News
Page 23 of 29
25 August 2020
The Death of Mercy Baguma
Mercy Baguma, 34, was found dead in her flat in the Govan area of Glasgow by Police Scotland on Saturday 22 August 2020. It is understood that her child lay distressed in his cot for several days while his mother lay dead. The father tried to make contact with Mercy but when she did not answer her mobile or the door to the accommodation he assumed they had been moved to a new flat by the Home Office.
23 August 2020
Glasgow MPs Walk Out from Home Office asylum housing talks
GLASGOW’S 7 MPs – Chris Stephens, Alison Thewliss, Carol Monaghan, Anne McLaughlin, Stewart McDonald, Patrick Grady and David Linden – have condemned the Home Office for its proposed “evaluation” into the impact of Covid-19 on asylum-seekers, with the group walking out of a meeting with government officials,…
13 August 2020
Do unto others
“Not a single recipient of this letter would accept to be moved in such a way, on human rights grounds and on grounds of public health and safety, yet you see fit to let this be done to someone’s son, brother husband or father who is seeking…
7 August 2020
Mears. Fears. Tears.
Call to Action Donate via CAF or PayPal For other ways to give, go here Writing this in the aftermath of Park Inn and Adnan Walid Elbi reminds me of Ed Daffarn‘s blog about Grenfell. What’s happening in Glasgow has to be documented. Many people have…
23 July 2020
Living in fear of Mears
An update on hotel living for Glasgow’s refugees and asylum seekers Firstly, thank you so much for helping to challenge living conditions at Tartan Lodge at the hands of the Mears Group – an outsourcing company with a £10B contract from the Home Office to house asylum…
7 July 2020
Glasgow’s hotel asylum seekers
Last Thursday, our staff and volunteers were working on the ground, organising food, PPE and mobile phones for the asylum seekers who were moved after the Park Inn Tragedy on June 26 to the Hallmark Hotel in Glasgow. This happened barely six weeks following the death of a suicidal Syrian refugee,…
30 June 2020
GLASGOW’S VULNERABLE ASYLUM SEEKERS – HOW YOU CAN HELP
SUPPORT THESE KEY DEMANDS Then add your name in support by clicking here 1. We call on the Mears Group to arrange for the immediate return of 370 people to residential homes. We know that the serviced accommodation providers still have many available homes that Mears uprooted people from. 2. We call on…
30 June 2020
Deadly Accommodation Crisis for Glasgow’s Hotel Asylum Seekers
Support the demand for a public inquiry In September 2019, the Home Office awarded Mears Group a 10 year asylum contract worth £1B to provide housing for vulnerable asylum seekers in Scotland and England. In March/April 2020 the Mears Group breached the Scottish Government’s Lockdown and forcibly moved 370 vulnerable…
27 June 2020
Park Inn Tragedy
Yesterday’s tragic incident in Glasgow – where one man was killed and six people including a police officer were injured -made headlines news around the world. It happened just yards away, on the very street where our office is based. The Park Inn tragedy underlines our concerns about…
14 June 2020
Adnan’s Journey
Adnan Walid Elbi, a Syrian asylum seeker, died in Room 50 of the Mclays Guest House in Glasgow earlier this year. The Mears Group, a Home Office sub contracted asylum landlord, forcibly moved him there during the Global Pandemic and Lockdown. Adnan’s family were left devastated by his death. …
Page 23 of 29