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Policy Correspondent at @Independent; I also do videos of nice cycle routes in London (link below) jon.stone@independent.co.uk

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    Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 18 Jan 2019

    Jon Stone Retweeted Otto English

    Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1086177515763318784 …

    Jon Stone added,

    Otto EnglishVerified account @Otto_English
    83 and 73-year-old great-grandparents to get booted out of Britain after 40 plus years and sent back to Iran because their papers aren't in order. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/18/home-office-refuses-to-let-great-grandparents-remain-in-uk …
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      2. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 19 Jan 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Colin Yeo

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/ColinYeo1/status/1086301589525143552 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Colin YeoVerified account @ColinYeo1
        New post: Home Office put eight-month-old baby with British citizenship in immigration detention centre http://bit.ly/2MjqWJ0 
        5 replies 188 retweets 376 likes
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      3. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 20 Jan 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/independent/status/1086594577853804546?s=21 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Home Office ordered to pay £90k to homeless Polish couple illegally detained for five months over rough sleeping https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-polish-couple-unlawful-detention-rough-sleeping-damages-operation-gopik-a8735966.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1547899309 …
        1 reply 76 retweets 249 likes
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      4. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 20 Jan 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/independent/status/1086653356288999424?s=21 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Two trains, three trams, 5,000 steps: How a mother and baby have to travel five hours to sign on with the Home Office https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asylum-seeker-mother-baby-fivehour-journey-home-officer-reporting-immigration-faloshade-olayiwole-a8722741.html …
        1 reply 75 retweets 220 likes
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      5. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 20 Jan 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted May Bulman

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/maybulman/status/1040586112383836160?s=21 …

        Jon Stone added,

        May BulmanVerified account @maybulman
        Excl: An Afghan man who sought refuge from the Taliban in the UK has been shot dead after being deported by the Home Office Zainadin Fazlie, 47, had lived in this country since 2000 and had a wife and four British children aged 16, 13, six and three https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/zainadin-fazlie-deport-home-office-taliban-afghanistan-shot-dead-refugee-a8536736.html …
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        1 reply 114 retweets 261 likes
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      6. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 23 Jan 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Diane Abbott MP

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/HackneyAbbott/status/1087619625053900801 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Diane Abbott MPVerified account @HackneyAbbott
        "At least 300 highly skilled workers – including teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers and IT professionals – have been wrongly told to leave Britain" #HostileEnvironment https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-deport-migrants-skilled-court-a8739451.html …
        3 replies 80 retweets 217 likes
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      7. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 23 Jan 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Benny Hunter

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/BennnyH/status/1087821196605956096 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Benny Hunter @BennnyH
        Just helping a young refugee fill in the Home Office application for travel documents. This is the third question to mention terrorism. pic.twitter.com/wmTflrr8Jd
        6 replies 62 retweets 193 likes
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      8. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 2 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Ned Richardson-Little

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/HistoryNed/status/1091650109417369600 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Ned Richardson-Little @HistoryNed
        The Home Office is using minor, and corrected, tax errors to try to force people to leave the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/02/home-office-wrecked-my-life-with-misuse-of-immigration-law?CMP=share_btn_tw …
        3 replies 91 retweets 231 likes
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      9. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 6 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Aleesha Khaliq

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/a_leesha1/status/1092898370711154688 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Aleesha Khaliq @a_leesha1
        Tomorrow, the government is going to forcibly deport 50 people to Jamaica, including a man who served in the British Army and is going to leave behind five children. This government is barbaric and criminal. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/04/deportation-flights-jamaica-government-windrush-scandal?CMP=share_btn_tw …
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        4 replies 63 retweets 184 likes
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      10. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 8 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1093584123678085125 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Home Office admits just one person helped by Windrush hardship scheme https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/windrush-home-office-hardship-scheme-sajid-javid-yvette-cooper-a8768511.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549565505 …
        2 replies 103 retweets 242 likes
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      11. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 8 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1093791704384237568 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Home secretary urged to apologise for falsely claiming Jamaica deportees were all guilty of ‘very serious crimes’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sajid-javid-jamaica-deportation-crimes-home-office-hostile-environment-immigration-a8767986.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549614683 …
        5 replies 81 retweets 232 likes
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      12. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 10 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Freddie Whittaker

