‘I’m literally in the middle of nowhere. It’s a glorified prison.' 25-year-old Zarith is just one of 37,000 asylum seekers currently living in hostels, hotels, and other temporary housing. He sat down with us to tell us about his experience 👇
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Rainbow Migration, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group Zarith is a member of, says the policy has brought concern, confusion and anger to many migrants. For LGBTQ+ people not offshored to the central African nation, their troubles won’t end there as they face up to the Home Office. When Sunak became the first person to colour to become prime minister, Zarith thought things might change.
Zarith feels he saw this in action when Sunak, amid growing anger within his party, vowed to clear the country’s backlog of asylum claims.waiting for an initial decision from the Home Office.
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