A Moment’s Peace Artistic Director Shared Space group Theatre Company A Wallis Junior lecturer People are dead, others were seriously injured, all the while an Lawyer & Human Rights Aamer Anwar & Co., Solicitors & Aamer Anwar organisations which profiteer from the misery of asylum Campaigner Notaries seekers remain unaccountable Abbas Zaidi Doctor NHS Abbey Peebles Private Citizen, Student Abdelmagid Gaboura Private Citizen Abdelrahim Private Citizen Asylum seekers need our help to start build them lifes here Abdul Khalifa Arabic interpreter Asylum seekers then they will start build our new homes here in the UK Abida Farid Private Citizen Those seeking asylum must also be kept safe. Abigael Baldoumas Private Citizen Addison Malloy Private Citizen Adela Stockton Psychological Therapist Settle Solidarity Adrienne amri Student I cannot sit back and do nothing when human beings are Adrienne Hannah Private Citizen treated so appallingly. Agus Masondo Private Citizen Because people died Ahmed Almokashfy Private Citizen Sudanese community To support the campaign Ahmed Khan Private Citizen NHS human rights and respect Aileen Johnson Staff nurse This is a humanitarian crisis I support human rights. Having vulnerable people live in these Aileen Murray Tattooer conditions is not okay. Ailsa Fyfe Private Citizen A Ailsa Gibson Private Citizen Absolute dismay at the conditions that asylum seekers are being housed in within hotels at this time, with particular ref to Ailsa Kathryn Wright Private Citizen removal of paltry income and lack of autonomy regarding feeding themselves, also lack of social distancing options at this time. Aimee donaldson Doctor I want Scotland to offer everyone who lives here basic rights Aimee McGurn Private Citizen and support. It shouldn't be too much to ask. Aimee Toshney Music teacher Al Thomas Private Citizen Alan christopher Private Citizen Keep up the great work on behalf of all asylum seekers Sec., Barnsley Borough City of Alan James Curtis see above We are aware of criticism of Mears in Wakefield Sanctuary Alan Morris Retired To Support the Campaign/Sign the Petition Alanna Hayes Private Citizen I feel an injustice has been done. The Government and its agents must look after the people in Alastair Lings Private Citizen its care. A public inquiry is needed because they have failed in that duty of care. Refugees are welcome here. It is a basic Human Right that Alec Carswell Private Citizen those looking for safety, get it. Alessandra Anzante Private Citizen RefuAid Alexander David clark Retired Keep on and redouble. Your wonderful efforts It is unacceptable to leave people in deplorable conditions. This Alexandra Simpson Private Citizen is affecting people's physical and mental state and the proof is in recent events. Treat people like people! Alexis Smith Filmmaker Alice Private Citizen I do not approve of treating people in the way these asylum Alieda McKinney Private Citizen seekers have been treated Alison Events Welcome to Scotland x For humane treatment of asylum seekers, and to ensure new Alison Anderson Private Citizen Scots have all the same rights as existing Scots Because the treatment of vulnerable human beings seeking Alison Cannibal Private Citizen refuge in the UK is absolutely deplorable and Mears should be held accountable for their inhumane practices. Alison Clark Private Citizen We need to do better More respect show more humanity I have been following the conditions of Asylum seekers and feel that the system require more organisation 1)access to country is easier and more ordered Alison Elliot Retired 2)more informed people in the home office so that cases are dealt with fairly 3)Swifter processes

Alison Hauenstein A society shows its values in how it treats its most vulnerable Private Citizen Swan members. People have come to the UK seeking safety or have been trafficked here and are experiencing a repetition of indignity Instead of a validation of their human rights. In support of asylum seekers forced into hotels and did not have a risk assessment performed and had their meagre daily Alison Hendry Private Citizen allowance removed. We would like to see an independent enquiry performed. I have worked as a guidance worker with asylum seekers in the Alison M C Hore Private Citizen past. UNESCO Chair for Refugee Alison Phipps Integration Alison Pibworth Musician Alison Rawles Private Citizen I think the way the asylum seekers are being treated is Alison Scott Private Citizen appalling. Mears Group should be ashamed. I know I am. Alison Scott Private Citizen Aliya Nisar Private Citizen Allana Bell Social Worker in Training Allison Docherty Private Citizen Amanda Private Citizen Amanda Charlton Private Citizen No human beings should have to suffer like this. These people have come to our shores for help and safety only to be treated Amanda Kerr Private Citizen like animals. Herded up in hotels. Denied basic rights. It is shameful. It is our duty to take care of the most vulnerable in society. How shocking that profits are put before people. We should be Amanda Megson Private Citizen looking after these people as if they were family its the least we can do after all they have been through. Do the right thing. It's terrible that so much money has been misappropriated under the pretence of providing these vulnerable people with Amanda Walker Private Citizen safe accommodation and healthy food, the reality is shockingly poor. The treatment of our most vulnerable reflects on all of us as a Amber Bauer CEO Donate4Refugees society. I’d heard long before the June tragedy that conditions were horrendous for asylum seekers. We had been funding food drops for one thing. How can we sleep at night when we treat peopl Ambika Okhandiar Private Citizen Sick of the system I stand with asylum seekers who deserve to be welcome to our country and more than their basic human rights to be met. The Amelia Rogers Student home office and Mears have endangered asylum seekers and the public through negligence and a lack of understanding and compassion. T amos newton Private Citizen People are all born equal, yet some are born into unequal circumstances. The misfortune of being born into hardship Amy Ferguson Radio Producer shouldn’t mean we are allowed to be treated as less, these people deserve more, and I’m so sorry they haven’t been shown the kindness they Amy Hyde Private Citizen Amy Longmuir Private Citizen Refugees deserve so much better. Amy MacInnes Private Citizen Basic human rights, social equality Amy Mccormack Occupational therapist Asylum seekers deserve a decent standard of housing and Anabel Marsh Private Citizen support. I am appalled at the way they have been herded into hotels in this crisis Systemic change is needed. The Home Office and Mears cannot Andrea Williamson GP violate people’s’ rights and be unaccountable. Andrew Bickerstaff Chef Treat people with humanity! Clerk of Aberdeen Quaker Andrew Collins Aberdeen Quakers I agree that the conditions described are intolerable Meeting Andrew Lephard Private Citizen Andrew Noble Private Citizen Am signing on behalf of all Vulnerable Asylum seekers and Andrew Ofoegbu Private Citizen Refugees who suffering and is also traumatised as result of unpleasant conditions they have been subjected. andy locke Private Citizen Angel Clark Private Citizen Angela Anderson Private Citizen Angela Barron Private Citizen Angela Cochrane Careers Adviser Refugees are welcome in Scotland Angela Heaney Children/youth worker Royston Youth Action We support this enquiry fully Angela Ireland Cafe owner MILK Enough is enough Angela McCormick College lecturer Dignity and respect must apply in all aspects of all people’s Angela O’Hagan Private Citizen lives. Angelle McCluskey Private Citizen How we treat the most vulnerable in society is a measure of Angus Hardie Director Scottish Community Alliance how civilised our society is. Because it is obviously and fundamentally an unjust, unfair and Aniela Piasecka Private Citizen harmful situation manufactured by Mears group that offends everything I stand for. Refugees and asylum seekers cannot be left in this hostile Young persons residential environment, it is time the Scottish government spoke up and Anita Lewis worker time that we stand alongside these people to ensure their basic human rights are reinstated Anita Shelton Private Citizen Human rights for EVERYONE must not be denied! Ann Ashaye Private Citizen N/A Ann Dorward Retired Anger at the treatment of refugees in Britain MacInnes I'm devastated to hear how people in need are being treated in Ann Falconer Private Citizen my country and want this changing. FAMS (Families Affected by I believe profit and greed are being put before care and Ann Marie Cocozza Charity volunteer Murder, Suicide, Suicidal compassion. Behaviours) I am signing because this is a deplorable way to treat human Ann Marie Miller Private Citizen beings. Ann McElhinney Private Citizen These human beings are being kept in dreadful conditions Ann Thanisch Private Citizen This is a shocking situation requiring immediate attention Anna Mendonca Private Citizen Because this has to be addressed! Anna Nicholson-Lailey Private Citizen Anna Pearce Volunteer ASH Project Gatwick Detainees Welfare Anna Pincus Director Group Anna wakeley Social Worker People cannot be left with no money to buy essentials and be Anne Carolyn Watson Private Citizen crowded together in one place. Retired Social worker (private Anne Chalmers citizen) In the hope that the council will do something about the plight Anne Dunford Private Citizen of these people - nobody should be living in conditions like that. I am appalled that vulnerable people, who have already endured so much, are being housed in such awful conditions Anne Hunter Private Citizen and being placed in danger as a result. There should be a public enquiry into what is happening here. Meanwhile, people should be found flats Hotels are not suitable accommodation for people seeking refuge from violence, war and persecution. They need a home, Anne Marie Kane Private Citizen a safe space, friendship, care and peace. They need to be treated with respect. None of that can be provided if the the companies involv I am appalled at inhumane treatment of Asylum Seekers Anne Marie McFadden Private Citizen particularly during this pandemic Anne McEwan Private Citizen Because we can do better than this Everyone has the right to live in safety with dignity and respect. Anne Mulligan Private Citizen Asylum seekers should be properly cared for in our country. I support human rights and there is no democracy without Anne Mullin General Practitioner GPs at the Deep End Group human rights Anne Petrie Private Citizen They’ve been through enough What happened to the refugees in Glasgow was an absolute Anne Sobey Private Citizen disgrace Anne Sweeney Bank Manager The treatment of these people is appalling and seems to be focused on ensuring private profit. Mears are dragging Anne Toms Private Citizen Scotland’s name as a warm and welcoming nation down. More importantly, the conditions of these poor people are appalling. Annie Hashagen Private Citizen Inhumane treatment of asylum seekers cannot be tolerated 2 deaths in 2 months in hotel detention - it is clear that this is an unsafe and hostile environment that is denying people their Annie Tothill Volunteer The Unity Centre dignity and basic rights to healthcare, adequate housing and freedom. We support a public inquiry into both deaths and into c I consider that what has been happening in Glasgow to asylum seekers is a violation of their human rights that those of us who Anthony Buxton Private Citizen live in Scotland do not condone. The city of Glasgow should be able to take over the situation and Miers made to pay compensatio People seeking safety from abuse of rights need to have these Anthony Clarke Private Citizen rights observed as they are accommodated. It is essential that these refugees are treated humanely and Anthony Pearce Private Citizen respectfully The treatment of asylum seekers which has resulted in deaths, Antonia Ineson Market gardener injury and terrible living conditions for people who need care and support is shameful and must be changed. Anwell Moyo Customer assistant Teleperformance Refugees need to be treated with compassion and respect, and Aoife Brennan Environmental scientist in a way that preserves dignity and supports mental health Ari Loughlin Private Citizen Ashleigh Wilkie Social Worker Barnardos Ashley Holdsworth Research Student Quinn The treatment of people seeking asylum in hotels and guest houses is inhumane. We hoped hat the new contract with audrey councillor Mears would improve conditions for people, it is worse. We talk about integration, this cannot happen when people are not allowed to be part Sec of Central Scotland Liberal Austin Reid Private Citizen Democrat party Averil Lamont Private Citizen I am appalled by anyone being treated in this way and especially people who are asylum seekers and refugees. These Averil Mary McHaffie Private Citizen people have suffered already by having to leave home and escape danger and need support and help here. Ayman Hassan Private Citizen Human Dignity Asylum Seekers are not expermental animals their lives matters I support this inquiry to Help avoid potential tragic adverse B Alaour Doctor outcomes on vulnerable refugees b love Private Citizen Human Rights Babs Gwynne Private Citizen The inhumane treatment of these vulnerable people sickens me babs macgregor worker Dignity is a human right The housing