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/FCDWhittaker/status/1093163615178379264 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Freddie WhittakerVerified account @FCDWhittaker
        New report finds the Home Office prioritised checks on pupils’ immigration status over helping schools to identify migrant children in need of free school meals https://schoolsweek.co.uk/home-office-delayed-free-school-meals-eligibility-checks/ …
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        1 reply 58 retweets 144 likes
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      13. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 10 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted liane gomersall

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/ligomersall/status/1094289882724343814 …

        Jon Stone added,

        liane gomersall @ligomersall
        Grandmother Susita Balasubranamiamm, 63, is ordered to leave the UK, leaving behind her entire family because the Home Office says her husband, who was given refugee status in 1994 and who recently retired, no longer earns enough https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-grandmother-uk-deport-spouse-visa-sri-lanka-susita-balasubranamiamm-a8770646.html …
        1 reply 57 retweets 138 likes
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      14. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 12 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted libcom.org

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/libcomorg/status/1095412168156237824?s=21 …

        Jon Stone added,

        libcom.org @libcomorg
        UK is stepping up deportations to Zimbabwe in co-operation with Zimbabwean government in the middle of mass protests and repression. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/12/home-office-criticised-for-accelerating-removals-to-zimbabwe …
        3 replies 38 retweets 105 likes
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      15. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 13 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted May Bulman

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/maybulman/status/1095732443309588481 …

        Jon Stone added,

        May BulmanVerified account @maybulman
        Home Office employing temporary workers on low pay to make 'life or death' decisions on trafficking cases https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/modern-slavery-human-trafficking-home-office-job-description-nrm-decision-maker-a8777331.html …
        3 replies 39 retweets 100 likes
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      16. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 14 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1095799432124219393 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Home Office admits it unlawfully detained trafficking victim for six months https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-human-trafficking-victim-detain-uk-a8777931.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1550093917 …
        1 reply 34 retweets 90 likes
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      17. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 14 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted

        Abolish the Home Office https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/302095617092632576 …

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        2 replies 26 retweets 91 likes
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      18. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 23 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted

        Abolish the Home Office https://twitter.com/ChrisPJGodfrey/status/1098995629412487168 …

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      19. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 23 Feb 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1098272485240434689 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Barber refused passport to visit dying mother by Home Office because of hair clippings fine https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-passport-barber-turkey-mother-hair-clippings-scotland-edinburgh-a8788636.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1550683105 …
        2 replies 59 retweets 150 likes
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      20. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 19 Mar 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Bex

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/bexin2d/status/1108010834691674112 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Bex @bexin2d
        So today terrifying dystopian hell news: debit cards are being used to monitor asylum seekers' movements and are revoked if they leave their “authorised city”. What. The. Actual. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/home-office-uses-debit-cards-to-spy-on-asylum-seekers-3xtxsklcx?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1553001190 …
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        5 replies 51 retweets 118 likes
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      21. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 20 Mar 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1108442296876449793 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Home Office refuses Christian convert asylum by quoting Bible passages that 'prove Christianity not peaceful' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-christian-convert-asylum-refused-bible-not-peaceful-a8832026.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1553106756 …
        2 replies 31 retweets 97 likes
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      22. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 27 Mar 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted May Bulman

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/maybulman/status/1110830687895121920 …

