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Charity warns families 'cut off and afraid to travel' after racist Glasgow disorder

A SCOTTISH charity has warned that families are being “cut off from essential support” as they are afraid to travel after an outbreak of racist…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 12

Yvette Cooper under pressure to grant UK visas for 80 Palestinian students

CHARITIES and politicians are calling on the Yvette Cooper to immediately grant UK visas for 80 Palestinian students trapped in Gaza, who have…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 7, 2025

Family-owned business makes £10k donation to pioneering project rehoming refugees

A Glasgow charity whose pioneering project to rehome displaced people has been running for over 20 years is being given £10,000 by one of the…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 13, 2023

Calls for inquiry into asylum system as figures show rising deaths in Scotland

AN escalating number of deaths in the asylum system are being “brushed under the carpet”, it has been claimed, as data obtained from the Home…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26, 2022

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees removed from UK’s ‘unsuitable’ housing sponsors

Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘unravelling’ as government seeks new accommodation for 600 people at risk of being exploited by hosts

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2022

The Ukrainian children at the mercy of UK’s refugee scheme

Under-18s travelling alone not permitted to be hosted under Homes for Ukraine programme, leaving them with no route to UK

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022

Scots volunteers taking in Ukrainian refugees to be offered home improvements if safety inspections fail

Homes will be checked for interlinked smoke alarms, heat detectors and thermal insultation.

Daily Record · Apr 3, 2022

Homes for Ukraine: Charity says Ukrainians it is helping have yet to been given sponsor visas

Positive Action in Housing warned the scheme has left refugees “to turn in desperation to strangers on social media for sponsors”

Wales Online · Mar 27, 2022

‘False hope’: refugee charity attacks UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme

Positive Action in Housing says visas not being granted and refugees seeking sponsors are putting themselves in danger

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022

Charity: No Ukrainians we are helping have yet been given sponsor visas

Desperate refugees are turning to strangers on social media for sponsors, Positive Action in Housing said.

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022