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UN rapporteur hears of disabled asylum-seekers evicted by social services

By John Pring on 11th July 2019 Category: Human Rights

UN rapporteur hears of disabled asylum-seekers evicted by social services
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A UN human rights expert has been told that disabled asylum-seekers in Bristol have been evicted by social services, and have even been told that being made “street homeless” will make them more independent. Professor Felipe González, the UN’s special rapporteur […]

‘Deplorable’ Home Office guidance ‘will breach rights of disabled asylum-seekers’

By John Pring on 4th August 2016 Category: Human Rights

‘Deplorable’ Home Office guidance ‘will breach rights of disabled asylum-seekers’
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Home Office guidance that will allow immigration detention centre staff to ignore medical advice and place disabled asylum-seekers in solitary confinement is part of an “increasingly coercive approach towards people with mental health challenges”, say campaigners. The draft guidance says that […]

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