of asylum seekers and refugees needs overhauled Retired teacher and volunteer so that people are treated humanely and not kept in unsuitable Barbara Drummond advocate accommodation. The Mears group should relinquish some stock so that more social housing is available. Feel strongly that whilst Glasgow welcomes our asylum seeking brothers and sisters, we seek to offer them safety and dignity . Barbara Glass Private Citizen The appalling treatment the Home Office agents show is not done in my name and I feel the need to stand and be counted to speak Barbara Helm Private Citizen Such a sad and unnecessary situation! Barbara Robinson Private Citizen Glasgow Quakers Barbara Smith Banking Barry Wynne Private Citizen To try and bring attention to this tragic subject Bea Catterwell Private Citizen Becki Crossley Private Citizen Becky Duncan Director open aye Bel Pye Private Citizen Benjamin Dunphy Dentist Bernadette Short Private Citizen Beth anderson Student Beth Hayden Private Citizen I believe in the dignity and right to safe housing for all people Beth McDonough Writer and teacher Vulnerable people deserve and need proper support. People seeking asylum deserve humane individualised Beth Nolan Private Citizen treatment that meets all their needs. Beth Revuelta Private Citizen Beth Sabey Private Citizen Bethany Warner Private Citizen Bill Fraser Private Citizen Billy Singh Private Citizen Blair Wight Private Citizen Bob Carey-Grieve Private Citizen I feel ashamed that this is a what business as usual looks like . Bob Dixon Private Citizen t Bob Rice Retired Brenda Murphy Retired Justice and human love I am disgusted by the treatment of my fellow humans and Brenda Tamburrini Private Citizen ashamed that this is happening in my city. All human beings should be treated with Compassion and Brian Burns Retired Teacher Christianity Justice and when arriving in the UK shoukd Brian Claffey Private Citizen Black lives matter Stirling Brian Cleland Private Citizen Equality for all Bridget Burnett Mental health nurse Cruel and inhumane treatment of anyone is never justified. Human rights are being breached. Home Office has to be Bridget Dunne Teacher Glasgow City Council accountable Hotel rooms may appear to be a good way of accommodating asylum-seekers and indeed the homeless are pleased to have Bridget Fowler Emeritus Professor University of Glasgow them. But I know from my former asylum-seeker that his does not allow proper social distancing in queuing for food, unless he waits to the We have a duty under UN legislation to provide accommodation for those refugees (ie asylum seekers) who are Bridget Fowler Emeritus Professor facing persecution in their own countries for their ethnicity, political beliefs, religion or sexuality. Many have gone through extreme hardship to Bridget Ramsay Private Citizen I am horrified at the treatment of asylum seekers, and the out- sourcing of responsibility for them to a private company only Bronwen Currie Retired Private citizen interested in making a profit. They should be returned to their homes immediately and their allowances restored, and the responsi Bruce Patrick Private Citizen This is a scandal that must be stopped C Reith arts Caitlin King Private Citizen Caitriona Thomas Lawyer We are all humans. Caledonia Joynson Private Citizen This is inhuman and I want Scotland to do better Callum Okhandiar- Private Citizen MacDougall Carina Herbert Private Citizen Carine Freeman Private Citizen People are being denied their basic human rights by Sears and Carine Gordon Private Citizen the Home Office Carla Apel Private Citizen Carles Private Citizen Humanity Carlo Morelli Lecturer UCU Maslow's supports this campaign and will work with everyone Carol Gilchrist Director Maslow's Community Shop. involved to get an asylum system that treats people fairly and humanely. These people (asylum seekers) are human beings, and should Carol Roxburgh Private Citizen be treated as such - with respect and dignity. It would appear that they were being treated dreadfully. caroline forbes Private Citizen it's important So sad that people were hurt and a tradegy that someone had Caroline O'Toole Private Citizen to die. Living circumstances for asylum seekers needs to be improved Caroline Wardle Private Citizen I’d like to help if I can I have read of the conditions in which asylum seekers are being Carolyn Futty Teacher kept within the UK and believe this to be a breach of basic human rights Caron jones Self employed therapist Carrie Donnelly Private Citizen I feel strongly that refugees, who have already suffered, should Carrie Robinson Private Citizen be treated with respect and compassion, as our fellows Carrie-Ann Merifield Teacher In the hope that this horrific treatment of asylum seekers and Caryn Hastie Private Citizen refugees is investigated and Stops and individuals and companies are held accountable The conditions these people have been faced with are Carys Roberts Private Citizen appalling and unacceptable Casci Ritchie Heritage Sector Cat Tabbner Private Citizen Cath Wallace Private Citizen Poverty Truth community It is tragic that your work fighting for justice & the most basic Catherine Private Citizen needs of such vulnerable people should be so necessary. Catherine Black Beauty therapist To help be a voice for refugees Catherine Chisholm Private Citizen We are supposed to be a civilised society. How can we treat Catherine Dyer Private Citizen anyone as if they are less than us? We are all equal Catherine Hoyles Private Citizen Catherine Maguire Private Citizen Catherine Major Private Citizen Catherine McCulloch Private Citizen Refugees are welcome here Catherine Rice Private Citizen I am signing because I have been working with the people living in the hotels for several weeks. These people are Cathryn Wheatley Private Citizen traumatised, they cannot sleep during the night, they are scared to answer the door. Mears has traumatised hundreds of people in their pursui Cathy Higgins retired headteacher Cathy McCallum Private Citizen - Catrin Evans Private Citizen At a time where we should be looking after the most vulnerable in society, the system has failed resulting in devastating Catriona Mackay chef Perth Against Racism consequences. The terrible conditions that these people were forced to live in has been brought up time and time again and ignored. M Mears group have been awarded a contract to provide suitable accommodation and care to vulnerable people. They have Catriona Mackay Private Citizen clearly failed badly. This cannot be accepted, at the very least lessons have to be learnt so that in future we can insure that only organi Cecilia McRitchie Retired Lecturer Wish everyone success and a fresh start. Celine Benoit Private Citizen The treatment of asylum seekers in Glasgow through the Mears group constitutes a human rights abuse of a very vulnerable Ceri Sutherland Private Citizen group of people. Unsanitary living conditions, inedible food, and threats to their ongoing asylum claims if they complain, are unaccep Charlene Jollivet Private Citizen Charlott Rodgers Private Citizen Charlotte Collison Private Citizen Charlotte Dunn Student Support human rights Student Action for Refugees Charlotte Hutton Private Citizen Glasgow STAR strongly condemns hotel detention and demands that Mears and the Home Office are held accountable for the Charlotte Hutton Private Citizen inhumane conditions asylum seekers in Glasgow have been subjected to. These vulnerable people are seeking sanctuary and safety, we as a society should care more and not let uncaring private charlotte isaac Private Citizen companies like Mears group dump people in run-down hotels, with inedible food and no freedom - a place where nobody would want to be sh Charlotte Margaret Private Citizen Wright Because I do not believe caring for our refugees should be left in the hands of a private, for-profit corporation and the Chelsea McKinnon Private Citizen evidence is clear that they do not care about the individuals in their charge and are committing criminal fraud, stealing the taxpaye Cheryl jordon Private Citizen Chiara McMorran Student Chloe Allan Private Citizen Project Co-ordinator Refugee Chloe LEVASSOR Refugee Action Thank you for doing this Action Chris Aitken Private Citizen Chris Bainbridge Bartender Stand up to racism Glasgow Refugees are welcome here Chris Hely Teacher Humanitarian reasons Chris MacGregor Private Citizen Outrage at the way these people are being treated We need to understand why those in authority appear to have Chris Pountain Private Citizen no concern for the welfare and interests of those for whom they are responsible. Do they even care? Chris Stephens MP MP The way the Mears Group has neglected basic standards of living for people in its accommodation whilst lining its own Chris Ward Private Citizen pockets is disgusting, and shows that it is absolutely unfit for purpose. Not only should its contract with Glasgow City Council be termi The tragic events seem to have been avoidable and this needs Chris wiles Private Citizen to be properly investigated Human rights are universal. British institutions are responsible Chrissie Hirst Private Citizen for protecting them. I am signing because the heartless acts by the MEARS Group and the Home Office is a breach of human rights. Things must Chrissy Bell Private Citizen change. We must help asylum seekers and refugees to have access to basic human rights, support, legal advice and at the end of the day This has to be investigated by an independent group, to bring Volunteer group facilitator to justice those who are receiving govt money to house and Christiane McKeown (mental health) care for the refugees and asylum seekers...and who quite blatantly did not. I had no idea that an organization was able to profit from Christine Gibson Retired refugees in Glasgow.... shame on us all Christine Lee Private Citizen Some serious questions need answered honestly Christine Lloyd Retired Against the inhuman manner in which asylum seekers have Christine McInally Private Citizen been treated. Christopher Ho Caseworker Positive Action in Housing Church of Scotland Parish Thank you for highlighting some of the story behind recent Christopher Rowe Minister events. Let us listen to the voices of vulnerable asylum seekers. Christy Mearns Councillor Scottish Green Party Ciara Maguire Community Worker It is indefensible that a company profits from a contract that is Claire Bell Private Citizen supposed to help vulnerable people but instead creates further misery and hardship. Because this system isn’t working, people are suffering and I Claire Bynner Private Citizen want to help to do something about it Individuals need their own space and home, especially those who have likely lived through trauma. Would you want to live Claire Crothers GP in a hotel for months? Can we respect and love each asylum seeker as if they were our own family? Claire Donoghue Solicitor Claire M. Donoghue Consultancy Claire Jennings Private Citizen Claire Low Private Citizen People need to know what is happening in our hometowns. Claire Lyall Community Worker Unite member Solidarity to everyone demanding the truth I'm signing because I think asylum seekers are being treated claire montgomery Private Citizen inhumanely and this must stop. Claire Thomson Private Citizen O Claire Tomkins Private Citizen Clara Navarro Private Citizen Clare Earl Social Worker Because these people are being treated appallingly. Asylum seekers must be cared for compassionately and Clare Johnson Carer provided for fully. Any one of us could be in their situation at any time. Clare Malloy Community Worker Clare Mc Cann Teacher I am appalled at the decisions made that lead to people being treated in this way. It is inhumane, it is wrong, it is Clare McBrien Private Citizen heartbreaking. It must stop now and people should be held accountable. Clare Moseley Director Care4Calais Clare Tuohy Private Citizen Clayton Cameron Private Citizen . Clemens zoller Private Citizen The mistreatment of asylum seekers, refugees and new Local Organising Programme migrants in the UK is systemic and deliberate. Urgent change is Cloudberry MacLean Arika Co-ordinator needed. The use of hotel detention is just one abuse amongst many. The UK has in the past provided security and care for those in danger. This was a noble tradition, but it is now being trashed retired university Colin Birks by a Westminster government completely devoid of administrator and lecturer compassion and by outsourced companies that care about nothing but profit. Di I am appalled at the lack of care for already traumatised people and the conditions within which they are forced to live. No-one Colleen Molloy Private Citizen should have to wait in limbo on 70% below the poverty line for more than 6 months regardless on how complex their case Conner Cole Private Citizen Connor Diffley Private Citizen They deserve a basic level of human rights at least! Conor Samat Bartender Cora bissett Theatre director Craig Monteith Private Citizen For equality Craig Peacock Private Citizen A fair treatment for those seeking asylum Because the Government's handling of asylum seekers has Crishantha Jerome been extremely in-dignifying, treating them worse than Private Citizen Clayton animals. These are vulnerable humans who need care and support - not more humiliation. The treatment of asylum seekers by the Home Office and Mears is inhumane and unacceptable. Asylum seekers deserve to be Cristin Craig Private Citizen treated with dignity and