News 2017
20 September 2017
Dungavel apparently set to close
Dungavel, the immigration detention centre near Strathaven, is set to close after operating since 2001. The Home Office says it will be replaced by a short term holding unit near Glasgow Airport, with ministers claiming people will be held for less than a week and that removals will happen with less delay.
19 September 2017
Press Statement regarding Chinese man who died at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre
In response to the news that a Chinese man was found dead yesterday in Dungavel, Robina Qureshi, Director of refugee and migrant homelessness charity, Positive Action in Housing, said: “The fact that we know nothing more than that a Chinese man died is typical media crisis management on the…
19 September 2017
Scotland’s child … Mohammad Sudais
THE call that would change the lives of Mohammad Asif and his family came at 6am on Monday, December 16, 2013. “A relative in Afghanistan phoned to tell me there had been an explosion at my brother’s house in Peshawar, Pakistan,” he explains. “I kept calling the…
25 May 2017
Positive Action in Housing Welcomes Destitution Report
Positive Action in Housing has welcomed Holyrood’s Equality and Human Rights Committee’s report on destitution. The Committee’s report recognises the huge challenges facing people seeking safety here, and states that “destitution is built into the asylum process”. The Scottish Parliament Committee…
28 January 2017
SCOTTISH HOMES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM SEEKING REFUGEE YOUNG PEOPLE DISPERSED FROM KENT. IF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES WANT TO.
230 households have stepped forward from our Room for Refugees Scotland Register, offering to take in unaccompanied child refugees. 14 potential host families will be attending Glasgow City Councils drop ins next week in the City Chambers. There are 32 households in Edinburgh and many in other local authority areas too. For more…