Policy responses about refugee issues in 2010
A list of responses from 2010
Briefing to MSPs for Scottish Parliament debate on 'UKBA’s Contempt Agenda for Scotland'
December 2010
A briefing on UK Border Agency’s termination of its housing contract with Glasgow City Council, plus their refusal to respond to MSPs’ representations on individual asylum and immigration cases.
Read the debate in the Scottish Parliament on 16 December 2010
A fresh start? The new Government’s agenda for reforming the asylum system in the UK
October 2010
The purpose of our annual conference on 29 October 2010 was to provide a forum for stakeholders to feed their views into policy reviews, including a review of the asylum process itself, against the background of challenging financial pressures. The report presents a synopsis of the conference and the recommendations that came from each of the workshops.
National guidance for child protection in Scotland
September 2010
Our response soley relates to the components of the guidance which focus on separated children.
Fresh thinking, new ideas: housing policy in Scotland
August 2010
This is our response to the Scottish Government's green paper, 'Fresh Thinking, New Ideas'. We welcome the opportunity to have our say on housing policy in Scotland. Our response is based on the experiences of our new Housing Development Officer and on our recently published research, 'Navigating the maze.'
UK Border Agency Review into ending the detention of children
July 2010
Having long called for the end of child detention for immigration purposes, we welcome the UK Government’s commitment to ending this inhumane practice. Scottish Refugee Council is a member of both the Refugee Children’s Consortium and the Immigration Legal Practitioners’ Association. We support their respective submissions in response to the consultation. This submission seeks to provide a specific Scottish perspective to the review.
Further submissions and access to asylum support
Joint response from the Asylum Support Partnership (ASP)
July 2010
This policy document contains evidence about the problems and destitution experienced by many asylum seekers as a result of policy changes on presenting further submissions on asylum claims.
Glasgow Housing Association consultation on allocation policy
June 2010
This is our response to Glasgow Housing Association's consultation on its housing allocation policy.
Law Commission consultation on adult social care
May 2010
This is our response to The Law Commission consultation on its proposals for reforming the law in relation to Adult Social Care in England and Wales (consultation paper no. 192).
Read the appendix to our response (181Kb, PDF)
Reforming Asylum Support: effective support for those with protection needs
Responses by Scottish Refugee Council and the Asylum Support Partnership to UK Border Agency consultation
February 2010
The response by Asylum Support Partnership (ASP) references our research and Scottish specific aspects of the report. ASP states: “We are concerned that the Government's proposals will fail to create a coherent support system which meets the needs of asylum seeking individuals and families in the UK, resulting in destitution remaining a feature of the UK asylum system, at great cost to individuals and society.”
ASP is made up of ourselves, Welsh Refugee Council, Refugee Council, North East Refugee Services and, at the time of the report, Refugee Action.
Read the Scottish Refugee Council response
Immigration rules framework: simplifying immigration law
Joint response by Scottish Refugee Council, Refugee Council and Welsh Refugee Council to UK Border Agency consultation.
February 2010
We are concerned about the extent to which parliament allows extensive powers to be given to the Secretary of State, to be enacted in the form of rules, without sufficient detail of how these powers are to be exercised.
