Nicola Kelly
@NicolaKelly
Journalist. Used to work for the @ukhomeoffice - now report on it. 'Anywhere But Here', my book on the small boats crisis, out now.
My book, 'Anywhere But Here', is finished! It will take you inside the Home Office and behind the scenes of the small boats crisis for the first time. You can pre-order from Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza on.ft.com/46iUoK6
BREAKING: 1 in 5 children in Gaza City are malnourished, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reports. trib.al/xdtDPyH 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
And who turned up the thermostat?
There were 33k asylum seekers in hotels at the last count, far fewer than 56k peak in Sep23. Main difference now is the political temperature.
Three acclaimed voices on migration, @sallyhayd, @NicolaKelly & @HoratioClare, will come together at @Foyles Charing Cross to discuss their on-the-ground reporting and the failures of the asylum system. 6 August🎟️foyles.co.uk/events/on-migr… #AnywhereButHere #NonFiction #BookEvent
More than 50 women, including @CherieBlairKC, @Elif_Safak, @ZoeWanamaker, @CarolineLucas, @NicolaKelly and @kamilashamsie have warned against the risk of creating a “two-tier” system to tackle violence against women & girls if asylum seekers are left out. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
Proud to be in this list of women calling for female asylum seekers to be included in Labour's plan to tackle violence against women and girls. @4refugeewomen theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
The nightmarish labyrinth facing asylum seekers Mike Phipps reviews Anywhere But Here: How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All, by @NicolaKelly, published by Elliott & Thompson. @eandtbooks labourhub.org.uk/2025/07/21/the…
‘The great merit of Nicola Kelly’s book is its focus on the human beings caught up in this nightmarish labyrinth. It’s a welcome antidote to the dehumanising rhetoric of successive Governments which fuelled the far right riots last summer which continues to poison public debate.’
The nightmarish labyrinth facing asylum seekers Mike Phipps reviews Anywhere But Here: How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All, by @NicolaKelly, published by Elliott & Thompson. @eandtbooks labourhub.org.uk/2025/07/21/the…
Loved this on why authors deciding not to do in-person events or interviews or engage online should give us all hope. The work could and should be the thing that sells the book, not large social media followings. @rhiannonlucyc theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
🚨🗣️ 52 influential women unite to urge the Government: do not abandon asylum-seeking survivors. Violence does not stop at the border, and neither should our compassion and support for survivors. Read more: theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j… #WelcomeEveryWoman
✍️ @ZahraJoya, @NicolaKelly, @HelenaKennedyKC, Hannah Khalil, Asma Khan, @rkhooks, @rocknrolga, Athena Kugblenu, @TheOlaLabib, @parislees, @CarolineLucas, Esther Manito, Gina Martin, @5tevieM, @SholaMos1, @chooselove, Zodwa Nyoni
Lies, damn lies and mis-briefings. Thread on the shameful betrayal of Afghans by the UK govt, from refusal to resettle to a massive and dangerous data breach The first story by @maybulman and @NicolaKelly (in 2022) is here theguardian.com/world/2022/dec…
So Heappey (assuming he is telling the truth) *was* being mis-briefed when he repeatedly claimed the Afghan Triples weren't eligible for relocation back in 2023 Begs the question which 'very senior officials and military' were briefing him that they weren't, and crucially, why?
Protesters donning masks and throwing projectiles included pre-teens. The attacks against security staff are being treated as racially aggravated. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
🔴Message from the Ministry of Defence to the 33,000 Afghans whose lives have been put at risk due to their catastrophic data breach: "We understand, however, that this news may be concerning."
"They are going to die in that hell unless someone acts. And let me be clear: it is only the UK government’s responsibility to save them. This is their mistake. They owe us our lives." theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
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🔴We should be absolutely outraged by today's Afghan data leak revelations. We should be incensed. My reflections on another Afghanistan scandal, a source of national shame. open.substack.com/pub/notanother…
🔴We should be absolutely outraged by today's Afghan data leak revelations. We should be incensed. My reflections on another Afghanistan scandal, a source of national shame. open.substack.com/pub/notanother…