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Glasgow's destitute asylum seekers: The people who 'don't exist'

Categories: Articles:Asylum & Refugees | Published: 27/03/2013 | Views: 1259
They have been described as "invisible people" - asylum seekers who have been refused refugee status, but who have not returned home. The Home Office says it wants them "to experience an increasingly uncomfortable environment" so they will leave, but critics say that they are just being forced into destitution. Glasgow is the first city in the UK to criticise this policy officially. (Catrin Nye, BBC)


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