Asylum Seekers / Refugees

Students from Afghanistan are being helped to fulfil their dreams of becoming doctors thanks to Wheatley.  Seven young women studying in Glasgow have been given upcycled iPads by Wheatley Foundation to help with their studies. 

The UK's hostile immigration policy has forced thousands of people in Scotland, including long-standing members of communities, into extreme poverty and homelessness, a new report has revealed.

Scotland’s new strategy to support refugees and people seeking asylum with settling into their community was celebrated with an event at the University of Glasgow. The New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: Delivery Plan 2024-2026 - which is the most comprehensive of its kind worldwide - seek

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) have unveiled a refreshed version of the Housing Rights website. Housing Rights gives recent arrivals and housing advisers up-to-date information about people's rights when looking for a home, based on their immig

Moray Council is restructuring its refugee and asylum seeker resettlement team following a report confirming 315 people have been supported into new lives in Moray.

A Dundee project providing homes and support for people fleeing the war in Ukraine has been highlighted by the Scottish Government. Housing minister Paul McLennan MSP was in the city to find out more about how the Scottish Government’s Longer-Term Resettlement Fund is providing settled accommo

The UK Government has withdrawn plans to exempt accommodation for asylum seekers from houses in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing requirements.

A report released today by the Centre for Homelessness Impact sheds light on the challenges faced by refugees being resettled in the UK.

Ukrainian people seeking refuge from the war will be supported to access longer-term housing, under plans to further reduce the number of displaced people in Scotland living in temporary welcome accommodation.

Children in Scotland who are homeless or seeking asylum must not be housed in unsuitable accommodation such as hotels, hostels, B&Bs, cruise ships or barges because their human rights may be violated, according to a new report by the Children’s Commissioner.

A legal challenge has been brought forward into the UK Government’s draft regulations exempting accommodation for asylum seekers from houses in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing requirements amid concerns it could lead to a lowering of housing standards.

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has expressed concerns following reports of an increase in people sleeping rough in Glasgow amid moves by the Home Office to speed up thousands of asylum claims. Councillors at an emergency Glasgow City Council meeting earlier this month heard that around 1,400 people are

The Equality in Housing podcast series delivered in partnership by Housing Options Scotland and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence has published a new episode.

Glasgow's stretched homelessness service could reach crisis levels after a decision by the Home Office to speed up thousands of asylum claims, it has been warned.

More than 50,000 refugees could be made homeless by the end of the year if the Government doesn’t take urgent steps to support them as it clears the asylum backlog, the British Red Cross has warned. The government has pledged to process all ‘legacy’ asylum applications made before