Refugee charities call for urgent action to tackle asylum destitution in Scotland

Human rights based strategy needed to support people refused asylum in Scotland New research into the shocking levels of destitution experienced by people seeking asylum has identified an urgent need for a national action plan to tackle asylum and migrant destitution in Scotland. The research, coordinated by the Destitute Asylum…

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Asylum in UK Parliamentary Report on Immigration and Consensus

Guest blog by Katharine Weatherhead In January 2018, the UK Parliament published a report called Immigration policy: basis for building consensus. Written by a committee of MPs, the report is the outcome of an inquiry into “whether it might be possible to build greater consensus on immigration policy” in the…

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