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Glasgow MPs urge Home Office act to ensure asylum seeker's lives are not put at further risk
Screen grab of Home Secretary Priti Patel during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus, on April 11

GLASGOW MPs have written to the Home Office urging action to ensure that asylum-seekers’ lives are not put at further risk, following reports they have been forced to walk for miles to access electricity and have had financial support withdrawn.

A letter from the city’s seven MPs was sent to Home Secretary Priti Patel yesterday, demanding a number of immediate measures to tackle the crisis. 

As reported by the Star, Home Office contractor Mears has required some under their care to travel for miles across the city to access utility top-ups, despite the coronavirus lockdown. 

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