Asylum, Human rights
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.
Scottish Refugee Council
Asylum, Human rights
Asylum seekers shackled for up to 17 hours while removed from UK
A new report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has raised concerns over the use of constraints on people who presented "no risk" during a Home Office operation this year.
Asylum, Housing and homelessness, Human rights
Charities claim refugees facing eviction due to Home Office errors
Dozens of refugees facing lock changes in Glasgow may be entitled to Home Office accommodation and should not be evicted, it is claimed.
Asylum, Human rights
More than 500 people detained in police cells under immigration law
A human rights lawyer has called on the Scottish Government to 'demand answers' after it emerged that 537 people were held in police cells in Scotland under immigration law.
Asylum, Housing and homelessness, Human rights
Scotland’s ‘invisible epidemic’ of refugee destitution
Charities in Scotland say they are paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds to help people left destitute by a 'failing' asylum system.
Asylum
MP intervenes as disabled asylum-seeker faces ‘life-threatening’ destitution
A seriously ill and disabled asylum-seeker is facing destitution and potential homelessness after a Home Office decision to stop her support.
Asylum
Domestic abuse victim finally granted refugee status
Case prompts claims that the UK asylum system is dangerous for women whose immigration status is linked to their partner.
Asylum, Health, Housing and homelessness
Poor housing for refugees causing ‘suffering and stress’
People seeking asylum are being bullied, evicted and suffering in poor quality accommodation, say groups submitting evidence to a Westminster inquiry.
Asylum, International
I survived war in Syria, but almost died in Europe
The Ferret has obtained footage of terrified refugees trapped inside a lorry as oxygen runs out, as they desperately try to reach Britain.