Browsing Tag
Hostile environment
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Revealed: one bed at Dungavel costs taxpayer three times the average wage each year
Each bed at Dungavel immigration detention centre will cost taxpayers £74,000 per year.
Why we are marching: the fight for climate justice
100,000 people took part in the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march in Glasgow. Activists from Scotland – and around the world – told us why they are calling for climate justice.
Critics condemn the UK’s increasingly privatised immigration industry
UK's increasingly privatised immigration and border industry prompts critics to voice concerns that “corporate actors” are profiting at the expense of human rights.
Police Scotland role in ‘hostile environment’ questioned
Figures show hundreds detained in Police Scotland cells for immigration purposes, prompting calls for greater transparency over Home Office enforcement.
‘Hostile environment’: Theresa May’s policy driving refugees into destitution
The UK's so-called 'hostile environment' immigration policy in the UK has led to torture victims being left destitute, a charity claims.
Hundreds of destitute asylum seekers forced to travel from Scotland to Liverpool
Torture victims and vulnerable women were among hundreds of asylum seekers forced to make 400-mile round trips from Scotland to England to make fresh claims for sanctuary in the UK.
Home Office accused of racial profiling after 200 targeted in Glasgow
More than 200 British citizens in Glasgow underwent spot checks by immigration officers in 21 months, prompting claims the Home Office has been conducting racial profiling.
Call for trafficking victims to be protected from ‘hostile’ immigration policies
Scottish legislation to protect trafficking victims is being overruled by UK immigration policy, say campaigners.
