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The Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh
CHARITIES have urged the Scottish government to set up a peer support network for asylum-seekers facing destitution.
The British Red Cross and the Refugee Survival Trust published a report today on preventing the most extreme poverty for those seeking asylum in Britain.
Asylum-seekers, the report said, often suffer the worst poverty in the first six months of their time in Britain due to language issues, delays to support and being moved repeatedly between accommodations.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY