A day in the life of a destitute asylum seeker
Friday, February 4th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Asylum-seekers, Homelessness, Refugees, UK poverty | No Comments »Nikki Green*, 34, is from Zimbabwe. She has been in the UK for over 12 years and is appealing, since her case for asylum was refused, again. She is now living in destitution, again. She tells us what her typical ...
Coping with Destitution – the plight of refused asylum seekers in the UK
Friday, February 4th, 2011 by Helen Longworth Posted in Asylum-seekers, Attitudes, Homelessness, Livelihoods, Refugees, Wellbeing | 4 Comments »At the parliamentary launch of our latest research I spoke to a refugee who had been forced into destitution during her passage through the UK asylum system. Ana told me that, to pay just £10 per week to cover some ...
Poverty in the UK – how come?
Friday, November 26th, 2010 by Barbara Stocking Posted in Asylum-seekers, Attitudes, Equality, Inequality, Refugees, UK poverty | No Comments »I have just been visiting Oxfam's UK Poverty Programme in Wales, looking at community projects in Ebbw Vale, Newport and Cardiff. Even though I worked in health and social care for years in the UK and am used to visiting ...
Government spending cuts and BME women’s groups
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 by Tekla Szerszynska Posted in Attitudes, Equality, Gender, Inequality, Refugees, UK poverty, Violence against Women | 1 Comment »The government would like to see capable community groups and volunteers taking responsibility for the issues that affect them, receiving the powers and rights they need from a trusting and supportive government. The government also believes that we have lost ...
What it means to be civil
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 by Kate Kewley Posted in Asylum-seekers, Attitudes, Migrants, Refugees | No Comments »‘More than six out of 10 Britons believe immigration to the UK is spoiling the quality of life’ opens an article in yesterday’s Financial Times, which goes on to discuss the findings of a poll which indicates that the British ...
A big Swahili welcome for the Big Society
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 by Lisa Glass Posted in Asylum-seekers, Gender, Refugees, Voluntary work | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_1061" align="alignright" width="184" caption="Therese at an international GenderWorks conference with Oxfam in Brussels earlier this year"][/caption] As David Cameron’s idea for the Big Society meets more discussion we look to see the public sector gaps already filled by community groups. ...
