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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 […]

Kamil Ahmad: Anger over review’s failure to expose systemic flaws that led to murder

By John Pring on 5th July 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Kamil Ahmad: Anger over review’s failure to expose systemic flaws that led to murder
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The brother of a disabled asylum-seeker who was brutally murdered by a racist neighbour has joined disabled activists in criticising a “safeguarding review” for failing to expose the “catalogue of injustice” he faced in the years leading to his death. They […]

Kamil Ahmad: Campaigners demand ‘fundamental change’ to systems that led to murders

By John Pring on 5th July 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Kamil Ahmad: Campaigners demand ‘fundamental change’ to systems that led to murders
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Disabled asylum-seekers and activists have come together to seek fundamental changes to the systems and agencies that have been blamed for the brutal murders of two disabled refugees in the same city. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and groups working with asylum-seekers […]

Wheelchair-user fights Home Office bid to return him to Islamic State frontline

By John Pring on 28th November 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

Wheelchair-user fights Home Office bid to return him to Islamic State frontline
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A disabled asylum-seeker is fighting attempts by the UK government to return him to Iraq, even though his home is just a few miles from the frontline of the battle with Islamic State (IS) militants. Ary Mohammed is an ethnic Kurd […]

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