respect and given appropriate housing, and welfare support after fleeing their own country. D Baird Private Citizen All people need treated with basic respect and care. Daisy Hooper Head of Policy Dana Givan Early years These were avoidable tragedies DANDREA Emergency services A reform of the system is long overdue. Daniel Brown Private Citizen Young Person Support Daniel Robertson North Ayrshire Council Everyone deserves the right to safe and comfortable lives. Worker Daniela Latina Researcher Danielle Smith Private Citizen We see so many injustices around the world with the mistreatment of people who are seeking asylum after leaving Danny Alderslowe Youth Coordinator Gatehouse Drop-In traumatic experiences. I fully support the organisations and asylum seekers who recognise the embarrassing and amateur work carried out by the Danny McCluskey Private Citizen I am appalled at the situation that these vulnerable people are Daphne Wassermann Private Citizen in. Unite Glasgow Retired Members Dave Sherry Private Citizen Solidarity Refugees and Asylum Seekers Welcome Here Branch Dave Watson Private Citizen Daveen Wilson Private Citizen We are a rich country; we cannot treat people like this. David Butler Finance manager I back this strongly David Gray Teacher A civilised society treats everyone individual with care and David Henderson Private Citizen respect. We need to think about the conditions in which we are making refugees a snow asylum seekers live. David McDowall Private Citizen David Mylan Private Citizen Because asylum seekers are human beings just like the rest of David Philip Smith Private Citizen us, and deserve to be treated as we would like to be. David Somervell Private Citizen David Webb Private Citizen Dawn Sweeney Private Citizen Debbie Horrocks Private Citizen Human beings deserve better care. To end companies like Mears making profit from people and to Debbie Jack Private Citizen get better dignified conditions for asylum seekers Debora Singer Private Citizen We have a duty of care for vulnerable people. Glasgow Council should take care of the people who have come to the city Deborah Jackson Private Citizen seeking refuge. Asylum seekers are not chattels to be traded with profit-seeking companies who care little for the people's welfare. Because I am ashamed of our country and politicians in treating Denis O'Brien Private Citizen humans in this way. I want to be proud of my country not ashamed. Greater Manchester Immigration Its an outrage that people who have come to the UK to seek Denise McDowell Private Citizen Aid Unit protection are being treated like this. Mears is a disgrace. Because what is happening to these people is nothing short of Denise Rivers Private Citizen barbaric and inhuman, I thought we had learned as humans but clearly not all have! It is fundamental that the Home Office explains its failings to Diana Campbell Restored take adequate care of vulnerable people under its protection. West of Scotland Development Diana Ellis Global Education Advisor Education Centre retired tourism myself, supporter of Refugee To all refugees, may you be returned to your homes here in Diana Mary Dower adviser/teacher Council Scotland immediately & granted settled status soon. really agree with the need for a public inquiry into the Diane Scott counseller pyschotherapist appalling way asylum seekers and refugees have been treated especially since lockdown Diane Wilson Private Citizen What happenned in Glasgow was the apparent result of a total Dinah McDonald Private Citizen failure in the duty of care of assylum seekers and should be investigated. No one should be put into a hotel and left with little or no support. Dolores Lee Private Citizen Its morally wrong to treat vulnerable human beings like this Dominic Roberts Private Citizen Don Simpson Teacher Personal The Home Office are acting disgracefully. We need to help and Donald Shaw Creative Producer support everyone stuck in socially deprived situations. It's an absolute disgrace that so many vulnerable people were left without adequate support or appropriate food. It was only Donna McGill Private Citizen a matter of time before the situation exploded. 2 deaths are 2 too many. The treatment of asylum seekers by Mears in Glasgow is Doreen Osborne Private Citizen outrageous. As a city we need to take responsibility and sort out the problems. I am shocked, ashamed and outraged that people coming to UK for safety are being treated in such an inhumane way and East Dunbartonshire Refugee Dorothy Parkin Private Citizen that tax payers' money is being used si disgracefully by Mears. Action Group And this is happening on our doorstep in Glasgow. .a city of supposed welc Dot Whelan Community Worker Dougie James Private Citizen Douglas Lindsay Private Citizen It is our moral duty to help the vulnerable. Dr Abubakr Elmardi Doctor BMA It is time to be Humain Dr David Pritchard Private Citizen Dr James Lynch Private Citizen Senior Lecturer, MSc Art Dr Margaret Hills de Therapy, Queen Margaret It is an issue I feel very strongly about. Zarate University Dr Nicole Beardsworth Private Citizen Dr Rhetta Moran Chair of Trustees, RAPAR RAPAR Solidarity It takes a lot of courage to leave your country to seek refuge Dr Roger Neil Barton Private Citizen and a new life. It is our human obligation to help. Dr W Arthur Chapman Private Citizen An injury to one is an injury to us all, especially when the injury Duncan Toms Private Citizen is to those in a vulnerable position who should receive special consideration and should certainly not be discriminated against and treated badly. Dylan Howel Private Citizen Support. Reform. The treatment of asylum seekers is an ongoing scandal and Eddie Docherty Private Citizen there needs to be accountability. Refugees must be made welcome in Scotland and have full Eddie Hamill Unison Steward Unison Glasgow City Branch access to care provision and support. This is crucial for refugees to be welcome here. Eddie Thomas Private Citizen Edie Private Citizen Edith MacQuarrie Private Citizen Eileen Dickie Private Citizen To change this intolerable treatment of asylum seekers Eileen Dickie Private Citizen The whole situation is immoral and a disgrace to us all Because I know people in the hotels and they are highly Eilidh Graham Private Citizen distressed.. which is making me distressed Eilidh MacGilp Teacher Eilidh Simpson Student Ekhlas Ahmed Human rights activist None Ekhlas osman Private Citizen Mother of poor org Justice for the victim I think this is important to scrutinize the Home Office and how Elaine Docherty Private Citizen their actions lead to the further destitution, indignity, and danger to refugees and asylum seekers. Elaine Downie Co-ordinator The Poverty Truth Community Asylum seekers are entitled to decent accommodation and food. It is a travesty that this is not happening under Mears Elaine Ormiston Private Citizen management. I believe care for asylum seekers should revert to a public sector organisation. Elaine Rietveld Woodwind Instructor Elaine Robertson Private Citizen A Elea Koumpouzi Private Citizen Justice for people who are running away from persecution We cannot allow this inhumanity to continue to happen in Eleanor Grieve Private Citizen Glasgow or anywhere. Its not enough to just stand by. I'm concerned that we are treating human beings like livestock Eleanor Haig Private Citizen to be "managed" - I support a full investigation into the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in Glasgow. Eleanor Janes Private Citizen eleanor paul Private Citizen Because what's going on isn't right Elias Qureshi Private Citizen Elijash Kasha Accountant Take a stand with assylum seekers Elisabeth Wilson Private Citizen This is appalling in a civilised country. Elise Wardlaw Housing Support Worker Elizabeth McEwan Chairperson Provanhall Housing Association We support the work of PAIH. Everybody needs to have good quality accommodation and not live in fear of being kicked out. Everyone needs their own front Elizabeth Perez-Powell Teacher door with the minimum of bed, bathroom and kitchen behind it. I do not understand why some refugees and asylum seekers are being di Elizabeth Wiggin Care Coordinator The treatment of refugees in the city of Glasgow is unacceptable and needs to be rectified immediately. Everyone Ellen Private Citizen deserves to feel safe and secure in our city, and not be subjected to further trauma. Ellen Coyle Business Change Lead Ellen Crawford Private Citizen Ellen Grant Private Citizen I want to support the cause of Asylum seekers and refugees. I am ashamed that U K Government is so reluctant to help Ellen Munn Private Citizen Refugees and vulnerable people and that we in Scotland are being refused a voice for justice. WHY DOES THE HOME OFFICE CONTINUE TO RESIS Ellen Young PhD Student Asylum seekers are suffering from many issues Such as bad Sudanese community in Elrasheed Osman Security guard accommodations , not good quality Of food , No money for Glasgow them to phone their family back home,No psychiatric care. Elspeth Campbell Private Citizen Attend society of friends Support for individuals Emeritus Professor I am sickened and disgusted by what I repeatedly read about Private Citizen Neil Connell Spurway the treatment of refugees by Mears Group and the Home Office Asylum seekers are people fleeing trauma and hardship in their own country. They came to Scotland for sanctuary. They Emilie McSwiggan Private Citizen deserved far better than to be uprooted from safe homes in the middle of a pandemic; to be left without financial, practical or emotional Emilie Pichot Student Emily Bryson ESOL Lecturer UK gov, stop dehumanising people at home and abroad. Emily Cook-Lundgren Private Citizen Justice for asylum seekers. Emily Willing Private Citizen Project worker for Marie Trust emma aitken (homeless organisation) I want asylum seekers to be safe and respected. They are Emma Calam Private Citizen human beings, many of whom have already faced great trauma. They deserve better. Emma Carson Dietitian Emma Duffy Private Citizen Emma Kempsell Self employed dog walker Emma McKee Private Citizen Emma Paterson Private Citizen Because I've been aware of the shocking way that private companies - first SERCO and then MEARS are able to treat Emma Rachael Louise Private Citizen vulnerable people in our society, people who are not allowed Brown by the state to live on what it has been calculated that a person requires to su Emma-Lee Davidson Social work student Erim Ali Pharmacist Nhs Help the needy Erin Carroll Private Citizen I am appalled by the treatment of asylum seekers by this country, which denies people basic humanity and rights. No Esther Saraga Private Citizen private company should make money perpetuating this treatment. Euan Joiner Glasgow carpentry collective People deserve better Eva Gnatiuk Private Citizen For justice, dignity and to help people heal from trauma and Eve MacLeod Private Citizen feel welcome here Evelyn Lavelle Private Citizen Asylum seekers and refugees are extremely vulnerable often Evelyn Welsh Private Citizen fleeing violence and should be treated with care and compassion.Simple humanity is in order. Ewen Harley Private Citizen Providing good, human care should be an obvious service to F Chevalier Private Citizen monitor. Neglecting others for profit is morally despicable. Farah Javed Private Citizen Manager, Youth Community Youth Community Support Mears and the Home Office must start respecting Human Fariha Thomas Support Agency Agency Rights Faye Clarke Private Citizen Fearchar Ian Support those that have lost all they had: show that our society Interlingual subtitler MacIllFhinnein earns respect. How will justice be served to those whose voices have been silenced. For those no longer with us. The colonial overhang in Fenella Gabrysch Youth Programmer Member of the public our racist state policy took their lives. This could have been entirely preventable. In my line of work, I have seen the devastating impact that Fergus Andrew Development Worker living in poor conditions has had and how this affects their mental health and well-being. Fi Smirk Telecommunications Let's get the truth Fiona Barnett Private Citizen Fiona Clark Support Worker Fortune Works This situation is a disgrace, to treat fellow humans in this way is Fiona Ferguson Private Citizen completely inhuman. We should treat everyone the way we would wish to be treated. Compassion should be central to our nation’s ethos, not just for Fiona Hamilton Private Citizen ourselves, but certainly for those who have already suffered more than we will ever. Fiona Knowles Retired The care of human beings should have standards set by Fiona Langston Private Citizen decency and dignity, not by bargaining and the bottom-line. Because I can't believe this is happening. It is shocking, inhumane treatment by a UK Govt contracted body who should Fiona M McOwan Private Citizen be named and shamed for their callous attitude and behaviour, which flies close to insitutional racism. Fiona McMurray Private Citizen I am shocked at the way asylum seekers are being treated. Fiona Morton Private Citizen Shameful Fiona Nixon Teacher Don't impose yir 'hostile environment' here in Glasgow! Fiona Revie Pharmacist When you have had to flee, your country, home and leave family & friends because you are in danger, you have traveled Fiona Stoddart Private Citizen thousands of miles, been through so much hardship.You deserve the respect and rights to be looked after with appropriate care when seekin