His trafficker threatened to kill him if he tried to leave but the survivor said his life has now been transformed by a new job and home. A human trafficking survivor has told how a business network tackling modern slavery has helped him rebuild his life. The young man was lured to Scotland with the promise ofContinue reading “Human trafficking survivor lured to Scotland tells of work hell and recovery”
Category Archives: EU Migrants
A German Court Has Recognised Not All EU Countries Are Safe For Refugees
The ruling is significant, as it shakes up some of how asylum processing happens in the EU. Under perhaps one of the more well-known EU migration laws, the Dublin regulation, member states are allowed to send people back to the first EU country they were registered in. It’s a complicated process, and not without criticism. Asylum seekersContinue reading “A German Court Has Recognised Not All EU Countries Are Safe For Refugees”
Let the Roma stay!
Thousands of Roma families are facing a new Windrush situation, even where they have been living in the UK for decades. Most Roma children and young people have been born and educated here. Very many of the estimated 300,000 Romani people living and working in this country still have to apply to the EU SettlementContinue reading “Let the Roma stay!”
Thousands of Europeans left in limbo over ‘settled status’ on day of deadline
Campaigners warned that thousands of Europeans in Britain were at risk of being left in limbo over Wednesday’s EU settled status deadline. EU citizens living in Britain have until midnight to apply for the post-Brexit settlement scheme or risk losing their rights to legally work or claim certain benefits, including free healthcare. More than five million people have applied andContinue reading “Thousands of Europeans left in limbo over ‘settled status’ on day of deadline”
Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens ‘scrabbling’ to attain post-Brexit status before deadline
Latest government statistics show a lengthening backlog of applications. Out of 5,605,800 applications only 5,271,300 have so far been processed. Further estimates suggest tens of thousands – possibly up to 150,000 – of others have yet to even apply. Read more