Letter to Home Secretary following death of Syrian refugee Adnan Olbeh

Please write to the Home Secretary to explain why 400 asylum seekers in Glasgow were moved out of safe housing into empty hotels during the Lockdown

Join our newsletter Call to Action: Please write to the Home Secretary and ask her why 400 vulnerable men, women and children were moved from flats in Glasgow into rundown hotels during the Lockdown Please give generously at CAF, JustGiving or PayPal Giving, or post a cheque to Positive Action in Housing, 98 West George St Glasgow G2 1PJ. Hi there, Read more about this campaign here  Read the letter I trust that you and your loved ones are staying safe. Following the tragic death of 30 year old Syrian Refugee Adnan Olbeh in Glasgow, i an writing to let you know we have today written a letter to the Home Secretary to ask her to: • Tell us why Mears and the Home Office ignored the Lockdown restrictions imposed by the UK Government since April by transporting hundreds of vulnerable people 4 or 5 to a van out of the safety of self-contained flats into empty Glasgow hotels (where social distancing is impossible and there is increased risk of catching the Coronavirus in crowded dining rooms and lifts) • Urge her to restore the weekly allowance of £35.50 to Glasgow's "hotel asylum seekers" and to move people back into self-contained accommodation before a further tragedy occurs. Our greatest fear is that there are many people like Adnan currently residing in the hotels without money or proper support.  Call to action If you would like to write to the Home Secretary in your own words expressing your concerns about the treatment of Glasgow's asylum seekers, please email the Home secretary at the following email address (a skeleton letter is provided ut please feel free to amend it): public.enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk - and  copy in withammp@parliament.uk & home@positiveactionh.org  Finally, you can help too. In response to the Covid-19 emergency we have established a Refugee Appeal Fund so that we can continue these critical services in the challenging months ahead. To donate to the Refugee Appeal Fund, click here. For other ways to give, including PayPal Giving, online banking or just sending a cheque in the post, please go to our donate page. By giving today you can help make sure some of the most vulnerable people still have someone to turn to. We appreciate any ideas you can suggest to continue our vital services. Just drop me an email., I look forward to hearing from you. Best wishes and kind regards, Robina Qureshi Director – Positive Action in Housing   P.S. We urgently need your support to help refugees through the coming months, so please do consider giving just £10 a month today. Donate safely and securely here or via JustGiving or PayPal.    Post a cheque (made payable to Positive Action in Housing Ltd) to: Positive Action in Housing 98 West George St, Glasgow G2 1PJ Set up a monthly donation here  Donate via internet banking: Account name: Positive Action in Housing Sort Code: 82 20 00 Account: 00447398   Companies can request an invoice for tax/auditing purposes, email accounts@positiveactionh.org.  Help someone from a refugee background get back on their feet by offering a temporary self contained accommodation or a room (all guests are screened) Sign up here - for more info email info@roomforrefugees.com Background to this appeal Positive Action in Housing's Lifeline Service provides a breathing space so that people can decide their options and create a forward plan with their lawyer and caseworker. This approach has produced life transforming outcomes, putting autonomy back into peoples' lives. We focus resources on those at risk of exploitation: unaccompanied children, families, pregnant woman, the elderly and sick, and lone individuals living in poverty and people with health problems/disabilities.  As well as arranging shelter, our Winter Surgery provides bus tokens, food vouchers and hygiene packs, with books and art materials for children. We will also provide crisis grants to ensure people in these vulnerable and at-risk groups do not go hungry, cold, or forced to live on the street. In 2018/19, Positive Action in Housing assisted 1,501 destitute refugees & asylum seekers from Syria, Eritrea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine and Yemen with advice, legal representation, shelter, and crisis funds at crucial stages in their settlement. We provided 48K nights of shelter (www.roomforrefugees.com) and distributed £60K from our Emergency Relief Fund – providing a genuine lifeline. We work to resolve a crisis and rebuild lives. See our latest impact report Thank you for supporting this appeal.   Positive Action in Housing Working together to rebuild lives   Scottish Registered Charity SC027577 www.positiveactionh.org  www.roomforrefugees.com

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