News - Positive Action in Housing

8 October 2020

Home Office to be investigated over death of Mercy

Robina Qureshi, said: “It would seem Mears Group did not take any steps to raise the alarm when Mercy was not answering the door at the pre-arranged time for rehousing. “Mears Group also did not provide an address which resulted in Eric not having basic contact information for…

5 October 2020

Response to Priti Patel’s comments on “broken” asylum system

Robina Qureshi, Director of the non profit refugee and migrant homelessness charity Positive Action in Housing, said: “The Home Secretary cannot go against the UN Refugee Convention and illegally arrest people who are exercising their basic human rights to seek sanctuary here. It is not illegal for people to…

3 October 2020

Open letter from Glasgow asylum seekers calls for Covid 19 testing

Asylum seekers locked down with other confirmed cases of Covid 19 at Mclays Guest House in Glasgow have written an open letter (see below) to the Home Secretary pleading to be tested immediately and then relocated out of the hotel into private unshared accommodation if their tests prove negative. Positive Action…

30 September 2020

Out of sight, out of mind

The Financial Times and others have reported that the Home Secretary asked officials to look into the idea of offshore asylum processing on Ascension Island, an isolated volcanic British territory, and on St Helena, 800 miles away, before ruling it out. However, Downing Street has reportedly refused to rule out using…

21 September 2020

Letter to First Minister

We have today written to the First Minister of Scotland to ask for help in arranging a visit to Glasgow from Adnan Walid Elbi’s mother who resides in Syria. Adnan’s mother wishes to say prayers at her sons graveside and finds it hard to comprehend that…

21 September 2020

Letter to Home Secretary

Letter to Home Secretary on behalf of Eric Nnanna, father of Adriel, the baby son of Mercy Baguma raising concerns about the operation of the Mears Group contract in Glasgow, in particular serious duty of care and procedural failings in the days leading up to Mercy Baguma’s death…

14 September 2020

Another Statement

(See also statement posted on 26 Aug.) Positive Action in Housing is indebted to the people of Glasgow, Scotland and across the world who raised £75K for the future education and welfare of Mercy’s baby son Adriel. Funds totalling £8,190 from this appeal were used to pay for…

9 September 2020

Prime Minister to Intervene in the case of Mercy Baguma

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to intervene in the case of Mercy Baguma, who was found dead in the hallway of her flat in Glasgow two weeks ago while her 14 month old son lay weakened in his cot as a result of having not eaten for several days. …

30 August 2020

Death of Mercy Baguma ‘inevitable consequence of immigration policies’

‘There will be more tragedies’: Death of mother with baby is ‘inevitable consequence’ of immigration policies, warn campaigners May Bulman Reprinted from the Independent More migrants without access to public funds are at risk of dying unless immigration policies change, charities have warned following the …

27 August 2020

First Minister Backs demand for a Public Inquiry after Mercy Baguma’s death

Donate to our Mothers & Babies Fund Call for a public inquiry Nicola Sturgeon said she is “consumed with sadness” and anger at the death of Mercy Baguma, who was found dead next to her starving baby in a Glasgow flat. The Ugandan woman’s body was…