Asylum

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has been granted leave to intervene in the continuing legal challenge to the “serious human rights implications” of Serco's lock-change policy. The private accommodation provider began its mass eviction policy of up to 300 people in Glasgo

A Glasgow MP has presented a bill to the UK Parliament this week to protect asylum seekers from eviction. Private housing provider Serco had issued a series lock-change orders to more than 300 people refused asylum in the UK, although the action has been temporarily stalled by a series of interim in

Hundreds of asylum seekers face eviction after housing provider Serco announced it is restarting its lock-changing programme. It first announced it was handing out eviction notices to tenants who had been denied the right to remain in the UK last July.

Home Office rules on determining if asylum seekers are younger than 18 are unlawful, senior judges have ruled. The Court of Appeal has supported a claim made by an Eritrean man, who sought asylum in 2014, The Times reports.