Asylum-seekers in last-ditch effort to keep their homes
April 19, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Campaigners rallied outside Glasgow Sheriff Court today as asylum-seekers continued their battle to block a bid to throw them out of their homes.
The case brought by a handful of asylum-seekers follows the UK Border Agency’s 2011 decision to drop charity Y People (formerly the YMCA) as its housing contractor, handing it to private security transnational Serco.
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Source: Morning Herald
PM told to explain benefits of EU immigration
April 11, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
The European Commissioner for Employment has strongly criticised UK Prime Minister David Cameron. On 25th March, Mr Cameron made a speech in which he stated that his government would prevent people who come to the UK from the European Union (and the European Economic Area) from claiming benefits, from being housed in social housing and from using the National Health Service until they have lived and worked in the UK for a considerable period.
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Cameron stakes out ground for next election
March 24, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Article first published 24 March 2013 (Independent)
David Cameron will signal his determination to make immigration a key election issue tomorrow, when he pledges to stop new migrants getting taxpayer-funded homes as soon as they arrive in the UK.
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G4S admits asylum concerns
March 22, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
A G4S senior executive has admitted that the company is struggling to fulfil its contractual obligations to house asylum seekers. Hundreds of people had to be moved into council housing last year after the company failed to accommodate them.
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Source: Independent
Zimbabwe’s urban housing crisis
March 8, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
(IRIN) – With rural-to-urban migration increasing in Zimbabwe and urban squatter camps growing, the shortage of affordable public housing has become a contentious issue.
This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=97615
Rough sleeping rises 31% in two years
February 8, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
The number of people rough sleeping has gone up by 31 per cent in the past two years, according to government statistics released today.
Communities and Local Government department figures show the number of rough sleepers in a single-night snapshot in autumn 2012 was 2,309 up from 1,768 in autumn 2010. This year’s figure was a rise of 6 per cent from autumn 2011’s count of 2,181
Source: Inside Housing
UKBA clampdown on rogue landlords
February 8, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Immigration Minister Mark Harper witnessed first hand the work being done by the UK Border Agency to crack down on the problem of illegal immigrants living in ‘beds in sheds’.
The minister was joined by his colleague, Housing Minister Mark Prisk, as part of a cross government strategy to clampdown on rogue landlords who rent out these buildings illegally.
Source: homeoffice,gov.uk
Housing crisis causes disease threats in Zimbabwe
February 8, 2013 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
(IRIN) The thick stench of human waste pervades the block of the eight unfinished flats in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. The complex is dotted with human faeces – some of it parcelled in plastic bags, some not.
This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=97430
One in four Glasgow asylum seekers are destitute
June 15, 2012 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
One in four asylum seekers and refugees presenting to services in Glasgow are destitute, according to a survey.
Glasgow Caledonian University counted the number of people presenting to 13 support agencies who were unable to access employment or financial support during a one-week period in March this year.
Source: Inside Housing
Asylum contract pledge call
April 28, 2012 by Webmaster · Leave a Comment
Campaigners have demanded the UK Border Agency ensures standards are maintained when the provision of housing for asylum seekers is handed to a private firm in August.
Source: Herald Scotland
