OUTSOURCING giant Serco has lost the contract to house refugees in Scotland after an uproar over its evictions policy, but a Labour MP has warned that bad treatment will continue unless government policy is changed.
The Home Office announced that Mears Group will take over the provision of asylum-seeker housing from September.
Serco was slammed last summer for announcing that it would change the locks on the doors of residents who had been refused refugee status.
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Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE



