Unity (asylum seekers organisation)
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UNITY is a union of asylum seekers in Glasgow, Scotland, which works towards the human rights of asylum seekers and sans papiers in the UK being upheld.[1] Established in 2005, its headquarters are known as The Unity Centre, situated in Ibrox, near to the Home Office Immigration Centre.[2]
Some of the support it provides includes:
- taking details of asylum seekers reporting at the Home Office so that their families, friends and lawyers can be alerted if they are detained[3]
- Notifying when people are detained through dawn raids and sent to Dungavel or other detention centres
- Providing practical support and information to asylum seekers and their families.
- Providing a night shelter, for 15 male asylum seekers who have had their applications denied.[4]
- Running a bi-monthly group to help LGBT asylum seekers adjust to life in Glasgow.[5]
- Helping to organise demonstrations to highlight the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK.
See also
- Immigration
- Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
- United Refugee Organization
- No Border network
- No person is illegal
References
- ^ "Concerns voiced over dawn raids". BBC News. 7 October 2006.
- ^ Maxwell, James (28 April 2009). "Refugees and the recession". Glasgow Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Give me your tired, your poor … the Europeans embracing migrants". The Guardian. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Inside the Unity Centre: back home in Bangladesh I was tortured..." Evening Times. 12 February 2015.
- ^ Fulton, Rachael (26 February 2014). "'I didn't want to be evil or different' - gay asylum seeker flees Uganda". STV News.
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