Asylum Seekers to See Work Restrictions in the UK


Apparently the UK government may be putting a limit on the kind of jobs that asylum seekers can apply for. The government wants it so that asylum seekers can only apply for jobs that are within an industry that has a staff shortage. Home Office ministers are trying to lessen the ...

Survey Confirms UK as Hotspot for Asylum Seekers


It appears that the UK has just recently emerged as one of the most popular locations in Europe for asylum seekers. Although people in the UK are saying that they have known this for a long time, most people did not know why. Well a new survey shows that asylum ...

Rejected Iraqi Asylum Seekers Beaten


Apparently the United Nations refugee agency said that, on Friday, it was in the middle of investigating accounts by rejected Iraqi asylum seekers who were deported from Britain. Reports claim that they were beaten by British border agents forcing them onto a plane. A spokesperson for the agency said that they ...

Rejected Asylum Seekers Still Feel Safer in UK


It appears that refused asylum seekers say that they feel safer being destitute and homeless in the UK than actually returning to their home country. The humanitarian group, the British Red Cross, published a report earlier this week on the hardships that face these rejected asylum seekers. This report does call ...

UK Asylum Seekers Are Facing Shameful Destitution


It now seems that a charity has warned that thousands of refused asylum seekers in the UK are suffering shameful destitution. The British Red Cross said that it had directly helped more than 11,600 destitute asylum seekers in the UK last year, and the number just continues to grow. The charity ...

Asylum System Faces Chaos due to Delays in Payment of Legal Aid


The government has just recently warned that the asylum system does face chaos due to delays in the payment of legal aid. The Refugee and Migrant Justice said that it's facing a cash crisis, because a growing proportion of its legal aid is now only paid upon completion. The charity is ...

New Coalition Government to Stop the Detention of Asylum Seeking Children


Some young asylum seekers that come to the UK, try everything in their power to forget what happened to them. This happens to be the case for Umair Umar, who recalls very little about what he went through at Dungravel, a Scotland emigration detention center. The 14-year-old and his family were ...

Portsmouth Candidates say Asylum Seekers Will be a Priority Issue


The candidates for the Portsmouth South constituency, just recently said that procedures on asylum seekers will be a priority issue they plan to tackle if they are elected. These hopefuls were giving their response to a report from a charity, saying mistakes by the UK Border Agency have contributed ...
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