Flora Farquharson Private Citizen Dignity and respect is a human right. People seeking asylum here should be treated with dignity and Fran postlethwaite Private Citizen SStand up to Racism Barnsley respect. Mears should be held to account for their failure to give vulnerable people safety. These people are human beings and deserve decent food, shelter and respect like everyone else. They have also suffered Frances Corr Private Citizen tremendous trauma and need to be treated with compassion not punishment. I write to support Richard Humphrey, Director of His Food as our charity have benefitted greatly from his charity. We have Frances Elizabeth Project Manager Destiny Destiny Foundation, Destiny ordered and received large quantities of food, drinks, sweets, Sutherland Angels Ministries SC020228 biscuits in December 2010,2013 and 2014 at Christmas time. Reasonab Frances Hume National Development Officer It is beyond belief that people seeking refuge in UK are treated Frances Mary Private Citizen with such disregard for their wellbeing. I cannot but lend my McCarthy support to this very important campaign. Frances McGrath Private Citizen Protect asylum seekers dignity and right to a better life Frances Webber Retired barrister I want asylum housing to be returned to the public sector. Francesca Barbera Private Citizen Francoise Support Worker I fully support this campaign. UWAMAHORO Community development No one is illegal, and asylum seekers shouldn't be treated as Frank Frankgate practitioner criminals, when seeking sanctuary. I'm frustrated and annoyed by the persistent failures of the Barnsley Borough City of Frank Parnham Chair Home Office to deal with the problems, many of them, of their Sanctuary making Fraser McMillan Private Citizen Fraser Sutherland Chief Executive Humanist Society Scotland Frederick George Retired teacher/tour-guide I was appalled by what happened at the hostel Robinson Freya Prentice Student Fuad Alakbarov Private Citizen According to the UN Refugee Convention, the definition of a refugee is someone who: ‘owing to a well-founded fear of G MACVICAR Private Citizen being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the Gabriel Vest Bicycle Outreach Gabrielle Macbeth Private Citizen Gabz conetta Private Citizen I want these demands to be heard (this is wrong) Gavin Thomson Private Citizen Gaynor Milne Private Citizen To create better housing and support Gemma Archer Teacher Nw Gemma Jennings Private Citizen GEMMA murray Private Citizen George Arthur Secretary Barnsley TUC Barnsley TUC Government must help asylum seekers stay safe. George Galloway Private Citizen Congratulations on the work you have done. Keep up the George Heron Private Citizen pressure Georgia Keatley- Private Citizen Barclay To help raise awareness of the conditions in which refugees are Gerard Kielty Private Citizen living. Ghulam wali Full time carer To help people in need We need to make accountable the people who have left asylum seekers even more disadvantaged by 'plucking' them out of ghzala K Private Citizen their homes and left in hotels with little or no afterthought. We need to hear answers and immediate solutions on how these very actions Gil Hyde Retired I am ashamed to be a citizen of a country which so Gill Hall Retired unwelcoming Gill Roberts Operations Manager The treatment of asylum seekers in Glasgow is appalling. Gillian Bishop Private Citizen Something must be done immediately. Gillian Ford Private Citizen I am deeply concerned about the appalling conditions and Gillian Houghton Private Citizen treatment of vulnerable people. Gillian Lawrence Private Citizen Gillian Stevenson Private Citizen You’re welcome here. Gina Hayden Private Citizen Decent and safe accomodation Asylum seekers should be treated as individuals and not herded into "hotels", they should be given suitable homes and Gisela and John Creed Private Citizen financial and other support to feel welcome and be able to find their way in this basically rich country. I work with asylum seekers who need MORE support during this Gisela Renolds Private Citizen lockdown, rather than less. Because the people the Home Office and Mears are "serving" deserve better. They should both be held accountable for their Giulia Kerr Speech & Language Therapist shortcomings in supporting Refugees and an Inquiry will help to ensure that now and in the future these serious failings are not repe Glasgow Quakers are appalled to learn about the unsuitable Glasgow Quaker and dangerous conditions for asylum seekers who were clerk of Glasgow Quaker Meeting (Religious Glasgow Quaker Meeting “detained” in the Park Hotel and other overcrowded hotels Meeting Society of Friends) from the beginning of lock-down. This led to tragic avoidable deaths in Glasgow as we Glen McGhee Retired NHS worker Every one needs basic needs Glen Williams Private Citizen Gokhan Gocer Private Citizen Goose Masondo Student We are hosting a guest on behalf of PAH, and are horrified at Gordon Gange Retired Positive Action in Housing the conditions we have heard of from various sources. Member Justice & Peace Commission, Archdiocese of Grace A Buckley Justice & Peace Every human being matters, all are children of the one God Glasgow, National Commission Scotland I know the need for local support for anyone seeking asylum Grace Franklin Private Citizen through befriending people over many years. Grace Green Private Citizen Grace Mulholland Private Citizen Grace Richards PhD student The open university Grace Richardson Student Grace Young Advocacy Worker We must care for one another Graham Hodgson Private Citizen Sorry Graham Martin Editor Third Force News I agree with the statement in full. There urgently needs to be a full, public and independent inquiry that has those affected by Graham O’Neill Private Citizen this hotel debacle at its centre and that holds those responsible to account and that changes are made so that this debacle ne The Home Office has no presence in Scotland and refuses to ask for help from tbe Scottish government. It has to rely on Graham Vahey Private Citizen private firms who do not show a duty of care as they are there just to make money. Grant Cameron Student Greg Murray Guitar merchant Rendering asylum seekers destitute is inhumane and helps no Hailey Maxwell Support and advocacy worker one. Those seeking asylum deserve the same care and dignity as anyone else. Hajra Hamid Private Citizen Hanna Didcock Teacher Hanna Gia Louise Private Citizen Hannah Jones Private Citizen Hannah Mackintosh Private Citizen Hannah Roberts Private Citizen To show we stand with those treated with injustice. Hannah Watson Private Citizen Harriet Simms Private Citizen Everyone deserves the right to safe housing and support! Hasan Mahmood Private Citizen Hasna Dima Private Citizen Hayley Scott Duty Manager Leith Theatre No more hotel detentions There needs to be a public enquiry into why these refugees Hazel Dier Private Citizen were moved, and their allowances cut, placing them in a desperate situation. Thank you for the job that you are doing. Refugees need our Hazel Marshall Admin Assistant UNISON support and I'm sure the majority of Scot's care for their well being too. Hazel Rooney Doctor Continue your ongoing support to assylum seekers and people Hazel Ross McLeod Retired who become destitute . Heather Bain Engineer Please treat fellow humans with dignity and respect, as what Heather baker Support Worker Brithdir mawr they have endured so far is not it. Heather Barr Private Citizen Volunteer Development Glasgow is your home, you deserve kindness, fairness, love and Heather Donaldson Officer support. We want you to feel happy here. I'm disgusted and ashamed of the way asylum seekers are treated in this country and the attitudes towards them. They Heather Maclean Private Citizen deserve so much more than this and should be able to live safe, happy lives, in actual homes, and with access to health services. People coming to our country seeking refuge or asylum should Heather Milton Private Citizen be treated with dignity and respect. No-one should have to suffer degradation like this in Scotland, or the UK, in 2020. Mears are running a racket here and the asylum seekers are Heidi Stewart Private Citizen being treated in an undignified way by Mears, on top of what they have been through. I'm disgusted by this "service". Helen Avouris Private Citizen International Institute of Social God how bad does it need to get before they stop being so Helen Hintjens Assistant Professor Studies, The Hague stupid? Helen Hughes Retired Helen Kay Private Citizen Ashamed of the way refugees are being treated in Scotland East Dunbartonshire Action for Helen Paisley Private Citizen Refugees I am concerned about the welfare of asylum seekers and why Helen Richardson Private Citizen they were moved into hotels - I do not think this has been adequately explained Deeply concerned about the time taken for asylum seekers applications to be assessed - and the conditions that they Helen Riordan Private Citizen sometimes find themselves in as they wait. The lack ongoing communication with them, and updates, during this time is also deeply concernin Helen Simpson Teacher Everyone has the right to a high quality of life Praying for healing and hope for those affected and change in Helen Syrop Housing Manager Hope Housing our asylum system where people are valued and treated with respect. It’s disgusting the way people in the asylum system are treated Helen Wright Arts worker in our country - something needs to change. This seems to me a human catastrophe occurring in full public view, in a country that thinks of itself as civilised and Poet and HappenStance Press Helena Nelson compassionate. Action needs to be taken, and now. I feel, to my Publisher horror, that I am complicit in the fate of these unfortunate refugees. I have been appalled by reports of the treatment of and wretched accommodation provided for asylum seekers in Helene Witcher Private Citizen Glasgow and ashamed on behalf of our government. There has to be timeous and effective monitoring of companies such as Mears who have been contra Because, despite the situation with Coronavirus, there is no Henrietta Gowdie Private Citizen excuse for the inhumane and degrading treatment of people seeking asylum by Mears Group in Glasgow Hilary Jones Private Citizen This is a humanitarian disgrace of the utmost severity. We in Hilary Patrick Concerned Scot Scotland must do what we can to see that our fellow human beings are not abused on our soil. Refugees/Asylum seekers deserve to be treated with dignity Hollie Davies Private Citizen and respect. because moving humans with barely any notice, and removing what little sense of security they had is inhumane. I don't want Hollie Hunter Private Citizen to live in a society where treating asylum seekers and refugees the way Mears have. Holly Richards Private Citizen Holly Smith Private Citizen Hugh Jones Private Citizen All people have basic rights. hugh mathie Private Citizen to support those in need in glasgow Glasgow City MUST ensure that all refugees and asylum seekers Hugh Waterfield Private Citizen are treated properly, which so far, with Mears Group, they seem not to be. Humza Akbar Student Treat others they way you want to be treated. Iain Carmichael Retired Youth campaigning This kind of behaviour has to stop. Asylum seekers and Iain French programme lead refugees deserve basic human rights. End hotel detention now. Iain Newman Private Citizen Iain Radcliffe Private Citizen Ian Davidson Retired Scotland welcomes refugees Supporting refugees is a fundamental human decency. A Biblical command too: Leviticus 19:33-34: "When a foreigner Ian Grant McHaffie Private Citizen resides among you in your land, do not ill-treat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native- born. Love them as you We need to treat these people with basic humanity. Is that too much to ask? We wouldn't treat our own families or Reader in Physics, University Ian MacLaren neighbours this way. Why is it acceptable to treat these people of Glasgow who have fled to the UK in fear of their lives in such a terrible way? Ian Neale Private Citizen Because I am outraged at the wantonly inhuman treatment Ian Strangeways Private Citizen Ibrahim Aslan Director Private citizen Disgusted at how refugees are being treated. Ilona Grieve Family Nurse NHS Indre Lechtimiakyte Senior Project Coordinator Samphire These are actual people. Please prove to them and the nation that we ,in Scotland, have a place in our hearts for the Innes Mathers Retired nurse oppressed, discriminated . We are a rich country, let us share this small corner of the world with the less fortunate I fully support this campaign and am appalled at the Iona Stevenson Civil Servant government’s response so far. Iona Stoddart Private Citizen Iona Zajac Musician Irene Kelso Private Citizen Asylum seekers have suffered enough. Irene McCann Private Citizen IreneNorman Retired No thank you Irina Preda Data Scientist I'm signing because I'm disturbed by the information coming isabel dickens Private Citizen out of this hotel that asylum seekers and refugees are not being treated with dignity and that people are left vulnerable without mental health support and due process around safety. The fact tha Isabelle Salter Public Relations Manager Keepmoat Homes We need to treat all humans as humans. Isabelle Thompson Private Citizen Because every human being deserves dignity, respect and a life Ishbel Russell Private Citizen We require a