Northampton By Craig Lewis BBC News 18 October 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-45837901 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel A decision to move an "extraordinary" asylum seeker from a town without warning has been … [Read more...] about Asylum seeker move labelled ‘tragic’
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Decrease in crime in area around Derby asylum seeker centre
When it was revealed Derby's Laverstoke Court would be opening its doors to up to 225 asylum seekers back in January this year, there were negative reactions from some in the area. Hundreds of residents wrote in to the council to object to the planning application, with a petition gathering over 200 signatures. And many of those were concerned that crime levels could go up as a result. But latest statistics show this does not appear to have been the case - with the crime rate in the area around Laverstoke Court, Peet Street, in fact having decreased. And there are mixed views from people in the area about whether the asylum seekers arrival in the area has been positive or negative. Read More Recent asylum seeker centre stories That's despite claims in June that asylum seekers were smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol and urinating in public close to the centre. A spokesman for G4S, which runs the centre, said at the time that the firm was unable to confirm that the people seen doing … [Read more...] about Decrease in crime in area around Derby asylum seeker centre
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In direct provision centres in Ireland, refugees live on €21.60 (approximately £19) a week. “We don’t buy outside [of the centre],” says a mother in Mosney Accommodation Centre. “You can’t afford to”. Established in 1999, the Irish programme of direct provision is supposed to be a short-term solution for asylum seekers. They are housed and provided for in camps, old holiday parks and hotels, all owned or managed by contractors for the Irish state. Families are kept here while awaiting the outcome of their asylum applications. In theory, residents are not supposed to be here for more than six months. In reality, 55 per cent of those in direct provision have been there for five years or longer. Residents must sign in and out of direct provision centres if they choose to leave for a day. In a 2014 case taken to the Irish High Court by a Ugandan asylum seeker mother, it was revealed that at the Eglinton Hotel in Galway, residents … [Read more...] about ConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightHotel Limbo: how Ireland institutionalises asylum seekers
The economics of asylum seekers
Suddenly, our country has been plunged into a crisis not of its doing, a crisis that has placed Malta's name in ignominy all over the world. Portrayed by the new Italian government, especially deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, as an insensitive country which shies away from doing its duty, and then slandered all over Italian private television as a lush country where we all have luxury yachts, SUVs where we are all young and blonde when nothing is furthest from the truth. There are so many loose ends in this matter that one hesitates where to start from. It is an indisputable fact that the tidal wave of asylum seekers from the trouble spots of the world have focused on Europe as a soft target. The wave, at first from embattled Syria became one interminable horde walking all the way from Turkey to Germany and onwards. Then people from other trouble spots like Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa and sub-Saharan countries joined up. When the Balkan route was blocked up, the Mediterranean … [Read more...] about The economics of asylum seekers
Immigrant caravan turned back by US officials at Mexican border faces a tough asylum fight
For the scores of immigrants who arrived at the US border in a caravan denounced by Donald Trump, an arduous journey north has shifted into an odyssey through America’s asylum system. More than 100 Central American immigrants arrived at the San Ysidro border crossing to seek safe haven from violence in their home countries, organisers said, pointing to post-election chaos in Honduras in particular. But in a sign of the uphill struggle ahead, most were prevented from applying for asylum as officials said the border station had already reached capacity. Many spent the night sleeping on the ground. Read more ‘Caravan’ of migrants arrives at US border to apply for asylum Trump tells DHS not to admit asylum seekers in migrant caravan What is the Central American ‘caravan’ Trump keeps talking about? A US Customs and Border Patrol official did not respond to a request to confirm how many of the asylum-seekers had been processed or lay out a timeline. Mr … [Read more...] about Immigrant caravan turned back by US officials at Mexican border faces a tough asylum fight