Sheila Ritchie 🔶 @europesheila@respublicae.eu
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@teacherysteph You can say that. I couldn’t possibly comment
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RT @am1874northwich: Your regular reminder that fewer than 5% of refugees in Europe head for the UK to seek asylum.
#bbcaq
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RT @BBCPhilipSim: At #sldconf in Dundee, Alex Cole-Hamilton says the SNP leadership candidates are “vying to be the last nationalist first minister of Scotland”; he says “the nationalist star is on the wane”, the independence project has “stalled”, and that change is coming
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RT @thatginamiller: This could turn into a serious financial crisis
Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank yesterday triggered sell-off in global markets worried about contagion. Eg FTSE 100 closing down 1.67% with £billions wiped off the value of Barclays, HSBC. 100s of UK businesses will be affected
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@ScottJKyle1 2/2 Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Luther
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@ScottJKyle1 1/2 First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
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@timfarron @lordbonkers @Rovers 🤪🤪
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty You can if you like. I practised immigration law for 20 years till I retired
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty Yes, we do. 32nd largest number of refugees in the world. Fewer that half the number taken by France. Let’s not change that.
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty I am trying not to be rude, but your sheer lack of understanding of the world of refugees. Be safe; be warm; be housed; be fed.
They are not.
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty I realise you're not keen on either the law or statistics, but over 75% of asylum applications are approved at first instance. Over half of those refused are granted on appeal. Refugees get asylum where they flee a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty No safe route available to them. That is, pretty much, the reason why there are small dangerous boats. If you can get a visa and buy an airline ticket, you don’t need to pay a people smuggler.
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty So do you. You just choose to ignore it
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty Sorry; 2% are Indian. 4% of the 2% succeed. So,hardly marauding through the streets
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@SamWatt30745054 So, about 2,000. Genuine refugees. How many of the rest have been returned? I guess you know. The system is broken. After 13 years of Conservative mismanagement of the Home Office
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@poppycurley @Wilsonfooty 8%, of asylum seekers are Albanian, actually. Half of whom are granted rebuffed status at first pass. 4% are Indian.
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Former Convenor, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Former MEP. Gardener and Birdwatcher. She/her 🏳️⚧️ally @europesheila@mastodon.scot
Joined Apr 2022
