The Jesuit Refugee Service has published a very disturbing report into the trauma suffered by many people in detention centers. The report makes three recommendations.
Tag: Asylum Seekers
The Impact of COVID-19 Government Measures on Asylum Seekers
Loraine Masiya Mponela, the chairperson for Coventry Asylum and Refugee Action Group (CARAG), reflects on the unique challenges being faced … More
Immigration Removal Centres and Their Impact on Mental Health
By Stina J. Nölken of The BaRE UK: The UK is the only country in Europe that does not have … More
Today in Parliament
Today in Parliament Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine, again asked the government to lift the ban for … More
Africa Future – Asylum Seekers, Refugees and A Desire for Education
Refugee Week Community event – 29 June 2019 One month… one community event – what is happening in Glasgow among … More
Afghan Refugee Who Arrived in a Dinghy Now in Pilot Training
We all have childhood dreams. Interesting reporting by Channel 4 here
‘It is not a migrant crisis. It is a moral crisis’
Theresa May’s government has declared a handful of English Channel migrants a ‘major incident’. Diane Taylor writing in The Guardian says, don’t be … More
UK Refugees Face Homelessness Within Weeks of Getting their Asylum Decision
British Red Cross new report finds that newly recognised refugees in the UK are left on a cliff edge, facing … More
Of Relief From a Distance
The British government part-funds a network of 26 Libyan detention centres where child refugees are facing abuse and malnutrition. The … More
Asylum Seekers: Accommodation Report Plus Right to Work
The overdue report on accommodation for asylum seekers in the UK has found that many asylum seekers live in ‘damp, dirty, vermin-infested’ … More
