Degrading living conditions for asylum seekers are fuelled by privatisation
The recent red door asylum seeker housing scandal has highlighted the cracks in the system.
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Despite repeated failings, private firms continue to run asylum housing
The government has extended a contract with private security companies G4S and Serco.
After the Epping Forest case, the government needs to be bold and build asylum housing that works
Asylum housing needs to come back under public control.
The damning case against private providers of housing for asylum seekers
Here’s why you shouldn’t blame local authorities for the failure of government contractors.
Asylum housing tycoon is among the UK’s wealthiest – here’s what conditions are like inside the properties his company runs
Infestations, overcrowding and suicide attempts have all been found at asylum accommodation sites run by private companies.
Housing asylum seekers in military barracks will be hugely expensive – and politically costly
Previous use of large sites for housing asylum seekers proved to be dangerous, demoralising, dehumanising and expensive.
How the UK became dependent on asylum hotels
Why hotel use has risen, and what it’s costing the UK.
As protesters and politicians call for the closure of asylum hotels, what are the alternatives?
Long-term use of hotels poses numerous challenges to those living there.
Bibby Stockholm: legionella is not the only health threat on the asylum barge
Overcrowding is associated with many other mental and physical health concerns.
Here’s how to counter the ‘impending shortage’ of homes for asylum seekers
It’s not just a matter of numbers: asylum seekers need houses where they can feel at home.
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