public enquiry into people being moved, and the Isobel Hart Tutor impact this has had on people who are categorised as asylum seekers, to hotels during the Coronavirus Isobel Hillard Private Citizen Isobel Mitchell Private Citizen Isobelle Private Citizen Iulia Isar Actor J Private Citizen J Saddened by the episode in Glasgow. If there has been inappropriate placing, inadequate funding &/or poor care Jaci Cunningham Retired Nurse management, further investigations are necessary to ensure no further episodes and people are safely cared for. Let's show that Scotland won't stand for the Conservative Jack Anderson Private Citizen government's appalling disregard for human rights. Jack Batchelor Private Citizen Jack o’flynn Artist Jackie carroll Private Citizen Jackie Gulland Private Citizen Please investigate Jacqueline Lofthouse Private Citizen Jacqueline Noltingk Private Citizen Jacquie Laird Private Citizen To speak up for the vulnerable people. James Lovell Private Citizen It is my belief that we could better serve asylum seekers by James miller Finance Business Partner allowing them to work and contribute to society as soon as their claim for asylum is submitted. James O Neill Private Citizen Disgusting treatment of fellow humans james smith Private Citizen JamesTierney Private Citizen Because refugees are welcome here! I think the situation described is utterly disgusting. People, Jamie Cuthbertson Private Citizen whoever they are, should be treated in a manner we would wish for ourselves. Glasgow should be ashamed of itself. I don't want my taxes being used to make profits for companies that treat othe I support the call for humane treatment of homeless people Jamie McCubbin Solicitor and for them to be housed in residential accommodation. Mears and the Home Office have blatantly failed in their duty of Jamie Spurway Trainer Spurway Training care I’m signing this as I believe every human is deserving of Jamie Steel Private Citizen empathy and dignity. Health and well being worker I object to the failings of the home office and treatment of Jamie Wilson @ The Marie Trust Homeless people seeking asylum in this country Centre Jamie-Lee Private Citizen McNaughton Jan Benvie Private Citizen all people deserve to be treated with dignity The the inhuman treatment of refugees in accommodation provided Myers in Glasgow (and elsewhere?) is shocking and Jan Killeen Private Citizen must be stopped immediately. The Home Office has neglected its duty of care - clearly failing to monitor any standards that may (or may not) Metropolitan Community Because the way we are treating other human beings is not Jane Clarke Minister of Religion Church in Glasgow compatible with mt religious beliefs. Action is needed to prevent such inhumane treatment of Jane Cullingworth Researcher human beings Every human being deserves a chance of a decent life....we can't Jane Cunning Private Citizen keep turning our backs on those in need. God expects us to welcome the stranger and show kindness to Jane Shaw Retired priest all Jane stephenson Private Citizen To try to help support refugees Housing anyone in a hotel with no allowance like this is bound Janet Balneaves Private Citizen to lead to problems. I want to see a change to safer housing Janet Clark Retired Good luck Janet Elizabeth I am appalled to hear of the abysmal conditions that vulnerable Private Citizen Saunders asylum seekers are being kept in in Glasgow Mears are behaving in an atrocious way to asylum seekers and Janet Powney Private Citizen those waiting to be rehoused by Glasgow Council. They should be prosecuted under Human Rights Act, for condemning helpless people to insanitary, primitive conditions in order to make huge profit Janette McGowan Private Citizen Janette Swanson Unison Steward Glasgow city unison Outraged by the inhumane treatment of vulnerable people Janine Calder Private Citizen Vegans seeking refuge and asylum. Jaqueline Creamer Teacher Jasparit Kaur Kainth Customer Service Asylum seekers are already traumatised before they even reach Jean MacKenzie Retired school teacher. the UK. They need to treated fairly here. I am simply too outraged for words at the way these vulnerable Jean Oliver Private Citizen people have been treated. Malnutrition and bedbugs in Glasgow in 2020!! Jeffrey Cook- Private Citizen I support refugees and asylum seekers Lundgren Partner of Berlow Rahman Public inquiry / an official review needs to take place into the Jelina Berlow-Rahman Berlow Rahman Solicitors Solicitors serious concerns that has resulted in their deaths. Jen Anderson Private Citizen Why were people removed from their accommodation at the Jen Kerr Teacher start of lockdown? I didn’t understand it then. And there has to be an enquiry. No human being should be treated this way. I’m ashamed that Jen Megson Private Citizen this is happening in Glasgow Jen Sweeney Private Citizen The treatment of those who have been forced to leave their country is shocking. During a pandemic with fear all around Jen Thomas Private Citizen them, trauma from their past experiences that have led to them being in Scotland, the very least they deserve is necessities to live. T Jeni Bainbridge Private Citizen Jenifer Ruth Rankin Private Citizen Moral conscience to support decent treatment of human being we are all human beings and Scotland should be doing much Jenni McRae Private Citizen more to welcome and care for asylum seekers Jennifer campbell Staff nurse Jennifer Eunson Health Care Professional . I fully support this action. Refugees and asylum seekers deserve Jennifer Kyle Nurse better. Jennifer Leyden Helpdesk Administator ❤ Jennifer Macphee Private Citizen Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Jennifer McColl Private Citizen Unfortunately this is currently not the experience of asylum seekers here which definitely warrants an investigation. Jennifer Nevin Private Citizen Jennifer Tombe Private Citizen Unite Hospitality I welcome refugees, I am concerned that their care has been Jennifer Wright Private Citizen outsourced to a private company whose mission is profit The system needs changing. Private companies should be made accountable, they should provide a high level of care for Jenny Baynes Full time parent. vunerable citizens to enable them to build a positive life here in Scotland. I am calling for a public enquiry as this is a case of profit over Jenny Brownrigg Private Citizen people’s lives. Jenny Harvie Miller Private Citizen Jenny Jamieson Private Citizen This situation need not have happened. Jenny Macdonald Private Citizen we need to protect everyone Jenny Ramsay Private Citizen give water to the thirsty people who come to you. You people Jerry Eve Church Minister of the land of [Scotland], give food to the refugees (Isaiah 21:14) We as a country must do more to support the most vulnerable people in our communities. Leaving people, who have already Jessica Beagent Casework Coordinator Signing as an individual experienced extreme trauma, without emotional or material support is beyond unacceptable. I stand with Positive Action to demand a publ Jessica Bell Private Citizen Jessica Duncan Private Citizen Blank Jill De Paolis Private Citizen I believe in justice, fairness, paying my taxes and equality Jill mces Private Citizen PATHS programme Jill McLarrie Barnardos coordinator Jill Summers Private Citizen Jim Barlow Parts salesman SWP Dundee & Unite member Give asylum refugees a home Jim MacMillan Engineer The Human Race Justice starts here Jim Main Private Citizen Jo Laidlaw Private Citizen Joan Fleming Private Citizen People have a right to be treated with respect, especially when joan main unemployed disabled they run away in fear from their own country. No human being should have to live like this. Enough is Joanna Iannetta Private Citizen enough. These vulnerable people should not be housed in this way. Many of them have experienced trauma and since arrived in Joanna Jarvis Private Citizen Scotland have experienced more trauma and uncertainty by both the immigration system and the challenges COVID - 19 has brought to everyone. Joanna MacDonald Health Care Assistant NHS These conditions are not appropriate for people who have Joanna Robinson Support Worker Enable Glasgow asked us for help and need our support. This is Glasgow where we welcome people of all backgrounds. We need to show this. Joanne Atkinson Private Citizen To support the human rights of these asylum seekers This type of accommodation is seen all over the country with contractors taking advantage of the most vulnerable in our Joanne MacInnes Director West London Welcome society. It must be investigated and the Home Office must suspend all contracts to landlords who do not meet high standards. As refugees and asylum seekers are human beings as well and should be treated as such they have been through enough in Joanne McLeod Private Citizen their own countries never mind getting treated like crap here as well Joanne Monahan Teacher N/a Mears and Home Office are criminally responsible for deaths, Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Jock Morris Private Citizen distress and injuries in hotel accommodation. Inquire and keep Refugees campaigning. Jodie Laird Private Citizen joe McBride forklift truck driver I believe strongly that everyone should be given a chance in life I support anything which raises awareness of the condition that John Bynorth Private Citizen asylum seekers and others who are entering this country from oppressive regimes or war torn states are expected to put up with. A public inquiry would go some way to addressing this situation John Collings Private Citizen The United Reformed Church It is wrong to fail to treat everyone with respect and dignity John Connon Social Worker UNISON john dale Private Citizen situation in Glasgow is just awful John duffy Carer Local authorities Its dreadful the conditions that they had to live in JOHN GERRARD Private Citizen THIS IS ALL SHAMEFUL. You have my full support John Hayes Private Citizen Support is clearly needed now in light of recent events John Hayes Retired I want to be proud of my country not ashamed. It is bad enough that the city has had a past connection with slavery during the 'imperial' era. We cannot regret that and John L. Bell Minister of Religion allow in the present day for maltreatment of people some of whom are fleeing the kind of regimes our forbears put in place. John Mackenzie Private Citizen The removal of vulnerable asylum seekers from their accommodation in the midst of a pandemic and without any John McFadden Firefighter Fire brigades Union risk assessment has led to 2 deaths and 6 very serious injuries this must be fully investigated ASAP and those responsible for the failings held a John Mollins Private Citizen John Paul O’Rourke Private Citizen John Petrie Private Citizen John Porter Private Citizen I have read varrious accounts of the situation and met people John Raven Retired who have had dealings with those affected JOhn Stocks Retired John Vincent Private Citizen Johnstone Private Citizen Macpherson-Stewart Jonathan Revie Private Citizen Jonathan Whytehead Heating engineer AHS End hotel detention now. Refugees and asylum seekers are Joshua Brown Campaigner Stand Up To Racism welcome here and they must be treated with dignity and respect. Joy Aiken Private Citizen What these people have endured is horrific Because everyone deserves fair treatment and respect and Joyce Guthrie Private Citizen Quakers these people are victims and have suffered trauma and persecution I am very concerned about the lack of care given to those Joyce Pountain Private Citizen vulnerable people Lecturer and In-house Judith Carter Liverpool Law Clinic Solicitor We have a social and moral obligation to demand a public enquiry into home office failures. Please end hotel detentions Judith Kennon Nurse NHS now. Please let’s provide more and better support for those seeking to make a new home in Scotland Judith Lois Ashcroft Teacher Judith Robinson Head of Education Sound and Music Judith Wilson Private Citizen Judith Witts Retired, private citizen It behaves us to treat all people decently CEO of Mears - you may think you can escape the consequences of your actions by hiding from public view, and Judy Angel Private Citizen refusing to talk, but believe me, there is a higher eye fixed on you, and believe me the price you will ultimately pay will be catastrophic in you Judy Wilkinson Retired this is terrible and has to stop Scotland Against Criminalising After such unnecessary trauma in Glasgow they should all be Julia Davidson Private Citizen Communities recompensed with a grant of leave to remain! Using unsubstantiated political statements for profit is Julia Lloyd Walker Retired unforgivable and immoral - Mears, the owners/management and the Home Office should be very very ashamed. Julia Loecherbach Private Citizen this needs investigating Julia Mckernan Private Citizen Julia Modern Private Citizen Julia Moreno Student Julia Purkiss Private Citizen What a shameful way people are being treated - it must stop ! Julian Goodare Private Citizen Julianna laird Private Citizen I support this enquiry and all of the other measures contained Julie McGahan Private Citizen in PAiH’s statement. All human lives are inherently worthy of kindness and protection, even more so if they have suffered great hardship, Juliet Adie Private Citizen especially when that hardship has in part been caused by my home country. Refugees are welcome here. I am very concerned that we are ignoring the plight