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Asylum seeker
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Home Office backs down on refugee eviction policy
The Home Office has written to refugee organisations to confirm it will reverse a policy change that saw refugees evicted
FFS explains: Rwanda plan confusion
The UK Government’s immigration policy, known as the Rwanda plan, has been declared unlawful by the country’s highest
Concern raised over homeless migrant families, after children forced to sleep in a car
Migrant and refugee children have been left homeless – with one family of five, including a pre-school child, forced to sleep
FFS explains: Refugees, migration and channel crossing
After the tragic loss of life in the English channel, the issue of immigration to the UK has been back
Hundreds of Afghans prevented from claiming asylum in the UK pending Home Office investigations
Hundreds of asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been prevented from applying for refugee protection in the UK this year despite
Poverty tsar calls for Home Office accountability over asylum support crisis
The Home Office must be held to account for the hardship it has caused asylum seekers, left without food or
Refugee campaigners warn dawn raids must not become a ‘de facto eviction’ tactic
Refugee campaigners are calling for assurances that dawn raids will not be used as a “de facto eviction” tactic by
Concerns raised over ‘cramped and stressful’ asylum unit for mothers and babies
Asylum seeking women with babies in Glasgow have spoken out about stressful conditions after being moved from flats into cramped
‘All I could see was water’: Asylum journeys across the channel
Ali, a 27-year-old asylum seeker from Iran, was finally in a boat that worked. At 4am, along with around 15
Revealed: 16 asylum seekers died in six months
A total of 16 people seeking asylum in the UK died in the six months before lockdown, leading to a
Police did not protect ‘terrified’ refugees at protest from far right attacks, organisers claim
Refugee organisers of a Glasgow protest in support of asylum seekers have accused Police Scotland of failing to adequately protect
Call for probe after man found dead in Covid-19 asylum seeker hotel
Refugee activists have called for an independent inquiry into the decision to move asylum seekers from their flats in Glasgow