BBC have reported that a recovering economy has led to more people regarding immigration as a key issue. With continuing improvements in the nations GDP figures, it is now believed that more people will be focusing on the topic of immigration for the upcoming European elections. This was information came from the most recent Ipsos-Mori poll … Continue reading
THE rate of refugee rough-sleepers is on the rise in London, according to statistics. Refugee London has collected statistics on asylum seekers sleeping rough in London. Based on statistics collected and released by CHAIN, a homelessness network data shows immigrants from non-European Union nations have been increasingly sleeping rough over the last four years. In … Continue reading
Using the hashtag #refugees, this is what people have been saying on Twitter on the last day of April. Some of the top tweets from today: New camp for #refugees fm #Syria at #Azraq. Need for humanitarian aid remains high. UK a major donor @DFID_UK pic.twitter.com/IViIMRYgcP — Peter Millett (@PeterMillett1) April 30, 2014 Cambodia produced … Continue reading
Check out our liveblog of the event being streamed at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies! Here’s a precis: different perspectives exist on how refugee protection should function within each region. This session interrogates how such ‘localized’ asylum concepts and mechanisms emerge and adapt in response to the impact of refugee flows … Continue reading
The number of pending applications received for asylum has risen from just over 6,000 at the start of the Coalition to over 9,800 in the most recent figures (February 2014). Since Home Secretary Theresa May closed the UK Border Agency 13months ago, UK Visas and Immigration has been subsumed into the Home Office. Despite … Continue reading
Contrasting articles were written this week, highlighting the benefits and trials of immigration around the world. The Daily Beast interviews those in Sutera Sicily that was in danger of dying off until it welcomed refugees from around the world. The small town, once home to 5000 people in the 1960’s, saw a rapid population decline … Continue reading
Dan Godshaw is at the University of Warwick giving a talk on remembering the Rwandan Genocide. We’re live-blogging the event on Twitter. That's all from us today. Hope you enjoyed the coverage. Don't forget to get more on the rYico website http://t.co/sbW1NQrhWv — Refugees London (@RefugeesLondon) April 25, 2014 Appolinaire: "Everyone find 3 people who … Continue reading
Asylum seekers were left in “unacceptable poor” accomodation after the Home Office employed private contractors to save money, according to a report out today. G4S, Serco and Clearel were awarded contracts in March 2012 to provide housing for 23,000 destitute asylum seekers. But a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says G4S and Serco … Continue reading
Here’s what words people have said using the hashtag #refugees on Twitter this Wednesday. Some of today’s top tweets: RT the Facts! 179 children on Nauru 4,810 men in detention 275 days is average in detention 125 #refugees locked up for more than 2 years — ASRC (@ASRC1) April 23, 2014 It started off as a few tents … Continue reading
Great interview with Jem Stein, founder of The Bike Project. He talks about funding, how he got into working with refugees, his rationale for giving away bikes to asylum seekers and much more! He’s the guy second from the left! Give it a listen! Photos by Refugees London Continue reading
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