by Mathilda Mallinson | Aug 5, 2021 | Join a movement, People, Stay sitting
A transgender refugee is in immediate danger of violence and unlawful deportation to Syria during an illegal police crackdown over Eid to purge Istanbul of refugees. “Sofia”, 23, came to Turkey as a teenage refugee with her family in 2017, after suffering intense... 
by Mathilda Mallinson | Mar 8, 2021 | Join a movement, Policy
A strong justice system After months of protesting conditions in Napier Barracks where he lived with 400 other asylum seekers, Abdo was arrested when protesting escalated into a fire. Held in immigration detention for three weeks, a routine bail hearing saw him... 
by Mathilda Mallinson | Mar 8, 2021 | Change your ways, Join a movement, People, Stay sitting
I have written this testimony after several interviews with the man it belongs to, converting his rudimentary English into written sentences. He has asked to stay anonymous in case it affects his claim, or his safety should he ever be deported. He is a Kurdish Iraqi... 
by Mathilda Mallinson | Feb 15, 2018 | Cough up, Join a movement, Policy
When I tell my friends I’m going to Calais they say, ‘oh how nice! Take suncream!’ I think they think I’m going to Cannes. And then when they realise that ‘Calais’ means Calais, and I’m going to work with refugees, they ask why – last they heard, the Jungle was...