April 9, 2018

The dire realities of homeless migrant families in the UK

Violet Dickenson and John Grayson, who have worked with the South Yorkshire Migration & Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG), wrote two articles – here and here – for the Open Democracy website providing details about the lives of homeless refugee families forced to live in unsafe hostels. The families are placed in hostels because they have “no […]

New rules preventing young asylum seekers from studying

Asylum seekers who are awaiting a Home Office decisions cannot work, must often reside as a fixed address, and report regularly to a Home Office outpost. In addition, it appears that new guidance introduced since January 2018 is also preventing young asylum seekers from studying, the Observer reports.  “Significant numbers” of young refugees have been

Disabled British citizen with no documents held in detention for months

The case of Paul Tate, reported on my the Guardian, exemplifies the Kafka-esque proportions that immigration detention decisions can take.  Paul Tate says he was born in Wales (Bangor) and has never left the UK in his life. Yet following his release from prison, he has been in immigration detention in Morton Hall for 4

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