News 2025
13 February 2025
A Safe Haven for Some, Not for Others: The UK’s Treatment of Palestinian Refugees
Almost a quarter of a million refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine have entered the UK to access housing, education and support with broad public and political approval. Yet, when one Palestinian family is granted permission to enter, after enduring 16 months of suffering, the double standards and racism soon rise to the surface.
12 February 2025
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
The UK government’s decision to refuse British citizenship to refugees who arrived through so-called “dangerous journeys” is a disgraceful attack on some of the most vulnerable people in our society. This policy, quietly introduced through new Home Office guidance, will shut out tens of thousands of recognised refugees from ever fully belonging to the country they now call home.
4 February 2025
Positive Action in Housing takes part in Kiltwalk 2025
Positive Action in Housing is taking part in this year’s annual Kiltwalk. You could fundraise for us, directly assisting the refugee and asylum-seeking communities we support, and it couldn’t be any easier. Whether you’re in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, or Dundee, there’s a Kiltwalk event near you in 2025.
4 February 2025
Humiliating Climbdown for Police Scotland in Sheku Bayoh Inquiry Challenge
Police Scotland has been forced into a humiliating climbdown after abruptly dropping its legal challenge over the Sheku Bayoh inquiry—one day after it was first reported.
30 January 2025
Positive Action in Housing secures grant towards work with Roma community in Govanhill
A Welcome Start to 2025 with a much needed grant from SafeDeposits Scotland towards our work with people from new migrant communities in Govanhill to improve their access to housing, jobs, and vital advice, while strengthening our mediation and support services.
27 January 2025
Two thirds of homeless children in temporary accommodation in Glasgow are from refugee households
The revelation in The Herald on Sunday (26 January) that two-thirds of homeless children in temporary accommodation in Glasgow are from refugee households reflects the devastating reality we see daily at Positive Action in Housing.
26 January 2025
Never again: why we must always remember the Holocaust
On this day, January 27, in 1945, the Red Army arrived at Auschwitz. Its horrors shocked even those battle-hardened troops, many of them veterans of Stalingrad. Auschwitz was the darkest moment of the 20th century, perhaps of world history.
6 January 2025
Young mum returned to home she fled after ‘nightmare’ emergency housing
A young mum fled a filthy hotel room with her 12-month-old baby after fearing for their safety. The 21-year-old mum had sought emergency housing in Glasgow after threats were made at the home she was living in. But after being faced with a night at McLay’s Guest House in Glasgow’s east end, she opted to go back to the “bad situation” she had escaped in the first place. Conditions were first raised by Positive Action in Housing, which had been lobbying for long-term housing to be found for the women and involved the Children's Commissioner for Scotland who described the conditions as "gravely concerning".
3 January 2025
Amnesty and Human rights organisations demand for Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh to be released from Sede Teiman
To the sound of global silence and media complicity, Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, sheltering hundreds of patients, doctors, and displaced individuals, came under attack by Israeli forces despite repeated warnings from renowned paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safiya. After more than 80 days of siege, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the hospital, detaining Dr Abu Safiya.