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    URBANCONSULTATIONJAN2013ProjectCoordinator:GreaterPollokIntegrationNetwork

    IntegrationorDestitution?

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    GreaterPollokIntegrationNetwork

    Secular

    ro ect

    Historicalroots

    asylumseeker,refugee,migrantworker

    GlasgowDestitutionNetwork

    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

    BelievingintheCity2

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    Dignityoftheindividual

    Justice

    Speakingup

    for

    the

    marginalised

    Seewww.cdx.org.uk

    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

    BelievingintheCity2

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    Idealworld...

    asylumsupportratesapprox70%ofincome

    68%asylumcasesinitiallyrefused;26%appeals

    succee

    When

    granted

    status,

    28

    days

    to

    sort

    accommodation&benefits notenoughtime!

    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

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    n.1.Extremewantofresourcesorthemeansof

    subsistence;com lete

    overt .

    2.

    A

    de rivation

    orlack;adeficiency.

    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

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    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

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    Sortouttheexistingsystemofasylumsupport

    Righttowork

    Culturechange

    /public

    perception

    Trapped:Destitution&AsyluminScotland(SPIU,GCU,2012)

    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

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    DifferenceinattitudebetweenWestminster

    andHol rood

    Institutionalracism;cultureofdisbelief

    Get

    ecisionsrig t

    irst

    time;

    qua ity

    o

    ega

    representation

    FCOvs UKBA

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    Psalm82:3 NLT

    Give

    justice

    to

    the

    poor

    and

    the

    orphan; uphold

    er g so eoppresse an e es u e.

    Proverbs31:89 (Msg)

    Speakup

    for

    the

    people

    who

    have

    no

    voice,

    for

    .

    out

    for

    justice!

    Stand

    up

    for

    the

    poor

    and

    estitute

    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

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    www.stopdestitution.org.uk

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    Thank ou

    ur er

    n orma on:www.stillhumanstillhere.wordpress.com

    www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk

    January2013NeopolisUrbanConsultation

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