Lucy Leon (@lucyleonlev) 's Twitter Profile
Lucy Leon

@lucyleonlev

Researcher, Global Exchange on Migration & Diversity @COMPAS_oxford | Formerly @CCoMstudy and @childsocpol | She/her | Views my own

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Melissa Weihmayer (@mweihmayer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to be part of this new special issue, on Forced Displacement and the City in Environment & Urbanization Highlights the urban dimensions of displacement but also the potential for cities to improve conditions for people seeking refuge:

Connecting Research (@unirdg_research) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A flagship report by Ruth Evans & Rosa Mas Giralt examines the difficulties #TransnationalFamilies face in meeting care needs and calls on policymakers to provide more inclusive frameworks. Learn about key findings at 11:00 tomorrow RISC 🔗rdg.ac/3AsT0Hm

A flagship report by <a href="/DrRuth_Evans/">Ruth Evans</a> &amp; <a href="/RosaMasGiralt/">Rosa Mas Giralt</a> examines the difficulties #TransnationalFamilies face in meeting care needs and calls on policymakers to provide more inclusive frameworks. Learn about key findings at 11:00 tomorrow <a href="/RISC_Reading/">RISC</a>
🔗rdg.ac/3AsT0Hm
I-SPHERE @ HWU (@isphere_hwu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us at this HNS webinar on Mon 25th Nov to learn about I-SPHERE's recent Destitution by Design research and the difference Fair Way Scotland is making for people with no recourse to public funds. homelessnetwork.scot/event/destitut…

Vicky Taylor (@vemtaylor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

*New Data* In the first 6 months of 2024, 64 people were charged off 'small boats' with the offence of 'illegal arrival' They were sent to prison for seeking safety in the UK This practice is cruel & breaches international law Captain Support UK freeibrahimabah Humans for Rights Network 🧡

Trust for London (@trustforlondon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NRPF is pushing migrants into poverty & failing in its own policy objectives, new analysis shows. 208,000 households covered by an NRPF condition are at risk of needing support to avoid destitution & 64,000 households are in poverty. The impacts are especially stark in London..

NRPF is pushing migrants into poverty &amp; failing in its own policy objectives, new analysis shows.

208,000 households covered by an NRPF condition are at risk of needing support to avoid destitution &amp; 64,000 households are in poverty.

The impacts are especially stark in London..
Trust for London (@trustforlondon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The report argues that NRPF is failing to meet its policy objectives and should be reformed, putting forward a package of recommendations to support the most vulnerable while retaining the principle of NRPF. Find out more and read the full report: bit.ly/3YHC4ox

COMPAS (@compas_oxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New blog post! #COMPASblogs Think that sport is about nationalism? You’re probably not an athlete! Hear from Domiziana Turcatti about her passion for powerlifting, her experience representing England at the 2024 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship in South Africa, and why

New blog post! #COMPASblogs

Think that sport is about nationalism? You’re probably not an athlete! Hear from <a href="/d_turcatti/">Domiziana Turcatti</a> about her passion for powerlifting, her experience representing England at the 2024 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship in South Africa, and why
COMPAS (@compas_oxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Featuring work on #migration and #integration by COMPAS researchers Lucy Leon Denis Kierans and Jacqui Broadhead👏👏 Read the report: acss.org.uk/publications/b… #beyondtheballot #socialscience (COMPAS research from page 55 onwards)

CJ McKinney (@mckinneytweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Migrant care workers claim rampant breaches of their employment rights which the tied visa system discourages them from reporting, Work Rights Centre research says. workrightscentre.org/news/the-forgo…

Migrant care workers claim rampant breaches of their employment rights which the tied visa system discourages them from reporting, <a href="/WORCrights/">Work Rights Centre</a> research says. workrightscentre.org/news/the-forgo…
Carlos Vargas-Silva (@cvar_sil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us on Friday at 5:30pm for the launch of the second edition of the Handbook of Research Methods in Migration at Oxford. With co-editor @williamlallen & other chapter authors. COMPAS compas.ox.ac.uk/event/launch-h…

Myriam Cherti (@myriamcherti) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please join Tiziana Caponio to discuss policies to support integration in European towns and villages - in our latest C-MISE @COMPAS webinar next Tues 3rd Dec at 2pm (GMT). Please Register in advance 👇

Please join <a href="/CaponioTiziana/">Tiziana Caponio</a> to discuss policies to support integration in European towns and villages - in our latest C-MISE @COMPAS webinar next Tues 3rd Dec at 2pm (GMT). Please Register in advance 👇
Irina B. Kuznetsova (@irinakuzn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In December there will be 1,000 days since the Homes for Ukraine was launched, which has enabled over 150,000 Ukrainians to find shelter in the UK. Our research on Ukrainian youth demonstrates that they still find themselves in the limbo. birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/r…

Refugee Education UK (@refugeeeduk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This Black Friday, why not take a moment to give back! ❤️ 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 to raise £30,000 to support our mentoring programme which provides young refugees with 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 🔗 reuk.org/christmas

This Black Friday, why not take a moment to give back!

❤️ 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 to raise £30,000 to support our mentoring programme which provides young refugees with 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁.

🔗 reuk.org/christmas
Citizens UK (@citizensuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We cannot end child poverty without fixing the UK's pathway to #citizenship. Thank you Uma Kumaran MP for raising this in Parliament and highlighting the crucial need to include children in migrant households in the child poverty strategy. 🙏

Lucy Leon (@lucyleonlev) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Important new paper published by Ilona Pinter 🧡 CASE on how children seeking asylum with their families in the UK face significant challenges and marginalisation, yet are rarely acknowledged in public & policy discourses and in publicly available data. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PUBL…

Important new paper published by <a href="/ilonapin/">Ilona Pinter 🧡</a> <a href="/CASE_LSE/">CASE</a>  on how children seeking asylum with their families in the UK face significant challenges and marginalisation, yet are rarely acknowledged in public &amp; policy discourses and in publicly available data. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PUBL…
Child Poverty Action Group (@cpaguk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No child should grow up in poverty due to their identity or birthplace. Families with no recourse to public funds feel abandoned, children from minoritised backgrounds face higher poverty rates. Let’s support all families to thrive. Changing Realities changingrealities.org/priorities

No child should grow up in poverty due to their identity or birthplace. Families with no recourse to public funds feel abandoned, children from minoritised backgrounds face higher poverty rates. Let’s support all families to thrive. <a href="/changing_r/">Changing Realities</a> 
changingrealities.org/priorities
@migrationpolicyscotland (@migrationpolic1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Migrant in Scotland? Join our groundbreaking migrant lived experience panel. A groundbreaking approach to integrating lived experience into policy influencing. Get paid to help us make migration better! Deadline: 15th January 2025 migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/paid-e…

MigrationObservatory (@migobs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ICYMI: our report on migrants' experience of the EU settlement scheme shows many are uncertain how long they're allowed to be absent from UK Could mean people accidentally losing status (e.g. ability to upgrade from pre-settled to settled) if they're away too long

ICYMI: our report on migrants' experience of the EU settlement scheme shows many are uncertain how long they're allowed to be absent from UK
Could mean people accidentally losing status (e.g. ability to upgrade from pre-settled to settled) if they're away too long
COMPAS (@compas_oxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌟NEW EPISODE RELEASE!! Over 2.6 million people are locked out of the #welfare state in the UK and now subject to ‘no recourse to public funds’ (#NRPF), an immigration policy restricting access to social security. How can local #government respond? How can we improve the safety