Today is World Mental Health Day, and the theme this year is Mental Health At Work. So it's a good time to share this study (N = 46,336), which suggests that individual-level MH interventions at work are not effective at improving wellbeing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Twenty-five black, Asian and minority ethnic MPs have written to the home secretary telling her that the framing of Britain’s immigration legislation “cannot be uncoupled from racism and the exclusion of people of colour”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

UK immigration laws ‘cannot be uncoupled from racism’, say minority ethnic MPs

Twenty-five MPs tell home secretary ‘urgent reflection’ is needed after report on origins of Windrush scandal

We are talking dozens of people here. It would be easy to bring them to the UK and assess asylum claims fairly. Instead, this.

Chagos Islands: UK offers Romania move to stranded migrants

Migrants could enter the UK after six months, others are being offered voluntary returns to Sri Lanka.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is preparing a new clampdown on NGOs involved in migrant rescues at sea, with fines of up to €10,000 for breaching the rules.

Italy prepares new crackdown on migrant rescue efforts

New legislation targets planes working with NGO vessels.

I wrote about how Trump's immigration vision conquered Washington. newrepublic.com/post/186172/...

Trump Won on Immigration

The former president may not get to implement his draconian deportation plan, but he’s successfully dragged Democrats and public opinion in a less humane direction.

Well, there it is. As I have long argue and as my colleague @dceiver.bsky.social recently wrote, Trump’s (and Stephen Miller’s) most lasting and absolute victory is on immigration, where they’ve not only won but won conclusively by no contest

Harris to propose toughening Biden’s asylum clampdown during border visit

Her visit to Arizona will be Harris’ first trip to the southern border as the Democratic nominee,

Some realistic reflections from Labour conference in relation to migrant rights. 1. Reform of the immigration system is being glossed over and conversations about refugee rights are still dominant. Not seeing human rights/equality based arguments despite a focus on rule of law.

To protect global privacy, freedom of expression, and human rights more broadly, the #UNCybercrimeTreaty must be firmly rejected. The United States must vote against the treaty at the UN General Assembly.

The UN Cybercrime Convention: Analyzing the Risks to Human Rights and Global Privacy

A detailed analysis of the human rights and digital privacy implications of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime.

"threat" is important here, because they don't even have to do it to everyone; they just have to do it to enough people to frighten everyone else into accepting second-class citizenship: "don't make trouble or..." "don't ask for higher wages or..." "don't unionize or..." "don't protest or..."

From yesterday: Concerns raised about Home Office use of country information in new report on LGBTQI+ people in Georgia | Sonia Lenegan https://freemovement.org.uk/concerns-raised-about-home-office-use-of-country-information-in-new-report-on-lgbtqi-people-in-georgia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&u…

Concerns raised about Home Office use of country information in new report on LGBTQI+ people in Georgia - Free Movement

A new commentary by Asylos, in partnership with Rainbow Migration, has considered the Home Office's country policy and information note on sexual orientation