Matt HodgkinsonNov 5, 2024

About time! Clearing up Tory messes.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/04/tamils-stranded-on-diego-garcia-for-three-years-allowed-to-enter-uk

#DiegoGarcia #AsylumUK #Tamils #Refugees

Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia for three years allowed to enter UK

Government drops opposition to case of 64 people, including 16 children, who fled persecution in Sri Lanka

The Guardian
Matt HodgkinsonFeb 18, 2024

As though the British military occupation of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands wasn't shameful enough, since 2021 dozens of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who arrived by boat have been detained in a tiny enclosure in tents - and the UK govt says international conventions on asylum don't apply there. Our own Guantanamo Bay.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68326365

#DiegoGarcia #Tamils #AsylumUK #RefugeeLaw #AsylumLaw #InternationalHumanRights #ChagosIslands #SriLanka #BritishArmy #UKpol

Diego Garcia asylum seekers feel unsafe on remote British island territory

A group of 61 held in a camp on Diego Garcia tell UN inspectors of sexual assaults, rat bites and self-harm.

BBC News
Marie Louise SeebergMar 20, 2023
Well, duh. #asylumUK Private firms profiting from asylum hotels https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64991234
Private firms profiting from UK asylum hotels

The government pays millions each day to house asylum seekers in almost 400 hotels across the UK.

BBC News