        Jon Stone added,

        May BulmanVerified account @maybulman
        Excl: More than half of deportations from the UK are called off, raising concerns thousands of people are being unfairly targeted for forcible removal Not only a huge waste of public money but v distressing for those affected – sign of a failing system https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/immigration-removal-uk-home-office-deportation-detention-latest-a8828596.html … pic.twitter.com/1HJoFAorXY
        2 replies 55 retweets 113 likes
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      23. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 30 Mar 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted BuzzFeed UK

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/BuzzFeedUK/status/1111924114334384128 …

        Jon Stone added,

        BuzzFeed UKVerified account @BuzzFeedUK
        This vulnerable British man went missing after the Home Office said his wife of 17 years can't stay in the country https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilydugan/a-british-man-has-been-missing-since-the-home-office-told?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bfsharetwitter …
        1 reply 54 retweets 115 likes
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      24. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 30 Mar 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1108783200795541504 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Man blocked from coming to UK to meet baby twins after Home Office claims relationship with partner is not genuine https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-immigration-policy-man-twins-ghana-togo-visa-a8833441.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1553188432 …
        3 replies 98 retweets 240 likes
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      25. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 11 Apr 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted

        Abolish the Home Office https://twitter.com/tpgcolson/status/1116267522540670976 …

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        2 replies 52 retweets 106 likes
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      26. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 14 Apr 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Gabriel Pogrund

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Gabriel_Pogrund/status/1117345209799540738 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Gabriel PogrundVerified account @Gabriel_Pogrund
        SCOOP: A family faces deportation after the Home Office raided their 16-year-old daughter's medical records - and used a comment she made to a psychiatric nurse two days after trying to commit suicide - to claim they're lying about their asylum case https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/home-office-used-suicidal-girls-medical-records-to-reject-familys-asylum-claim-jqk5xrzhh …
        3 replies 147 retweets 287 likes
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      27. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 14 Apr 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1116777708141404160 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Dozens of immigration applicants forced to wait in cold for hours after Home Office subcontractor systems fail https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-immigration-croydon-queue-sopra-steria-a8867706.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1555091889 …
        2 replies 49 retweets 126 likes
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      28. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 14 Apr 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted The Independent

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/Independent/status/1116782914187014144 …

        Jon Stone added,

        The IndependentVerified account @Independent
        Hundreds of children seeking refuge in UK deported to ‘unsafe’ countries at age 18 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asylum-seekers-children-uk-iraq-afghanistan-somalia-home-office-a8853866.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1555096769 …
        1 reply 44 retweets 96 likes
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      29. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 14 Apr 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Shoaib M Khan

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/ShoaibMKhan/status/1103750196209598464 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Shoaib M KhanVerified account @ShoaibMKhan
        Almost 50 civil servants who were discriminated against due to their race or age by the Home Office have together secured more than £1m in compensation following a tribunal hearing. @gardencourtlaw acting. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/06/home-office-settles-for-1m-compensation-in-discrimination-tribunal …
        3 replies 42 retweets 102 likes
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      30. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 15 Apr 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted maria exall

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/MariaExall/status/1117687393019224064 …

        Jon Stone added,

        maria exall @MariaExall
        15 LGBT refugees say UK Home Office has ‘abandoned’ them to danger in Turkey https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/15-syria-lgbt-refugees-say-uk-home-office-has-abandoned-them-to-danger-in-turkey?CMP=share_btn_tw …
        3 replies 20 retweets 50 likes
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      31. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 16 Apr 2019

        Jon Stone Retweeted Simon Hattenstone

        Abolish the Home Officehttps://twitter.com/shattenstone/status/1117883537330302976 …

        Jon Stone added,

        Simon HattenstoneVerified account @shattenstone
        Not had enough of the hostile environment? Meet the couple accused of a sham marriage after 10 years together. Why? Cos the Home office screwed up on visa advice. Their crime? Wanting to live together in the UK. Shame on this country. By @Dianewriter https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/15/minister-apologises-to-couple-wrongly-accused-of-sham-marriage …
        1 reply 24 retweets 51 likes
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