Glasgow aims to make asylum process easier for migrants
The asylum process for migrants in Glasgow could be made much easier after a multi-agency taskforce recommended a number of proposed reforms.
Asylum seekers
Small boat migrants ‘don’t fear being returned once they reach UK’
Migrants are paying thousands of pounds to cross the English Channel in the belief that they will never have to leave once they reach the UK, MPs have heard.
WATCH: “No one can stop them singing:” How one small choir is helping to give Scotland’s asylum seekers a voice
"Oh we are women, and we are singing," they chant. But this small group of some of Glasgow's most vulnerable women are doing far more than just that.
Mental health experts warned that asylum seekers facing lockouts were at risk
NHS specialists warned months ago that asylum seekers were attempting suicide after being locked out of their homes.
‘A tragic and deplorable situation’: Protest planned as charities and Glasgow politicians condemn Serco asylum seeker evictions
SHELTER Scotland are the latest body to condemn the imminent eviction of asylum seekers currently housed in Glasgow.
Labour MP Paul Sweeney calls for more support for asylum seekers following plight of Giorgi Kakava
AN MP has called for a review of asylum seekers’ treatment in the UK.
“Giorgi’s situation is tragic and his case requires compassion and common sense”: First Minister backs 10-year-old orphan’s asylum bid
NICOLA STURGEON has backed a 10-year-old orphan seeking asylum in Scotland.
Orphaned schoolboy who has lived in Scotland since he was three threatened with deportation
AN orphaned schoolboy is fighting extradition from Scotland just months after the death of his mother.
“It’s like trying to satirise Trump – you can’t make it more absurd than the reality”: Writer Tim Cowbury on The Claim, a play exploring the ‘sad and ridiculous’ world of migration in Britain
THE CLAIM is a timely exploration of migration and the prejudice that surrounds it.
Record number of Syrians resettled in UK in first three months of 2017
A record number of Syrians were resettled in the UK during the first three months of 2017, new figures show.
Dungavel campaigners call for an end to detention
HUNDREDS of campaigners held a protest outside the controversial Dungavel Immigration Detention Centre, calling it "inhumane" and for it to be shut down immediately.