Unity (asylum seekers organisation)
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The Unity Centre in Glasgow, Scotland is run by volunteers working towards the human rights of asylum seekers and sans papiers in the UK being upheld. The centre has been open since 2006 and is situated in Ibrox, near to the Home Office Immigration Centre.[1]
Some of the support it provides includes:
- taking details of asylum seekers reporting at the Home Office Immigration Centre so that their families, friends and lawyers can be alerted if they are detained[2]
- 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.[3]
- Running a bi-monthly group to help LGBT asylum seekers adjust to life in Glasgow.[4]
- Helping to organise demonstrations to highlight the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK.
- Campaigning against the enforced returns of Somalis.[5]
History
UNITY was formed as a union of asylum seekers in 2005, at a time when the UK Government were using dawn raids to instigate deportations.[6] Unity was involved with organising protests against this.[7] The organisation had been involved with notifying when people were detained and sent to Dungavel or other detention centres.
See also
- Immigration
- Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
- United Refugee Organization
- No Border network
- No person is illegal
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan (3 June 2014). "Judge prevents Theresa May sending asylum-seeker back to lawless Somalia". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Young, Sarah (November 2008). "Unity with Glasgow asylum seekers". Peace News. No. 2503.
- ^ "Concerns voiced over dawn raids". BBC News. 7 October 2006.
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