News 2022
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23 December 2022
An update and appeal
As 2022 comes to a close, Robina Qureshi, shares her thoughts on the past year's work and what we will be up to next year.
25 November 2022
Appeal for Unoccupied Properties and Spare Rooms
The Room for Refugees Network is appealing for spare rooms and unoccupied properties across Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
31 October 2022
Open Letter to The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister and Minister for the Union
Dear Prime Minister, Overcrowding & Inhumane Conditions at RAF Base, Manston, Kent As representatives of civil society, refugee and migrant organisations, lawyers, providers, trade unions, teachers' unions, educational institutions and faith and belief communities across the United Kingdom, we, the undersigned, write to express our grave concerns about the…
31 October 2022
It’s not too late to apply for EU settled status in Scotland
BY June last year, around one quarter of a million European Union (EU) citizens had applied for settled status in Scotland under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).
24 September 2022
Ten pregnant women and new mothers housed in “dehumanising” Glasgow asylum accommodation
Ten pregnant women and mothers with newborns are being housed in a Glasgow guesthouse without adequate food or facilities.
22 August 2022
Concerns grow about impending homelessness amongst Ukrainian refugees living with UK hosts
UK hosts have urged the UK Government to consider proposals to double the £350 payment for hosting Ukrainians, amid growing fears that thousands of refugees could be left homeless. Here is Positive Action in Housing's view on the impending hosting crisis and how it should best be managed.
15 August 2022
Fatal Accident Inquiry Begins Into Death of Chinese Man Held In Dungavel
A fatal accident inquiry into the death of Chinese national Mr Xi Biau Huang, 54, inside Dungavel Detention Centre, begins today Monday 15th August, in Hamilton Sheriff Court.
15 July 2022
Update on the Ukraine Programme
Here are statistics as of July 12 2022 on the arrival of Ukrainians to the UK and Ireland and an update on progress of Positive Action in Housing’s Ukraine Programme.
20 June 2022
The Home Secretary’s Treatment of Refugees With No Safe Route is Racist - Not the ECHR
After the hugely embarrassing and costly failure of that Rwanda flight, Priti Patel now claims that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is “racist” for preventing the UK from sending refugees - including torture survivors - to Rwanda. It is the decision to dump war refugees from Africa and the Middle East in Rwanda - with a questionable human rights record - while providing safe routes to refugees from Ukraine - that is racist.
15 June 2022
The Rwanda Flight Was Cancelled - But the fight continues for safe routes and an end to this barbaric policy
Campaigners and lawyers across the UK are celebrating the cancellation of the inaugural Rwanda flight. 130 asylum seekers were to be effectively dumped in Rwanda with absolutely no support system of any kind, no family connection, no language connection, no cultural connection, no basic guarantee of human rights, no prospect of education, work, or a liveable life, in fact no reason to be there at all. By yesterday, seven were at risk, and in the end no one travelled.
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