Who Cares?
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in Asylum-seekers, Equality, Gender, Labour rights, Migrants, Refugees, UK poverty | 1 Comment »The UK has an ageing population – with the number of people over 80 set to double to eight per cent of the population by 2030. Unable to meet the ever-increasing demand for care workers through the British workforce, the ...
Government slashes support to asylum seekers
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 by Marilyn Croser Posted in Asylum-seekers, Refugees | 3 Comments »At the Refugee Council, we’ve launched a campaign calling on the government to revise its decision to cut support to asylum seekers to just over £5 per day. From October, single asylum seekers aged over 25 will receive just £35.13 ...
The government believes asylum seekers do not deserve to live fulfilled lives
Friday, July 31st, 2009 by Joshua Fenton-Glynn Posted in Asylum-seekers | No Comments »Ken Livingstone said: "You can judge politicians by how they treat refugees: they do to them what they would like to do to everyone else if they could get away with it." If that is the case then there is concern ...
Rewarding the accurate reporting of the lives of refugees
Friday, June 19th, 2009 by Charles Posted in Asylum-seekers | No Comments »Charlesis an exiled journalist from Cameroon seeking asylum in Glasgow. He is one of the judges for tonight's Oxfam Refugee Week Scottish Media Awards and here tells his story... I am happy to now live in a country where the media ...
The personal story of an asylum seeker working hard to prove the public wrong
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Constance Posted in Asylum-seekers | 9 Comments »Hello, my name's Constance and I'm an asylum seeker from Cameroon who has been living in Cardiff, South Wales, for the past four years. When I first arrived in the UK in 2005 life was extraordinarily strange. I didn't know ...
Destitute and forgotten – the legacy of the UK’s asylum rules
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by Sara Ayech Posted in Asylum-seekers | 2 Comments »Refugee Week is a celebration of the contribution of refugees to our society, their courage and resilience, and everything they have done to make Britain the fantastic and culturally diverse place it is today. But in the midst of these ...
