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Why do some non-UK nationals sleep rough and what happens to them when they do?
A thread made of stories…
A thread made of stories…
EU citizens:
‘It wasn’t hard to find work, but it was hard to find anything that paid decently. We worked in a bread factory on zero hours contracts. Because we couldn’t afford to rent, we ended up sleeping in a tent.’
@the3million
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/immigration-brexit-yarls-wood-a7832456.html
‘It wasn’t hard to find work, but it was hard to find anything that paid decently. We worked in a bread factory on zero hours contracts. Because we couldn’t afford to rent, we ended up sleeping in a tent.’
@the3million
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/immigration-brexit-yarls-wood-a7832456.html
Overseas students:
‘When I was in my final year the Home Office shut down my college. I spent 47 days in immigration detention. That was when my mental health collapsed.’ @UnisNotBorders
https://novaramedia.com/2020/05/28/a-migrant-with-no-recourse-to-public-funds-on-being-made-homeless-during-a-pandemic/
‘When I was in my final year the Home Office shut down my college. I spent 47 days in immigration detention. That was when my mental health collapsed.’ @UnisNotBorders
https://novaramedia.com/2020/05/28/a-migrant-with-no-recourse-to-public-funds-on-being-made-homeless-during-a-pandemic/
Children and their parents:
‘We had to keep going to McDonalds every night and we would also go to A&E. I would have to wear my school clothes and sleep like that. My mum had to stay awake all night and all day so she could watch over me.’
@project17
https://www.project17.org.uk/seen-and-heard
‘We had to keep going to McDonalds every night and we would also go to A&E. I would have to wear my school clothes and sleep like that. My mum had to stay awake all night and all day so she could watch over me.’
@project17
https://www.project17.org.uk/seen-and-heard
Asylum seekers:
'No matter how you try, you end up mixing with unkind people. They steal your things. You can’t carry everything all the time. All the time, you’re not really clean. Your shoes are wet.' @JRSUK https://www.jrsuk.net/out-in-the-cold/
'No matter how you try, you end up mixing with unkind people. They steal your things. You can’t carry everything all the time. All the time, you’re not really clean. Your shoes are wet.' @JRSUK https://www.jrsuk.net/out-in-the-cold/
Roma people:
'We were served papers because we were sleeping on the streets. We asked for an interpreter but didn’t get one. One immigration officer said: ‘Shut up! Go back to Bulgaria.’ Then they took our passports away and detained us.' @RomaSupport https://nelmacampaigns.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/we-werent-upset-or-worried-at-first-we-had-all-our-papers-in-order/
'We were served papers because we were sleeping on the streets. We asked for an interpreter but didn’t get one. One immigration officer said: ‘Shut up! Go back to Bulgaria.’ Then they took our passports away and detained us.' @RomaSupport https://nelmacampaigns.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/we-werent-upset-or-worried-at-first-we-had-all-our-papers-in-order/
Being detained:
'They pulled my blanket off me. My first thought was that I was about to be killed. They said I was under arrest. I told them I didn’t know I could be illegal. I’m a European citizen.’ @opendemocracyUK https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/openjustice/unlawful-state/i-didnt-know-i-could-be-illegal-the-policies-that-target-rough-sleepers/
'They pulled my blanket off me. My first thought was that I was about to be killed. They said I was under arrest. I told them I didn’t know I could be illegal. I’m a European citizen.’ @opendemocracyUK https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/openjustice/unlawful-state/i-didnt-know-i-could-be-illegal-the-policies-that-target-rough-sleepers/
From today non-UK nationals could once again face deportation for being homeless.
Please help us stop this from happening.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-the-government-deporting-rough-sleepers/
Please help us stop this from happening.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-the-government-deporting-rough-sleepers/
