News September 2025
11 September 2025
Headlines that Blame Refugees Fuel the Far Right.
The Daily Record headline “Glasgow facing job losses and cuts to services over refugee homelessness crisis” frames refugees as the cause of job losses and cuts to services.
10 September 2025
Stop Blaming Refugees – The Real Crisis is Political Failure
We need to say it again. Refugees are not to blame for Glasgow’s housing emergency. The real crisis is racism, and political failure in the shape of decades of short-termism.
5 September 2025
Statement on Home Office decision to cut refugee support period to 28 days
The government has reversed its decision to extend the move-on period for newly recognised refugees. They’ll now have just 28 days to secure housing, work & support before eviction - putting many at risk of homelessness this winter. Costs will shift to councils like Glasgow, already in crisis. Refugees will be scapegoated for this gross political failure. Real solutions require building homes for everyone, including refugees.
4 September 2025
Refugee families abandoned as UK shuts down last safe route out of genocide
Today, Positive Action in Housing will try to submit last-minute family reunion applications by 3 pm for up to 75 Palestinian families trying to reunite with their loved ones in Gaza.