Scotland: Failed Asylum Seekers Live Below UN Global Poverty Threshold
Categories: Articles:Asylum & Refugees |
Published: 24/09/2012 |
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Pregnant women, children and people with disabilities among those living on less than 77p a day, research finds. The report states that 1,849 destitute people were given emergency grants from the Refugee Survival Trust from 2009 to 2012. The recipients were mostly male (76%) but included 128 families with children, 21 pregnant women and 25 new mothers.
Almost half (49%) were homeless, including families with children, 26 people with mental health issues, four disabled people and five pregnant women and two new mothers. Some interviewees had been in the asylum system for more than a decade. (Guardian 1/10/12)
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