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The Unity Centre in Glasgow, Scotland is a volunteer-run organisation which provides support for asylum seekers and sans papiers. 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 currently provides includes:

  • Providing practical support and information to asylum seekers and their families.
  • 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 a night shelter.
  • Running a bi-monthly group to help LGBT asylum seekers adjust to life in Glasgow.[3]
  • Helping to organise demonstrations to highlight the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK.
  • Campaigning against the enforced returns of Somalis.[4]

Night shelter

Unity is one of the organisations involved in running Glasgow Destitution Network’s night shelter. The shelter provides temporary emergency accommodation for people who are not entitled to any other shelter or hostel.[5] As of February 2015, the shelter has capacity for 15 male asylum seekers who have had their applications denied.[6]

History

UNITY: the Union of Asylum Seekers was formed in 2005, providing a focus for human rights issues at a time when the UK Government were using dawn raids to instigate deportations.[7][8] Unity was involved with organising protests against this.[9] The organisation had been involved with notifying when people were detained and sent to Dungavel or other detention centres.

See also

References

  1. ^ Maxwell, James (28 April 2009). "Refugees and the recession". Glasgow Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Give me your tired, your poor … the Europeans embracing migrants". The Guardian. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ Fulton, Rachael (26 February 2014). "'I didn't want to be evil or different' - gay asylum seeker flees Uganda". STV News.
  4. ^ Brown, Jonathan (3 June 2014). "Judge prevents Theresa May sending asylum-seeker back to lawless Somalia". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ^ Burnside, Anna (7 October 2012). "Hope in a place of destitution". The Scotsman. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Inside the Unity Centre: back home in Bangladesh I was tortured..." Evening Times. 12 February 2015.
  7. ^ Young, Sarah (November 2008). "Unity with Glasgow asylum seekers". Peace News. No. 2503.
  8. ^ Eskovitchl, Joseph. "Asylum seekers organise in Scotland". Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!. No. April / May 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Concerns voiced over dawn raids". BBC News. 7 October 2006.
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