News

22 August 2022

Concerns grow about impending homelessness amongst Ukrainian refugees living with UK hosts

UK hosts have urged the UK Government to consider proposals to double the £350 payment for hosting Ukrainians, amid growing fears that thousands of refugees could be left homeless. Here is Positive Action in Housing's view on the impending hosting crisis and how it should best be managed.

15 August 2022

Fatal Accident Inquiry Begins Into Death of Chinese Man Held In Dungavel

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of Chinese national Mr Xi Biau Huang, 54, inside Dungavel Detention Centre, begins today Monday 15th August, in Hamilton Sheriff Court.

15 July 2022

Update on the Ukraine Programme

Here are statistics as of July 12 2022 on the arrival of Ukrainians to the UK and Ireland and an update on progress of Positive Action in Housing’s Ukraine Programme.

20 June 2022

The Home Secretary’s Treatment of Refugees With No Safe Route is Racist - Not the ECHR

After the hugely embarrassing and costly failure of that Rwanda flight, Priti Patel now claims that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is “racist” for preventing the UK from sending refugees - including torture survivors - to Rwanda. It is the decision to dump war refugees from Africa and the Middle East in Rwanda - with a questionable human rights record - while providing safe routes to refugees from Ukraine - that is racist.

15 June 2022

The Rwanda Flight Was Cancelled - But the fight continues for safe routes and an end to this barbaric policy

Campaigners and lawyers across the UK are celebrating the cancellation of the inaugural Rwanda flight. 130 asylum seekers were to be effectively dumped in Rwanda with absolutely no support system of any kind, no family connection, no language connection, no cultural connection, no basic guarantee of human rights, no prospect of education, work, or a liveable life, in fact no reason to be there at all. By yesterday, seven were at risk, and in the end no one travelled.

13 June 2022

ALL PRIVILEGE - NO STYLE : Immoral Rwanda flight to go ahead

Protests are planned across the country on the eve of the government’s first refugee deportation flight to Rwanda, with only one airline - Spanish run Privilege Style, agreeing to take part.

10 June 2022

Obituary: Sally Beaumont 1935-2022

Sally Beaumont has died peacefully at home, aged 87, on June 9th 2022. Sally was one of our longest standing volunteers and was involved with our Room for Refugees programme since the start and helped to shape the pioneering programme that has to date sheltered and transformed the lives of more than 4,000 men , women and children from refugee backgrounds.

8 June 2022