Suicides raise alarm about UK’s treatment of child refugees
Thanks The Guardian Three Eritrean teenagers killed themselves after travelling to Britain without their parents Alexander Tekle was ‘stressing about Home Office things’, according to a friend. Photograph: Family At least three teenage refugees who arrived in Britain from the migrant camp in Calais have killed themselves in...
Solidarity Day 2018
Solidarity Day 2018, an annual event organised by Tamil Solidarity took place on the 16th June in Central London. The success of the event has shown once again the growing support of the Tamil Solidarity (TS) campaign for the unique approach it has taken amongst the Tamil diaspora organisations....
How do you live on £36.95 a week? Asylum seekers on surviving on their allowance
Thanks The Guardian How do you live on £36.95 a week? It’s a question that 39,000 asylum seekers in Britain are currently grappling with. When people arrive in the UK and apply for asylum, they are not allowed to work while they wait for their claim to be decided....