ASYLUM SEEKER ACCOMMODATION EVICTIONS

Early day motion 2636, tabled 22 July 2019 by Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party). Signed by 16 members.

That this House notes with serious concern that asylum seekers accommodated, or who were accommodated under section 95 or 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in asylum dispersal areas across the UK, are either threatened or are subject to evictions by Home office contractors - notably Serco in Glasgow - delivering the public service of asylum housing, with no court oversight or due legal process; regards such practices as highly inappropriate and contrary to the UK's best traditions of procedural fairness and the rule of law; and recommends changes are made to ensure legal due process on evictions applies in asylum accommodation.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 7, Labour 5, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.