Hunger strike refugees evicted in Glasgow
michael c | 05.05.2004 14:29 | Migration
Three Iranian Kurdish asylum seekers who recently came close to death in a hunger strike in protest at their treatment and the unjust UK asylum system, have today been evicted from their flat. Although they cannot return to Iran, they now have no entitlement to housing or financial support.
See Indymedia Scotland for background to this case: 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland
Or today's report in the Glasgow Evening Times: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/5026223.shtml
Related Stories:
Last month, an Iranian man refused asylum and made homeless and destitute was stabbed while sleeping rough on night buses in Glasgow.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/2004/04/289661.html
Positive Action in Housing put out an appeal last week for two particularly vulnerable young Somali women who were evicted onto the streets of Glasgow despite having lodged a judicial review of their asylum refusal (Home Office figures show that 2 out of every 5 decisions on Somalian asylum claims are found to be wrong)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/2004/04/290065.html
Positive Action in Housing: http://www.paih.org
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns: http://ncadc.org.uk
The best info on asylum legislation and issues: http://www.asylumrights.net
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland Or today's report in the Glasgow Evening Times:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/5026223.shtml Related Stories:
Last month, an Iranian man refused asylum and made homeless and destitute was stabbed while sleeping rough on night buses in Glasgow.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/2004/04/289661.html Positive Action in Housing put out an appeal last week for two particularly vulnerable young Somali women who were evicted onto the streets of Glasgow despite having lodged a judicial review of their asylum refusal (Home Office figures show that 2 out of every 5 decisions on Somalian asylum claims are found to be wrong)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/2004/04/290065.html Positive Action in Housing:
http://www.paih.org National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns:
http://ncadc.org.uk The best info on asylum legislation and issues:
http://www.asylumrights.net
michael c