsu.bsky.social @charleshsimpson.bsky.social Emma Howard Boyd @chlobrim.bsky.social

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Chart showing neighbourhoods in England that are home to more minority-ethnic people are far more likely to face extreme heat. Proportion of neighbourhoods in England with the highest heat hazard scores in each decile of minority-ethnic population. Each bar represents 10% of English neighbourhoods, ranked by their proportion of minority-ethnic inhabitants, from the highest (top bar) to the lowest (bottom bar). The “highest heat hazard scores” equate to the top 10% of total English neighbourhoods that are most likely to experience high temperatures during hot weather. Source: Carbon Brief analysis, 4 Earth Intelligence, Office for National Statistics.
August 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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We can cheaply adapt our poor quality housing, here's how:
- shutters & awning over windows to reduce heat gain
- cool roofs - paint them white & create green habitats
- prioritise tree planting and blue infrastructure in poorer neighbourhoods where there is less access to gardens & green space
August 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM