Previous use of large sites for housing asylum seekers proved to be dangerous, demoralising, dehumanising and expensive.
- Associate Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
Infestations, overcrowding and suicide attempts have all been found at asylum accommodation sites run by private companies.
Each year the UK incarcerates thousands of asylum seekers in prison-like immigration detention centres.
Short-term Home Office facilities are holding people seeking refuge in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and for far too long. This crisis has political roots.
Even if their partners or children are British, non-European men with precarious immigration status face potentially permanent separations from their families.
Inconsistencies in how judges handle appeal cases and different levels of legal provision around the country can leave asylum seekers facing a lottery.
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