People at risk of suicide facing deportation to Rwanda told to try sudoku | Immigration and asylum

People at risk of suicide facing deportation to Rwanda told to try sudoku | Immigration and asylum

People at risk of suicide who have been threatened with deportation to Rwanda have been told to learn a musical instrument or to try sudoku instead of being offered counselling, the Guardian... Read more »
Charles expresses concern for asylum seekers during community centre visit

Charles expresses concern for asylum seekers during community centre visit

T he Prince of Wales expressed concern and a “need to do something” about the situation of asylum seekers he met at a community centre in west London. The prince paid a... Read more »
Rwanda migrants latest news: Asylum seeker plan will save UK money, minister insists

Rwanda migrants latest news: Asylum seeker plan will save UK money, minister insists

Boris Johnson promises to ‘set record straight’ on Partygate fine in parliament next week Boris Johnson’s government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will save the UK money in the “long... Read more »
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Home Office housing provider to make urgent repairs to asylum seeker flats | Immigration and asylum

A Home Office accommodation provider is making urgent improvements to flats for asylum seekers in the prime minister’s constituency after the Guardian exposed poor conditions there. Eighteen flats in Uxbridge, west London,... Read more »
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Albania criticises ‘fake news’ over UK asylum hub report

Albania on Thursday poured scorn on reports the country could be preparing to host an offshore centre to hold people seeking asylum protection in the UK, in the latest blow to London’s... Read more »
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‘I was born in war’: an Afghan family’s joy at resettlement in UK | Immigration and asylum

An intricately handwoven rug is one of the few things British embassy worker Shukoor Sangar and his family were able to bring with them when they were hastily airlifted out of Kabul... Read more »
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Tories house hundreds of asylum seekers in ‘unsafe’ south London building

Driscoll House in Southwark, south London (Pic: Wikimedia/Creative Commons) The Tories have housed “between 400 and 500” asylum seekers in a building that was deemed “not safe for use to house rough... Read more »
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More than 50 died in Home Office asylum seeker accommodation in last five years | Immigration and asylum

More than 50 people have died in Home Office asylum seeker accommodation in the last five years, with the number increasing steeply over the past 18 months, the Guardian has learned. Three... Read more »
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One visit to a Kent asylum seeker centre aged 12 turned a refugee’s life around

A refugee who was taken to a Kent asylum seeker centre after arriving within the UK alone is about to open a restaurant in London. Sohail Ahmad was simply 12 when he... Read more »
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New pictures show how Croydon asylum and iconic water tower will be transformed into £2m flats

Cane Park Hill is as soon as of essentially the most iconic areas in Croydon and was as soon as well-known for its historic psychological asylum. However, it will quickly tackle a... Read more »