Advocacy Lead at Asylum Seekers Centre Sydney | Human rights & civil liberties enthusiast | Brit in Australia | Views here are my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mvjzxajdos2nWhile ABC is busy legitimising anti-migrant narratives, hosting programmes titled "Australia’s migration challenge”, they're turning a blind eye to all sorts of impropriety vis a vis Australia's offshore detention regime. Thankfully smaller outlets & independent journos are plugging the gap. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjzxajdos2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mvjejbz4e22n"legacy media has doubled down on the lazy framing of migration as a problem, to be solved only by taking an axe to the numbers." https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/14/immigration-debate-framing-abc-one-nation-labor/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter15 Sep 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjejbz4e22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mv2gs3fdxs2kThis feels like a rare statement but I'm proud to be a Brit today following the actions of the UK Government on the situation in the West Bank. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/uk-sanctions-israel-two-state-solution-middle-east-palestinians-andy-burnham09 Sep 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2gs3fdxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3muxop5hg222bWhat a terrible, censorial idea. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxop5hg222bhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mujbhgxhts2y"Even at 20,000, Australia resettles fewer refugees now than it did when Malcolm Fraser’s government was in power. In 1980-81, Australia accepted 22,545 refugees for resettlement. The population of this country then was less than 15 million." https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/28/immigration-cuts-australia-refugee-intake-cruel-populism?mc_cid=4eb381d2e6&mc_eid=ed8d11e48d02 Sep 2026 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujbhgxhts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mu25v7eqzc2s"Labor MPs angry and confused over government's planned cuts to refugees" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/federal-government-australian-refugee-intake-confusion-anger/107083476?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other27 Aug 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu25v7eqzc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mtxkmuyizs2aIt's worth saying that Australians on youth visas in the UK have never been forced to do any specific work & have no work limitations as Brits do here. The Australian gvt continue to see the WHV as a way to guarantee cheap labour rather than remove barriers to travel and strengthen cultural ties. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxkmuyizs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mtunf3qeds2x"ICE tactics, already sadistic, are looking increasingly like torture." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/24/ice-detainees-torture25 Aug 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtunf3qeds2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3msrudtnvfc2l"In the pursuit of ever stricter migration policies, the human rights protections that Europe was founded to uphold are increasingly treated as disposable." - Michael O’Flaherty, the commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/20/europe-risk-human-rights-black-hole-return-hubs-migrants?mc_cid=0675ec94d1&mc_eid=ed8d11e48d11 Aug 2026 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrudtnvfc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3msffhmoa7k26"Rather than create an underclass of visa holders and non-residents, our approach to the housing crisis should be grounded in humanity and based on need, not visa status." - Written by the @ascsyd.bsky.social's own Elijah Buol this Homelessness Week https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08/need-not-visa-status-should-determine-how-we-treat-the-homeless/06 Aug 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3msffhmoa7k26https://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mry76easqk2aSaudi Arabia are mass-executing migrants at a rapidly increasing rate. They will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80nkgdnl4no01 Aug 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mry76easqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/markjohnson.bsky.social/post/3mr274owagk2yBeware Australians - London is awash with this technology now, with all of the human rights ramifications including misidentifications, bias and an end to privacy on the high street. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/western-australia-police-real-time-facial-recognition-trial-privacy-ntwnfb20 Jul 2026 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:noukrtup3w2bpoxfpypdwtey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr274owagk2y