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Nonilex

“They’ve got some very bad things going on in South Africa,” #Trump goes on a #ConspiracyTheory based tangent when he outlines the reciprocal tariff against that nation. Trump & #Musk have repeatedly amplified false claims about the persecution of #white Afrikaners in #SouthAfrica, & made an exception to his refugee ban to screen Afrikaners for #refugee status. Trump included in his tangent a typical criticism of the #media for how it covers South Africa.

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Ben Waber

Last was "The Wealth of Refugees" by Alexander Betts. Betts has penned a tour de force, combining economic, historical, and deep qualitative analysis to provide a holistic look at how refugees build economies and societies. Highly recommend

Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/re (6/6) #refugee #economics #sociology

bookwyrm.socialbwaber's review of The Wealth of Refugees - BookWyrmSocial Reading and Reviewing
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Joseph
You can read more here : https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-we-do/refugee-and-humanitarian-program/about-the-program/seek-protection-in-australia/australia-protection-obligations


While seeking refugee status you cannot be employed in Australia, but if you come in on a valid visa and apply for refugee status you can live in the community. This means Australian LGBTQI+ people need to get that spare bedroom ready!

If anyone has experience organising this sort of thing or would like to help, please reach out to me so we can keep our queer siblings safe.

#USPOL #LGTQI #Refugee #Auspol

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Joseph
Refugee status requires you to prove the following things:

1. A well founded fear of persecution. Considering that people are already being disappeared it might be sooner than later. Any documentation that you’ve been targeted for a disappearance or people in your community are being picked off will probably be enough, but keep documentation! A collection of threats sent to you will help make your case.
2. Membership of a particular social group. LGBTQI+ meets the threshold.
3. Persecution involves serious harm. Threat to your liberty, physical harm or forced detransition would meet the standard.
4. Real chance of persecution. This includes the likelihood of something happening in the immediate future.
5. You can’t have citizenship to another country where you could seek refuge.

#USPOL #LGTQI #Refugee #Auspol

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Joseph
Please share for visibility.

Hey USA LGBTQI+ people,

In the event that you need to leave the country to seek asylum you might want to start planning now.

If you want to apply for refugee status in Australia you will need a few things.

1. A passport (and as much ID as you can bring)
2. A visa to get into the country - you can come as a tourist and apply for refugee status on arrival. A tourist visa costs AUD$20. The visa is automatic for USA and lasts 12 months.
3. A ticket to get to Australia.

Explore visa options here: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-finder

#USPOL #LGTQI #Refugee #Auspol

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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"After her husband was unexpectedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check-in, a Fountain Valley woman became a single mother overnight and worries the father of her toddler may be removed from the U.S."

abc7.com/post/vietnamese-fathe

abc7.com · Vietnamese father, an Orange County resident, held for more than a month after being detained by ICEBy Jessica De Nova
#aapi#aanhpi#immigrant
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

“He took information that was publicly available but labor-intensive to compile, and did something nobody else was doing...I don’t know if he expected this second career to make him basically the world’s only credible public source on U.S. deportation flights, just as they were becoming part of one of the United States’ biggest national news stories.”
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation FlightsBy Nick Miroff
#immigrant#immigration#migrant
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Kevin Russell

@adr

This is a counter productive view.

Yes, build more homes. Build more housing, tax empty units higher than occupied units. And build more affordable, useful housing.

Remove thousands of hectares from sale.

And build more housibng.

Struggling with fascism and refugees and the invader comes first, jobs come fiirst.

Build more homes, get out of the way.

#Coup#Refugee#Musk
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Snowshadow 🇨🇦

A rare look inside Canada’s largest immigration holding centre

"The tour of the detention centre provided a starkly different picture of how Canada’s immigration authorities are treating those in their custody, compared to the aggressive approach taken in the United States amid an immigration enforcement crackdown."

“They cared about our health, our food and drinks, our daily routine, providing all our needs. ”

#Canada #HumanRights #Immigration #Refugee

ctvnews.ca/canada/article/bord

A visiting area is seen at the Canada Border Services Agency's GTA Immigration Holding Centre in Toronto on Feb. 19, 2025. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press)
CTVNews · A rare look inside Canada’s largest immigration holding centreThe Canadian Press and several other media outlets were recently invited to visit Canada Border Services Agency’s immigration holding centre near the airport in Toronto.
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Jan Penfrat

Great win at the #ECJ today!

#Hungary can’t demand proof of gender assignment to correct an Iranian #refugee’s #gender status, the #EuropeanUnion’s top court ruled today.

The ECJ ruled that an EU Member State "may under no circumstances make the exercise of the right to rectify incorrect #personaldata subject to the production of evidence of sex reassignment surgery," as it would undermine the "essence of the right to the integrity of the person and the right to respect for private life" [1/2]

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