of the June Hay Private Citizen asylum seekers and failing them by disregarding their human rights while Mears group have control My knowledge of Mears Group treatment of refugees and asylum seekers prior to recent events was woefully short. Hotel K Mackay Private Citizen detention, crowding people together, and cutting off already inadequate cash allowances are quite simply methods of dehumanisation in the Kara tait Private Citizen Everyone deserves to be treated the same. Wholeheartedly standing with Asylum Seekers and with PAiH in Karen Anne Ewing Retired Librarian their struggle towards justice, compassion and equality and safe housing for the most vulnerable in our society. Need an urgent enquiry into the disgusting way these asylum Karen Barker Support Worker seekers have been treated Karen Hutchison Private Citizen This is a tragic and unforgivable situation. The Glasgow Karen Lanceley Private Citizen refugees are human beings. Remember - as Desmond Tutu said : we are all born in the likeness of God. Full ax should be carried out and daily check in with asylum Karen leach Carer seekers. Karen Macpherson Private Citizen Learning Resource Centre Karen Paula Abrams Have courage - you are not alone. Manager I am signing as I want to support and do as much as I can to Karla Nolan Private Citizen help asylum seekers coming here. This should never have been allowed to happen - this is no way to treat our brothers and sisters who have been forced to leave Kasia MariaFranczak Private Citizen their homes and who have been brave enough to try and start new lives here. We stand in solidarity and support with those people Katarina Boys Private Citizen Kate Charlesworth Private Citizen Kate Collins Student University of Glasgow I am distressed about the conditions asylum seekers in Glasgow are subjected to. These people are vulnerable and need mental Kate Gray Private Citizen and physical help. Glasgow is known as being a welcoming city to all. The recent situation has sadly not reflected that. In this new reality within which we now live we must do all we Kate Gulliver Private Citizen can to ensure everyone is treated with respect and compassion whatever their circumstances. Kate McGeoch Private Citizen Kate Robinson Private Citizen Because I want to support refugees in Glasgow I am appalled at the treatment of asylum seekers in Glasgow, Kate Wilson Private Citizen whose lives are being put at risk by the shameful actions of the Home Office and Mears. Katharine Dickson Private Citizen Katherine Mackinnon Researcher Katherine Nicol Private Citizen To support a much needed public enquiry into the structure of the means by which support is delivered to people going Kathleen Crawford Private Citizen through applications for asylum in Scotland. Is the current system fit for purpose. Kathleen Grieve Self Employed Kathleen Higgins Private Citizen Kathleen Jenkins Private Citizen We don't want to be a society that treats people like this The home office and Mears need to provide answers and Kathleen paterson Private Citizen accept responsibility for the deaths their hotel detention project has caused. End hotel detention now. Kathryn Patton Private Citizen Kathryn Pender Private Citizen Kathy Galloway Private Citizen Because All Lives Matter Good luck and hope this makes positive changes to asylum Kathy McNeil retired lecturer seekers lives Kati Karki grower Appalled and embarrassed to read how those seeking asylum Katie Private Citizen in our country are being treated. Scotland can do better. Community Outreach Worker Katie Boyle Lighthouse Community Lighthouse Community Projects Projects Katie MacLean Private Citizen Katie Susan Fish Private Citizen Katy Bartholomew Private Citizen Katy Hassall Therapist The sensitive job of refugee housing should not be outsourced Kayleigh Lavornia Secretary UNA Glasgow to a private, for-profit enterprise. Keir McGill Private Citizen Glasgow says Refugees Are Welcome Here. No more inhumane Keir Mckechnie Mental Health Worker Stand Up To Racism Scotland treatment of refugees by the Home Office. End hotel detentions now. The appalling treatment of people seeking asylum needs to be Activist with Stand up to Racism Keith Boyd Private Citizen investigated and solutions found to acheive the provision of a Glasgow humane system. Human rights are for all, especially those who have been keith logan Private Citizen treated so badly in their own countries. Scotland prides itself on being kind and open. This is a disgrace. Keith McIvor Private Citizen Full support! Keith Wareham Private Citizen Kenny Bates Private Citizen The Home Office isn't fit for purpose and should be taken to Kerry Sharkey Private Citizen court alongside the Mears grouo for negligence and abuse of human rights. Kevin Somerville Private Citizen Kezia Jay-Lewin Private Citizen These are people. They deserve to be treated as such. Better support system for asylumseeker , better Khadija coll Private Citizen accommodation ,education and mental well-being. Because someone needs to speak up for these people. Because Kim Craigie Secondary Teacher it could have been and still could be any of us in their situation. Kim Hatherley Nurse Kiri Catterwell Student The current treatment of asylum seekers is inhumane Kirsteen Mosson Private Citizen Solidarity with the cause Kirsten Atherton Private Citizen The treatment of refugees here is absolutely harrowing. They Kirsten Abioye Systems Administrator are humans, and this is inhumane. We have to do better. Glasgow Welcomes Refugees & Wishes All the Safety and Care Kirsty Blair Home maker They Deserve The Home Office and Mears group have a duty of care to asylum seekers. Their actions leading up to recent events in Kirsty Ellen Private Citizen Glasgow must be open to public scrutiny and they should be held accountable for their actions. Kirsty Flett Private Citizen To support all those displaced communities around the world. Kirsty McAlonan PM Best of luck. Kirsty McKechnie Private Citizen I am not happy with treatment of Asylum Seekers who have Kirsty McKee Bartender come here to have a better experience, and are then not treated humanely. Because I disagree with the treatment of refugees in Glasgow Kirsty pollock Dance teacher / mother and other parts of the country during the Corona outbreak and before University of Highlands and Kirsty Turkington Student and care worker Islands Kitty Alvarez Private Citizen Kooj Chuhan Director Metaceptive Projects and Media How we treat asylum-seekers is a measure of our humanity. Private citizen and supporter Kristin Barrett And entrusting our asylum-seekers to Mears' care is obviously of PAIH not working well. Surely we can do better than that? i don't want my city or my country to treat people, who most kristin mojsiewicz Private Citizen need our help, like this Kristy Duff Private Citizen L Day Private Citizen The way asylum seekers and refugees are being treated needs Laura Benedetti Customer services assistant Glasgow hotel asylum seekers to stop why I'm signing this This is a human rights issue, I am appalled by how these people Laura Bennison Private Citizen are being treated here in Glasgow. Laura Černis Private Citizen Society is built on how it treats our most vulnerable. Mears Laura Chimimba Private Citizen have proven that they are purely driven by profit. Disgusting treatment of each person affected Laura Digan Trainee Minister Everybody should be able to live comfortably, especially in Laura Gardner Student Glasgow where I believe we should be welcoming to everybody. I send love and support to asylum seekers here. Laura Guy Research Fellow Newcastle University laura jane wilkie Music Teacher Laura MacPherson Student Zieger Nobody should have to live in the conditions that asylum Laura McMahon Private Citizen seekers are forced into after having to flee their homes. Laura McMonagle Private Citizen Laura Mehrpouya Private Citizen Laura Mustian Bookseller With every good wish Disgusted at the mistreatment and neglect of asylum seekers Laura Pollock Private Citizen by the mears group which should not be ignored and allowed I was shocked to learn how people are being treated and I Laura Shanahan Private Citizen would like people already in terrible circumstances to get the support they need. Laura Simpson Solicitor Govan Law Centre Laura Stewart Training and Support Worker Social Bite Laura Wignall Private Citizen I am appalled at the despicable treatment these vulnerable people have been subjected to. It’s a disgrace that the Mears Lauren Belcher Private Citizen group are offering up such subhuman living and eating arrangements. The question of a person's right to legally remain within the UK does not and should not put their human rights and their Lauren Clarke Private Citizen needs as people in question. The conditions faced by these asylum seekers is terrible and without doubt damaging to mental health. Re Lauren Fox- Private Citizen McLoughlan Asylum seekers have been mistreated for years and deserve our respect, love and care. Everyone has the right to safe Lauren Hannan Private Citizen accommodation, just as everyone has the right to safety from persecution Lawrence Berry Web Developer Lawrence Murphy Private Citizen Humanity! layla-roxanne hill Private Citizen Lea Cowan Private Citizen Lee paterson Maintenance staff To help people Asylum seekers deserve respect, dignity and compassion Lee Pollock Private Citizen anything less is shameful. Leigh Robieson- Private Citizen Everyone deserves fair treatment and justice. We are all equal. Cleaver Leilani Rabemananjara Private Citizen Lesley robertson Private Citizen Asylum seekers should be treated humanely. I support these demands as I believe the lack of due care/basic rights afforded Lesley Stirton Private Citizen to asylum seekers needs to be corrected and proper scrutiny/justice afforded to those affected by way of an independent enquiry. Lia Dmitrieva outreach worker Positive Action in Housing over the years I have work with Asylum seekers I seemed never to be shocked at how bad they can be treat and marginalised. i liam khan BAME CDW Yorkshire MESMAC show support to all people fleeing truma and conflict and strive for more understanding from the services that should support them Liana Romaniuk Private Citizen Those of us working to support asylum seekers have long been appalled by their treatment from the Home Office in general Liane Coia Administration Manager Maryhill Integration Network and the actions of Mears Group PLC and their predecessors Serco and immediately voiced our concerns over the forced removal of people Liberty Hampton Student Because it’s human rights human rights, decency and integrity for all those seeking Lillian Rooney Lecturer asylum Contracting-out the provision of asylum seekers accommodation should never result in a lower standard of Lily Braunholtz Private Citizen human rights protection for individuals. The Home Office AND Mears Group must be held accountable for the failure to carry out their duties to protect I struggle to understand why people living in housing were removed in the first place, let alone treated so unkindly in the Linda Alexander Private Citizen process. It's time to treat people as we expect to be treated. People, not commodities, criminals or chancers. Absolute power cor These refugees have invariably been already been through harrowing situations and are already vulnerable. They need Linda Archbold Private Citizen support not exploited by so called socially responsible company's such as Mears Group. All asylum seekers in the UK that have been placed in hotels are NHS Trust homeless and new experiencing extra difficulty with their mental health, on top of Linda Darby Mental Health Practitioner arrivals team any distress caused by their past experiences. Not all of those experiencing distress have access to mental health support I support this as I don’t believe in marginalisation Linda hardie Garden Support worker We’re one group of people are put together as second-class citizens Linda Murison Private Citizen Lindsay Greenhorn Private Citizen Violation of human rights for asylum seekers ! I am appalled at the plight of asylum seekers who have been treated so badly by the Mears group. It is in breach of their Lindsay Mann Private Citizen human rights, and it shames me that our country - the 5th richest in the world - thinks it is acceptable to treat people, looking f Everyone deserves to be treated with common decency and to Project Coordinator, Urban have their basic needs met. It is a disgrace that some of the Lindsey Duncan Urban Roots Roots most vulnerable and traumatised people in our city are being abused in this way. Mears must be held to account. Asylum seekers deserve to be treated with common humanity: clean accommodation, decent food and access to essential Lindsey Duncan Private Citizen medical care is the least we can offer to vulnerable & traumatized people. Mears & the HO have clearly failed to fufil basic duty of care & Lisa McCartney Mother Common Weal I care about life Lisa Moynes Marketing Manager It is an absolute disgrace that people are being forced to live lisa smith Private Citizen like this Lisella Hutton Private Citizen To support the campaign Liz Armitage Private Citizen Food Grower & ordained We need to treat people as we would want to be treated Liz Gibson Minister Private Citizen ourselves. Liz Macdonald Private Citizen We need to work together to make Scotland a place of Liz Paterson Private Citizen hospitality and sanctuary Lorna Davidson Private