Migrant Voice director's comment on people dying in asylum seeker accommodation

Migrant Voice director's comment on people dying in asylum seeker accommodation

On 26 September, The Civil Fleet published an investigation on the number of asylum seekers who die while staying in Home Office accommodation. The report found that more people died in the first six months of 2021 than in the whole of 2022.

Nazek Ramadan, our director, was quoted in the article: “[They] are kept in limbo for months on end. They are denied the right to work, must survive on a few pounds a day and cannot start rebuilding their new life.

“The conditions of the hotels and homes where they are housed are often poor, with insect infestations and leaks. It is no wonder that it has a devastating impact on the mental health of many people who may have already experienced trauma on their journey to the UK. Unfortunately, these figures show that the issue is about more than a few isolated cases.”

Read the whole article here.