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Hundreds of asylum seekers still housed in hotels
Almost 400 asylum seekers are still being housed in budget Glasgow hotels rooms by Home Office contractor Mears and living on just over £1 per day.
Concerns raised over ‘cramped and stressful’ asylum unit for mothers and babies
Concerns have been raised about a Glasgow-based unit for asylum seeking mothers and their babies.
‘All I could see was water’: Asylum journeys across the channel
Asylum seekers explain what it's really like to attempt to cross the Channel from France in an overcrowded rubber boat.
Asylum in crisis: stories from inside the ‘broken system’
How a network of grassroots organisations are trying to catch people at risk of falling through the cracks in the UK asylum system.
Asylum charities spending tens of thousands to plug Home Office gaps
Refugee charities and grassroots organisations say they have spent tens of thousands of pounds in a matter of months because of gaps in Home Office provision.
Revealed: 16 asylum seekers died in six months
Sixteen people seeking asylum in the UK died in six months, leading to a call for the “institutionally racist” Home Office to be scrapped to save lives.
FFS Explains: How do people claim asylum in the UK?
Ferret Fact Service looks at how people apply for asylum in the UK and some of the myths which surround the process.
Call for inquiry after Glasgow stabbing incident at hotel
There must be an inquiry into decisions taken to move asylum seekers from flats to hotels without carrying out vulnerability checks, say refugee campaigners.
Row erupts over firm’s briefings to MPs on asylum seeker housing
Organisations supporting asylum seekers have expressed concerns for the well-being of asylum seekers moved from flats into hotels in Glasgow.