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Bristol’s mayor urges residents to give up spare rooms for asylum seekers so that they don’t end up living on the streets Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees backed scheme which lets volunteers host refugees in their spare bedrooms Mr Rees said Bristol should be a place ‘where everyone feels welcome and safe’ City council housed asylum … Read more
While Britain’s biggest companies have wrestled with dividend payments, smaller firms have found the battle even harder. Hundreds have suspended, postponed or cut dividends and more are likely to follow. However, some jewels remain – firms that have rewarded shareholders and, crucially, look set to continue doing so. Among the FTSE 250 index, companies such … Read more
Campaigners warned that the coronavirus lockdown would trigger a mental health crisis among ‘traumatised’ asylum seekers in Glasgow weeks before a knifeman injured six people during a rampage in a hotel on Friday. Armed officers were scrambled at lunchtime yesterday to the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street, where immigrants were being housed during the … Read more
A ship carrying 600 asylum seekers has departed from Lesbos to a closed camp in northern Greece amid the coronavirus crisis. The migrants arrived at the port of Mytilene in the Greek island of Lesbos, ahead of their departure with the ship, named ‘Aqua Blue’. Clashes broke out overnight on Greece’s border with Turkey after … Read more
High Court judge rules that asylum seeker’s daughter, 10, is likely to be subjected to female genital mutilation if she is kicked out of country after Home Office refused mother’s bid to stay in UK Justice Newton issued an FGM protection order for girl, 10, in the High Court Youngster’s mother is linked to Sudan … Read more