Tag: asylum seekers

Rachel Youngman, chair of woman's charity Hibiscus, explains why the reality for those arriving in the UK is not as Braverman or Farage would have you believe.

“These things are not said by accident. He is part of a determined and orchestrated campaign to demonise asylum seekers", Alistair Carmichael said.

"Somebody very high up at the BBC should be asking very serious questions about why this simple statement of facts would have been impossible for Emily Maitlis to make if she was still on their staff", James O'Brien said.

'Shifting asylum responsibilities is not the solution,' said the UN human rights and refugee agency.

"Danger to your community? Don’t worry. They’re asylum seekers, Kevin, not Tory ministers," wrote one person in response.

It is aimed at helping people who are unfamiliar with the city centre, or do not normally leave their immediate neighbourhood, to experience the Fringe.

The Home Office is set to notify the first group of people that they face a one-way ticket to the East African nation.

It comes as new figures reveal just 172 of the 8,953 migrants who have made the crossing will be deported to Rwanda at a cost of £1 million per person.

It comes as the Nationality and Borders Bill comes under renewed scrutiny from MPs.