News 2020
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20 April 2020
Mears moves over 300 Glasgow asylum seekers into hotels where social distancing is ‘impossible’
Positive Action in Housing said it is aware of asylum seekers being accommodated in hotels and having all their financial support withdrawn, leaving them unable to top up their phones to keep contact with lawyers, caseworkers and GPs, or buy extra food or hand sanitiser. More worrying still, many…
20 March 2020
Letter to the Home Secretary calling for Suspension of Travel for Asylum Seekers Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
We are a coalition of Scotland and UK based refugee charities and groups working directly with people from refugee and asylum seeking communities. In light of the Coronavirus outbreak, we are dismayed to learn that asylum seekers are still being forced to go to Liverpool to hand in documents despite…
17 March 2020
Coronavirus – Home Office forcing asylum seekers to travel from Glasgow to Liverpool amid Coronavirus outbreak
Asylum seekers are still being required to go to Liverpool to hand in documents despite official guidelines advising people to avoid travel during the coronavirus outbreak. Currently, anyone seeking asylum in the UK is required to lodge their submissions at the Liverpool Home Office – a process that can…
13 March 2020
Coronavirus Response Plan – Positive Action in Housing
As of Monday 16 March 2020 until further notice, all face to face appointments, drop-in and outreach surgeries are cancelled. Please do not attend our office . All services will be provided remotely. See website for contact details of project teams so that services can be continued with minimal disruption to…
2 March 2020
Anger after Edinburgh Council Officials recommend massive cuts to BME Services for children and families
A broad Coalition of Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) charities and anti-racist organisations providing services for and/or supporting BME Communities in Edinburgh have condemned plans by City of Edinburgh Council officials to recommend massive cuts to BME Services. The BME charities are deeply concerned about the news that services…
30 January 2020
Shame on the racist thugs who attack our immigrant shopkeepers
rotest against racist attacks against Pakistani Muslim brothers Nadeem and Mudassar Akbar in Niddrie, Edinburgh today 4.30 pm Cragmillar Library – please attend. https://www.facebook.com/events/570448223539709/ Positive Action in Housing condemns the vicious racist attack on two defenceless Pakistani Muslim brothers trying to provide a livelihood for their families. …
7 January 2020
PFS wins contract with UK home office
Byline: Ciara O’Brien Prepaid Financial Services has won a significant contract with the UK’s home office to facilitate payments to asylum seekers and service users. The Meath-based company said it had been successful in tendering for the payment services under the support…
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