Citizen Appalled at how refugees have been treated Lorna Kay Private Citizen Asylum seekers in Scotland are being treated like animals and it Lorna Logan Investment manager Stewart investors is unforgivable. Everyone should know about the barbarism of borders and the Lorraine Coleman Teacher UK's hostile environment, so we can continue to fight to end both, together I believe people who are in Scotland seeking asylum should be Lorraine McKelvey Post office assistant cared for by a non profit organisation who provides much better accommodation and support to these individuals Because these people are needing proper homes, somewhere Lochaber Supports Supports they can feel safe and secure. We are letting them down, they Lorraine Wheelan Coordinator Refugees have difficult backgrounds and need social and psychological support. To seek justice for all those asylum seekers that are still and in Lotte Helm Private Citizen future will be dependent on Mears and Home Office support and have not received adequate support and treatment. Louise Baird-Smith Private Citizen To improve living conditions The way that many refugees and asylum seekers have been treated in Glasgow during the COVID 19 crisis in particularly is Louise Hunter Private Citizen absolutely abhorrent and there must be a public inquiry to hold those accountable. People DOES NOT equal profit yet reports coming fro Mears must be held accountable for their failure to adequately care for those in hotel detention. The reports of the conditions Louise Logan Private Citizen endured by people who have been forced to flee war or persecution are appalling. There must be an inquiry, and people entering The longstanding UK Government hostile environment policy has seen asylum seekers being denied basic rights and Louise Mackellar Lecturer in Social Work Glasgow Caledonian University protections. This must be challenged and the openly racist hostile environment policy scrapped. Louise McLellan Private Citizen Louise White Freelance Court Reporter All people deserve respect and dignity. End hotel detention Lucy Corbishley School Project Manager now. Lucy Duncombe Private Citizen The hostile environment is a cruel and racist system that kills vulnerable people who have come to the UK to seek a better Lucy Hughes Private Citizen life. All refugees and asylum seekers are welcome here and we must challenge the inhumane actions of the Home Office. Lucy Killoran Private Citizen Lucy Mack Private Citizen Lucy Paton Private Citizen Lucy Petersen Private Citizen Luisa Casasanta Private Citizen Luiz Cristiano Freire Intersectional Project Support de Souza Officer Lusi Alderslowe Permaculture Educator . Lyn Bastekin Private Citizen Lynda Kirkpatrick School support assistant South Lanarkshire Council Please act now to help desperate asylum seekers in Glasgow. Lynn Cook Private Citizen Unison I am extremely concerned for the wellbeing of every resident, living under prison-like conditions during this most precarious Lynn Murphy Lecturer time. It is inhumane to give people no means of respite or financial independence and remove them from support groups. I am shocked at the conditions these vulnerable refugees are facing. These people have already lost their livelihoods and Lynn Phillips Private Citizen homes, they should not be suffering anymore in our so called country of refuge. Lynn Russell Private Citizen Our Weekend Club project supports asylum seekers and refugees and we are deeply concerned about their treatment at Lynnda Programme Manager Interfaith Glasgow this time. This is not the kind of welcome that Glasgow should be showing 'New Scots' Lynne Barty Private Citizen I support this request M Hughson Private Citizen M-A Cockburn kinship carer Keep telling these truths, loudly, few others seem to. I cannot believe 'The Meedja' has not bellowed this story from M-A Cockburn Appalled Private Citizen the rooftops again and again. Treating people who are escaping from war, violence, harm or injustice in such a shameful way, is not the Scottish tradition. Maddie Roberts Student University of Manchester I fully support this Maddy Crowther Co-Executive Director Waging Peace Madeleine Roy Private Citizen We all have a duty of care to each other. So many of my asylum seeker and refugee students work hard to acquire language and IT skills to enable their inclusion And Magda Ang Lecturer City of Glasgow college contribution in Scottish culture and society. They already have so many other skills to offer us. Why are we making it so hard to ac Maggie Cook Trade Union Facility Time UNISON Maggie Grant Private Citizen Refugees are welcome here and need to be treated with Maggie McGinley Teacher Stand Up To Racism Glasgow kindness and support- not abandoned. Maggie Pollok Private Citizen Magnus Kramers Private Citizen Malcolm Crosby Private Citizen This treatment is appalling and needs to be publicised Maliha Asif Mir Private Citizen mandy purkiss Private Citizen Asylum seekers should be treated with dignity and respect. Margaret Amer Retired Please please help the refugees to have a better life here in Scotland providing good accommodation where they are able Margaret Baxter Retired to begin to live free from the trauma of their past and make a life for themselves here 🌈🌈 Margaret Bradshaw Private Citizen Humanity should be respectful, not reprehensible. Margaret Fisher Private Citizen We all deserve a safe and secure home Margaret Fitzpatrick Private Citizen Margaret Gray Private Citizen Every life matters and cannot begin to imagine the effect on Margaret Hayes Ex teacher mental being held in these hotels during Lockdown. Former Chair of Glasgow Asylum seekers are just like you and me except that they have Margaret Henderson Night Shelter for Destitute Many destitute asylum seekers been through traumas. We must respect and support them, not Asylum Seekers continue to traumatise them here. people must be treated as people not dehumanised and left Margaret Lachlan Private Citizen with nothing. Margaret McCormack Private Citizen Margaret mcsharry Private Citizen I am disgusted at the way these people are being treated Margaret Ross Sloan As a Glasgow resident I am ashamed that this is happening in Private Citizen Paterson our city. margaret Roy Private Citizen horrified AT HOW WE ARE TREATING OTHE RHUMAN BEINGS. I believe that people should have freedom of movement about the world as a human right and I believe that people seeking Margaret Woods Private Citizen safety from war,famine,torture and persecution as well as climate disasters and other dangers and misfortunes under the the Geneva Con It is vital that an investigation is carried out regarding the Margot Sagan Head Teacher retired action of Mears Group which resulted in the death of 2 mentally ill asylum seeking men in Glasgow. Mari Borland Private Citizen The way these people are being treated is inhumane Maria Hughes Private Citizen Jeremiah 22V3, 13-17 Micah 6v8 Hosea 6v6 May God Bless this Maria Montinaro Private Citizen petition and all your endeavours. Mariam ashraf Private Citizen We need to speak out and stand up to support anyone whose Marie Andres NHS Health care assistant basic human rights are not being met I support those who seek to rescue, support and protect Marie Dunlop Relief unit assistant Representing myself only refugees. I think it is outrageous the way Assylum seekers are being I am currently self employed treated in Britain and in particular in Glasgow and Hope that a Marie McGuire as a domestic cleaner. full enquiry is made so that they can get proper help in the future. Appalling treatment of those who need our help the most. This Marie Murray Private Citizen is an inditement on Scottish society. As has bean formally said, a society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens! Peoples's basic human rights are being denied. Scotland has to Marie-Anne Hutchison Teacher act on this. We must support people who have come here seeking safety . Marion bryans Private Citizen They are our family too I believe Scotland & Glasgow should reject the way asylum seekers in the city have been treated since the Home Office Marion Robertson Private Citizen “accommodated” them here under the care of the Mears Group. Glasgow City Council should assume responsibility for these maltreated indivi We must treat asylum seekers and refugees better. The UK Mark Bitel Private Citizen Government's hostile environment shouldn't be tolerated either side of the Scotland/England border. We are all equal and should be treated as such. The fear & Mark Henderson Private Citizen intimidation needs to stop. The continual mistreatment of those in the asylum system must Mark Langdon Activist The SANE Collective end immediately. It is in every way a crime against humanity. Mark Newman Private Citizen Marquita S Community Worker for humanity Marta Duque Private Citizen We don’t have the death sentence, we condemn countries who do as barbaric, our laws say that everyone has the right to a fair Martha simms Gardener trial. This person didn’t have a trial, but they were handed the death sentence. Death sentence without a trial. We clearly have Martin Kayes Private Citizen The home office treatment of refugees is de-humanising . how this country treats migrants and refugees is a disgrace and martin law Private Citizen i want it to change Martin Mansell Private Citizen Quakers I think the council should take over the accommodation It appears there may have been careless negligence that put Martin Wilkinson Private Citizen vulnerable people at risk. Mary Bainbridge Depute headteacher Seeking asylum is a right. Many countries have histories of Mary Barron Primary Teacher emigration,we need to put ourselves in the shoes of others. It could be us tomorrow. A big welcome to all migrants. Mary Brennan Private Citizen Mary Bullough Private Citizen Please treat people with respect. Too many who come to this Mary Chau Money Skills Officer Positive Action In Housing country have already faced great difficulties and hardships. Mary Holt Private Citizen Requires scrutiny & fundamental change To support asylum seekers in Glasgow and ensure a public Mary Jo Furlong Social Worker/ MHO enquiry is open into the treatment of Mears organisation. Mary MacDonald Retired I think it's disgraceful how asylum seekers are being treated . I Mary Margaret Agbo Retired know many indigenous Scots don't understand or believe. Some think shelter and breakfast is more than enough and these remarks sicken and worry me. People who are normally "kind" yet can be These are individuals with an inherent right to be treated as Mary McManus Private Citizen human beings Mary Morton Retired . The treatment of assylim seekers in this country is appalling. Mary Scrimgeour CLD Worker We need to support them better. I truely hope there is an open and honest investigation Because I am horrified by the conditions experienced by Mary Veronica Colin Private Citizen refugees and want to help, Asylum seekers have already suffered horribly before reaching Mary Woodward Private Citizen the UK: it is outrageous that they have to suffer further at the hands of the country to whom they fled for help Maryanne Patience Retired Matthew Waites Private Citizen Maud Gorissen Private Citizen - Maureen Anderson Private Citizen . Because I firmly believe in getting this shambles with Mears Maureen Hutchison Private Citizen sorted out Maureen McBride Researcher University of Glasgow The inhumanity and callous greed of those running society beggars belief. The desperate plight of asylum seekers in Maureen Watson Private Citizen Glasgow is the direct result of the actions of our government and those elites they represent. Maureen Waugh Private Citizen May Lockhart Private Citizen Na Maya Parish Teacher Glasgow city coucil Maya Petersen Private Citizen Maya Stewart Private Citizen Meg Bateman University lecturer to support the human dignity of refugees It is imperative that we create an immediate safe environment for all those displaced recently and support them to recover Meg Thomas Social Worker from this additional trauma in an already severely traumatised life. Megan Bottino Private Citizen Megan Davies Private Citizen Companies should be held accountable for subjecting people Megan Tailford Private Citizen to horrific conditions in the pursuit of profit Melanie McIntosh Private Citizen Melissa McGinley BMS NHS We demand justice and accountability The treatment of the asylum seekers in glasgow has been appalling and I believe was instamental in the breakdown in Melody Whitley Private Citizen H4TH help for the homeless p mental health .which in turn I believe caused last Fridays Tragic events which were totally avoidable if people had been treated with digni Mhairi Borland Private Citizen Michael Breare Taylor, and Christine Mary Retired GP & Retired RGN We believe in the Brotherhood of man and the equality of all Kathleen Taylor Michael de Klerk Monastic Cellarer Please let compassion prevail. lack of support from michael kane Student government nd society to the most vulnerable of society Michael Kinsella Private Citizen Local Authority Michael Nightingale Private Citizen Michelle Dearie Private Citizen I am appalled to learn that vulnerable human beings are being treated In Scotland. Asylum seekers deserve our welcome and Michelle Lowe Private Citizen care and support, not to be further traumatised and mistreated in our “civilised”country Secretary, Dundee Trades Mike Arnott Dundee Trades Union Council Our asylum seekers deserve answers. Union Council