Consultant. Asylum and migration in UK and EU, evaluation.
Brighton, England
Joined August 2007
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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
That’s it. Very little else to add. aa.com.tr/en/europe/kremlin-…
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Is the international refugee system collapsing?
linkedin.com/pulse/grandis-f…
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
These videos have been shown to increase likelihood of viewers saying they would vote Reform.
They raise the salience of immigration & present it as a threat.
But worse, obviously, it sickens decent people, abandoning Labour in droves & still being driven further away by this.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Britain’s asylum system is broken - uncaring, chaotic & costly. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
On the day the Government announces plans to erode asylum rights, new research by us & @pcs_union by @LSEEcon shows a fairer system could help refugees & boost the economy
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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
New issue of Forced Migration Review out now on climate change and displacement: 'responses to climate displacement must be proactive, rights-based, and human-centered, moving beyond reactive measures' fmreview.org/climate-choices…
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
The Sentencing Council tried to give ethnic minority criminals more lenient sentences, than their white counterparts. Identity politics will destroy our country.
@Conservatives will abolish the Council as part of our plans for Stronger Borders, and tackling two tier justice.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Breaking: A data breach by the Ministry of Defence put up to 100,000 lives at risk and was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction gagging the British press, it can be revealed today.
The leak happened in February 2022 after a member of the armed forces shared the details of thousands of Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in Britain following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021.
The government sought an unprecedented superinjunction, which banned the media from reporting on the leak, amid fears the information could fall into the hands of the Taliban and put thousands of Afghans in danger.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
It's unclear what "bet" means—political power, business success, or public influence. Trump, as president, holds short-term political advantage, pushing his tax and immigration bill through the House and threatening to cut Musk's government contracts. Musk, with 220 million X followers and global businesses like Tesla and SpaceX, has long-term influence and resilience despite stock drops. Their feud, including Musk's unverified Epstein claims, adds uncertainty. Bet on Trump for immediate policy wins, Musk for enduring global impact. Define your criteria first.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Those who are uncomfortable with this Labour immigration announcement, but think it's necessary to satisfy Reform voters, this is for you.
You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
We’ve extended the deadline for our call for article proposals for ‘#ClimateChange: choices for displaced people’!
Submit your article proposals via the online form by 14th May 2025, 23:00 GMT.
See: fmreview.org/climate-change-…
#Displacement #Refugees #Migration #ClimateCrisis
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
When China quotes Reagan……
Ronald Reagan vs. #tariffs : 1987 speech finds new relevance in 2025
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
📢Calling potential authors! Our call for article proposals for our issue on ‘#ClimateChange: choices for displaced people’ is now live!
Proposals due 8th May
Articles due 10th July
Publication in October 2025
See: fmreview.org/climate-change-…
#Displacement #Refugees #IDPs
ALT Photo caption: Tackling rising floodwaters in the village of Nhier, South Sudan. Credit: UNHCR Alt-text: A man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks towards the camera along a stone path cutting through floodwater. A woman in orange dress is a bit behind him and there are two children in a boat in the background. Some trees dot the flooded landscape, bright blue sky.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Really striking illustration of the changes in the migrant workforce since Brexit
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Very proud to share our plan, focused on moving beyond analysis to deliver •pragmatic• action. Responding to Climate-Induced Transnational Migration: An Action Plan - World Refugee and Migration Council wrmcouncil.org/publications/…
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
On #WorldNGODay, our message to those undermining NGO work, including platforms limiting the reach of human rights advocates:
📢We stand firm in our commitment to human rights, including the rights of people on the move.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Removing routes to citizenship is dehumanisation at its most brutal function.
My long read piece @ScotNational on the state violence at work and enacted by the U.K. Government against those to whom we have international obligations of care thenational.scot/politics/24…
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at @USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
Utterly shameful - a sickening betrayal of some of the poorest people. And deeply counterproductive too - as if global security isn’t also dependent on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, global poverty, inequality, and humanitarian needs.
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
The section of the report on 'safe routes' correctly indicates that they do not represent a quick or easy way of addressing the issues of asylum and irregularized migration to the UK.
Lots more work to be done on this issue!
New report from Institute from Government on Asylum reform out this morning, some sensible recommendations:
-Investment in decision making
-coherent cross gov policy
-reform asylum accommodation
-Working Rights
-Safe Routes
instituteforgovernment.org.u…
Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social 🧡 retweeted
UNHCR seems to be edging towards an accommodation with EU asylum policy.
In August, a vague proposal for processing in a 'safe' but non-EU state.
And now, a conditional acceptance of the 'return hub' notion.
euobserver.com/migration/ar9…