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Tag: asylum seekers

End inhumane asylum evictions during the pandemic

Posted on 20th November 202030th December 2020 by Serena Waters

Few sectors of society have been as badly impacted by COVID-19 as the homeless population. Rates of COVID-19 are higher amongst homeless people than in the general public, and they are also more likely to […]

When the Water is Safer than the Land: Voyeurism and the Fantasy Migrant Crisis

Posted on 21st September 202021st September 2020 by Ruby Wait-Weguelin

The cyclical nature of migrant moral panic has once again reared its ugly head – this time the script was seemingly straight out of Black Mirror season 6. In their coverage of events, BBC and […]

Sanctuary Scholarships Set to Launch

Posted on 3rd May 201815th January 2019 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The University of Leeds was recently pleased to announce that it will be offering Sanctuary Scholarships for forced migrants to the UK, in an effort to make a university education more accessible for asylum seekers and […]

LGBTQ+ Asylum Seeking: An Unrecognised Struggle

Posted on 11th October 201719th October 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The rights afforded to us as citizens in one of the leading countries in the Western world, the UK, are often taken for granted. We forget that rights have not been afforded to us since […]

Features | Students show support for struggling refugees

Posted on 9th March 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The UK government, this year, refused to raise asylum support rates, meaning they have not been changed since 2011 and leaving many refugees unable to provide for themselves and their families. To tackle this, University […]

Interview | Matthew Neil – Meet and Travel Together

Posted on 27th February 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

While coming in contact with international students is a daily occurrence for many of us, meeting Asylum seekers is less common. Asylum seekers are people who have fled their home, who arrive in another country […]

Comment | The sad plight of asylum seekers

Posted on 10th November 2013 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The past few weeks have seen further crack downs on illegal immigrants, along with a tightening of restrictions on access to public services. From ‘go home’ vans to fining landlords who rent to illegal immigrants, […]

Students to sleep outside for STAR

Posted on 1st March 2013 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Students are spending a night sleeping outside the Union to raise awareness of homeless asylum seekers. The sponsored ‘sleep out’, organised by Amnesty International and Student Action for Refugees (STAR) are raising money for Positive […]

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