Policy responses about refugee issues in 2011
A list of responses from 2011
December 2011
Asylum Support Partnership (ASP) Move-On and Integration Advice following cuts to RIES and OSS Services (178Kb, PDF)
This statement has been agreed by the Asylum Support Partnership (ASP), which brings together key national and regional charitable providers of asylum support services to refugees and asylum seekers, to ensure, through collaborative working, that asylum seekers get the support they need.
November 2011
Response to Scottish Social Housing Charter (476Kb, PDF)
Our response to the draft of the Social Housing Charter is based, like our former response on the consultation document in May, on our casework experience and research. Our response focuses on the promotion of a human right approach and the inclusion of an equality outcome.
November 2011
May 2011
Consultation response to the Consultation Paper to Social Housing Charter (432Kb, PDF)
Our response is based on our experiences providing services, including housing advice, to asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland. It is also based on published research we commissioned into refugees’ experiences accessing stable housing in Scotland
March 2011
Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland
Human Trafficking Inquiry (300Kb, PDF)
Our response regarding the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland's inquiry on human trafficking in Scotland, which looks at all forms of trafficking, particularly into sexual exploitation. Our response to the consultation focuses solely on the components of the inquiry where we have evidence and/or sound operational knowledge.
