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Shelan and her children Sana and Anas
POLICE say they are increasingly concerned for a mother and two children who have disappeared from a refugee hotel in Stockport, Greater Manchester, 10 days ago.
The Britannia hotel, run by outsourcing firm Serco, has been at the centre of controversy over allegations of ill-treatment, hygiene problems, poor food and abuse of residents.
Greater Manchester Police have named the missing woman as Shelan, in her thirties, and children Sana, 11, and Anas, 10.
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
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE