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Asylum seekers stuck in Falkirk hotel for months speak about 'despair'
dailyrecord.co.ukAsylum seekers who have been living in a former Falkirk hotel for months waiting for their applications to be processed have spoken of their despair at living in limbo for so long.
The Cladhan Hotel has been used as a place for asylum seekers by the home office since last November and currently there are 50 men waiting to have their applications heard.Many have been there for months, but with more than 60 more having just arrived at the Beancross Hotel, a local charity group helping them has warned that Falkirk lacks the kind of support they need.
The asylum seekers have all left war-torn countries and dictatorships including Eritrea, Syria and Yemen. On Saturday, some of them met a representative of the Queen, who was in Falkirk to find out what volunteers with Friends of Scottish Settlers (FOSS) are doing to help refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland.For some of the asylum seekers it was a chance to tell of their frustration at living in limbo for so long – unable to work and with no money to go anywhere or do anything.Emma Kapusniak, says she volunteers with FOSS because she is angry at the way the asylum seekers are being treated.She said: “I think people think it sounds good staying in a hotel but actually they are staying in a small room with no access to a kitchen and no money to go anywhere.“I don’t think that anybody realises they only get £8 a week to spend.
I don’t think somewhere like Falkirk is the right place to send them because there just isn’t the infrastructure here."With no money, the asylum seekers have no way to buy clothes or trainers and Emma collects clothing that she takes to the Cladhan to see what they need.FOSS members appreciate there is little they can do to help the situation - sometimes
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