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29 January 2022
Aminah’s baby appeal
Our readers may remember Aminah whom we wrote about a few weeks ago, she and her husband were placed in a hotel in Glasgow for 15 months. Well here’s an update …
27 January 2022
Interlinked smoke alarms legally required in every Scots home from February 1
Interlinked smoke alarms are legally required in every Scots home from February 1. (STV news)
15 January 2022
Pregnant asylum seeker to seek legal damages for unnecessary suffering and humiliation inflicted by the Home Office
A pregnant asylum seeker and her husband, who have been living in a guest house for more than a year without any money, are considering legal action for damages for the suffering caused by Home Office delays.
14 January 2022
Home Office landlord Mears leaves asylum seekers without electricity or hot water for days
Tonight, 21 year old Ahmed* contacted our emergency line in desperation, to say he has been out of electricity and hot water for several days after Mears Group failed to top up his electricity meter.
13 January 2022
Young asylum seekers unable to access free bus scheme
SCOTLAND’s free bus travel scheme for young people has come under criticism after asylum seekers found it impossible to access because of the proof requested.
12 December 2021
‘First They Came’: The Poem of Protest
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
9 December 2021
Asylum seekers forced to Self Isolate in Falkirk Hotel
The Home Office accommodation contractor Mears has forced 54 asylum seekers, from countries including Syria, Iran, Iraq and Yemen, to self isolate after one man tested positive for Covid 19. According to the residents, all asylum seekers (including those who are fully vaccinated with no symptoms) have been forced…
7 December 2021
Oppose the Racist Anti Refugee Bill
Three Chief Executives from refugee and immigrant backgrounds, L to R, Robina Qureshi and Jelina Berlow-Rahman have come together to lead the charge in opposing Home Secretary Priti Patel’s Racist AntiRefugee Bill. Join them.
3 December 2021
26th Impact Report 2020/21
Positive in Housing’s 26th Annual Impact Report was launched today.
3 December 2021
Open Letter to Boris Johnson – Channel Crossing Deaths
December 2021 The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister and Minister for the Union Cc: The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office Department Dear Prime Minister, Channel Crossings Deaths We are writing as representatives of civil society, refugee and homelessness organisations, lawyers, social housing…
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