Mike Orr Private Citizen Millie Private Citizen We need to help in anyway we can! Mira Waligora Private Citizen Because everyone deserves humane treatment People, not profit. Shame on those who allow this to happen or Miranda Barty-Taylor Private Citizen turn a blind eye. Miranda Burke Private Citizen The care of asylum seekers should be taken out of private Miriam Beeks Doctor Medical Justice hands and given to Glasgow City Council Miriam howie Unemployed Humanity Treat people as you want to be treated Mirjam Twigt Postdoctoral fellow Because humanity should always prevail over profit Mirren Buchanan Private Citizen Miss Luisa Menoni Private Citizen N/a Disgracefull that asylem seekers have not the money to top up Miss M Prideaux Retired nurse their phones or buy sanitary products Afghan Human Rights Mohammad Asif Chair We demand a public inquiry Foundation Moira Crawford Retired We must treat asylum seekers in a fair, civilised and kind way Moira Harris Private Citizen Moira Walker Private Citizen student at university of university of manchester HCRI mollie eadsforth manchester department These asylum seekers/refugees are real people and need to be Molly Park Private Citizen treated with respect. We should be welcoming and supporting East DumbartonRefugee action Monica Malcolm Private Citizen It is shameful the way these people are being treated. Group Monique Campbell Private Citizen Morag Balfour Private Citizen Barbaric treatment of human beings. Only reason Mears Group moved Assylam Seekers to hotels was for their own purposes. Morag Halliday Private Citizen No proper assessment of individuals needs was carried out and some were removed from their homes/ accommodation in the early hours of t Morag Macpherson Private Citizen This horrendous situation deserves a public inquiry and the Morag Wells Arts worker immediate end to hotel detention with suitable alternative accommodation provided. For too long the home office have been allowed to deliver substandard living conditions to vulnerable people that deserve Morna McMurtry Milk Cafe Glasgow our help and support and at the very least they deserve basic human rights and protection. The way they have been treated by the Home Morven Alice Because basic human rights have been stripped from these United Nations House Scotland MacSwan individuals Dundee City UNISON (personal These are Human refugees. They deserve dignity, like everyone Mr Arthur C Nicoll IT Officer (Local Govt) capacity) else. Mr Darren Chapman Private Citizen The humane treatment of all people who turn to us looking for help is a basic human right. We must welcome refugees and Mrs Ann Forsyth Private Citizen asylum seekers and treat them kindly! It is shocking that so much bad treatment is tolerated, and hidden away from the ordinary citizen I am a volunteer at a local food bank which is linked to a Caritas project which supports refugees and asylum seekers Mrs Mary Lomas Private Citizen there are various programmes to help them feel welcome and support them in various ways. Mrs N Anwar Private Citizen Muhammed Zhen Refugees are human being too. They deserve the same level of Private Citizen Khan basic dignity and respect that we take for granted! Mumtaz SCW United Myriam Mouflih Private Citizen This country is made up almost entirely of refugees and asylum seekers from generations ago. My family came seeking asylum N Ferguson Private Citizen 120 years ago and are now valued members of society. How hypocritical and cynical of the present government to treat today's asylum In solidarity with all refugees and asylum seekers searching for N Hussein Artist a safe, and welcoming environment. End hotel detention now. End the hostile environment. No-one Nadia Stuart Private Citizen is illegal. Solidarity and love to those seeking protection. You are welcome here. Nadine Gorency Private Citizen Nadine McElhinney Private Citizen Human rights We add our voice to PAiH and all those seeking an inquiry into the Mears Group who failed on many counts. We are Najimee Parveen Director PATH (Scotland) particularly concerned that no vulnerability risk assessments were carried out. Naomi cairns Private Citizen Naomi Croft Student Naomi Head University lecturer All humans deserve dignity and respect. Especially those Naomi Junnor Social work Care Manager Unison denied a future by the effects of colonial behaviours either military or environmentally damaging. We need to treat our vulnerable people with kindness and Naomi Masila Social Worker compassion Natalia coppel Social Worker Natalia Equihua Communications Worker Natalie Marr Student University of Glasgow Natalie Walters Private Citizen Volunteer with refugees, and Natasha Alkaff Day asylum seekers Nathalie Belcher Teacher This shouldn’t be allowed to happen to people. It’s in humane. Nathaniel Walpole Artist Treating the most vulnerable people with dignity, respect and fulfilling their human rights is the mark of a true caring society. Neil Barnes Private Citizen I believe most Scottish people are on that path but many individuals and organisations have a long way to go. I want to do m Consultant in Public Health Myself as a expert in health and I salute the advocacy work being done for the most excluded in Neil Hamlet Medicine homelessness in Scotland our society. Neil mcguire Private Citizen Neil McKechnie Private Citizen Neil Slattery Private Citizen Niall Christie Private Citizen Solidarity with Glasgow's asylum seekers Niamh Adams McGilp Student Refugees do not deserve to be put at additional risk due to incompetence, laziness, and racism. Nor does the general Niamh Coffey Private Citizen public. We have to stop what we have seen at Mclays and Park Inn happening again. Niamh McGuire Student I support the demand for an inquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers by Mears Group at the behest of the Home Nicholas Domminney Lecturer Office and that, meanwhile, asylum seekers have their daily allowance restored and that they are returned safely to their Glasgow homes from I am appalled at the way asylum seekers in Glasgow have been Nicholas Morris Private Citizen treated and shocked that Mears can fail so badly to treat those they have chosen to take responsibility for so badly. Nicky Bolland Private Citizen Nicky kelly Doctor nicky melville Private Citizen I want justice for all people as equals, the atrocities put upon Nicola Baxter Private Citizen them shouldn't happen to anyone Nicola Campbell Private Citizen Nicola Crawford Children's Reporter People deserve to be treated equally. Asylum seekers are Nicola Reid Private Citizen human beings who need help, shelter, the right to work and deserve dignity and respect. Nicolas Le Bigre Private Citizen Customer Solutiond Advisor Nicole Loen for Caledonia Housing Association To uphold the dignity of asylum seekers and challenge abuses Nicoline Kure Working with asylum seekers to people's rights. The UK Asylum process is inhumane. The recent incident was heartbreaking and arguably preventable - vulnerable people, Community Development Niki Logan Linkes [SCIO] under immense strain, in difficult temporary living conditions, Worker lacking control over how and when their basic needs could be met and mis Nikki ford Private Citizen . I am extremely concerned about the treatment of asylum Nikki Harvey Private Citizen seekers in hotels at this time. The treatment of asylum seekers has been uncaring, unkind, Nina Stewart Private Citizen inhumane and dangerous. I believe that this deserves to an enquiry and to prevent it happening again and in other places. Norah Adeyemo Private Citizen I think it is absolutely appalling that people seeking asylum are Norma Campbell Private Citizen being so badly and inhumanely treated Nuala Patton Private Citizen Time for the home office to take responsibility for the failure of Oliver Robertson Private Citizen outsourcing their duty of care for refugees to private companies. Olivia Errey Private Citizen Respect of human rights is essential Olivia Wu Private Citizen Omar Jawhar Omar Student Oonagh Duffy Private Citizen To support those who are being treated unfairly in our city I am appalled at the treatment of those who have gone Oriole Hall Private Citizen Inverness Quakers through such suffering to reach safety. Orla Craig Private Citizen Orla Hamill Private Citizen Retired radio producer and In total support of your efforts to demand just and humane Pam Wardell educator changes to the present home office inadequacies. Pamela Chambers Retired I support the action of PAIH. Pamela Davie Civil Servant - Deeply concerned about the well being of those in our city Pamela Duffin Residential Property Assistant seeking asylum For fair treatment for all. Can't welcome refugees into this Paolo Sanguigni Private Citizen country and then leave them homeless and or nowhere for them to stay Parvin Jussab Analyst Humans British values need to be upheld We need clarity around this tragedy, to get better at giving Pasquale Andrea Rossi Private Citizen support to those who need help. We are better than what we have shown; let's get better together. How totally shameful that asylum-seekers, refugees and other really vulnerable human beings - our guests and our brothers Pat Stocker Private Citizen and sisters - should be treated like unwanted animals by Britain's Government. My solidarity and heartfelt warmth goes to each perso Patricia A. Bryden Private Citizen Human rights abuses and racism are totally unacceptable The current situation for asylum seekers in Glasgow is Patricia Carberry Private Citizen completely inhumane. Asylum seekers are treated shamefully by the UK government. Herding people into detention hotels and denying them the Patricia Cassidy Retired teacher meagre allowance that is their due as well as ignoring their health needs is completely incomprehensible. Patricia Gale Psychotherapist Patricia Mayborne Carer You are seen, you are heard and you matter! Patricia McRobbie Psychotherapist Private citizen Everyone has the right to be treated as a human being. Heard accounts of the terrible situation through Interfaith Patricia Rogers Private Citizen Quakers Scotland. If we are a civilised society we should welcome asylum seekers with compassion and care and offer a place of safety and comfort, bearing in mind the trauma that has led them to flee the Shocking treatment of asylum seekers in Glasgow. How could Patricia Smith Private Citizen Positive Action in Housing we treat human beings like this in the heart of our city? Patrick Welsh Private Citizen I am appalled at the lack of care and support provided to Paul Archer Private Citizen asylum seekers. As a society we are judged on how we treat with the most Paul Givan Private Citizen unfortunate Paul Johnston Private Citizen As people have died as a result of the Mears group failings in Glasgow. And public money was given to this group to provide Paul Roberts Private Citizen a service to the state then a public inquiry should establish why a private company has failed in its duty of care to the people th Former MP for Glasgow North Fully support calls for a public enquiry into asylum Paul Sweeney Labour Party East accommodation. Paula Grant Private Citizen Paula Telfer Private Citizen Get profiteering Mears out of Scotland Pauline Teacher Pauline Lynch Private Citizen Because all people need to be treated with respect and care. To get people justice and change the way things are done, ie; PaulMacNeil Private Citizen Holding the Mears Group to account. Penelope Veitch Private Citizen Yes investigate but in the mean time give the residents a Penny Bennetts Private Citizen decent level of food, medical care, and ways to keep themselves and the rooms clean and pleasant. The treatment of the asylum seekers in Glasgow has been atrocious, moved from stable, available accommodation with Penny Gray Asylum Hosting volunteer Bristol Hospitality Network financial support into hotels without money. Mears and the Home Office have paid no attention to people’s wellbeing and welfare in this lock Penny Jane Holmes Private Citizen I think it is appalling the way the home office and this private Penny Lilley Private Citizen I am a Quaker company (Mears) has treated asylum seekers. Thank you PAIH for doing this. The hostile environment Penny Waterhouse Private Citizen continues in England. Please do what you can to make it stop in Scotland. Perdita Mary Heller Private Citizen/Foster Carer To expose those that profit from vulnerable people Peter David Rees Private Citizen I fully support your campaign to end this tragedy. Please let me Peter Docherty Director Docherty consulting know if I can help. I am shocked and ashamed of how we are failing these Peter Hutchison Retired GP vulnerable people. Peter Lavelle Private Citizen People seeking refuge deserve so much better.... Peter Limbrick Principal Interconnections I would like to restore a sense of humanity in the UK Unless there is a thorough independent investigation with the causes identified and effective action taken to address them, Peter Lloyd Chair Scottish Refugee Council then things will not change and we will witness further tragedies. Asylum seekers deserve respect , dignity and compassion. Peter Mullan Filmmaker Anything less shames us. Peter William Gatrell Private Citizen Peter Wyatt Psychotherapist Like the virus these matters do not just away: need ceaseless Philip Harris Retired scientist work and vigilance as in Positive Action. Philipa Craig Student nurse Philippa Kemp Office and Comms Manager Multi-Cultural Family Base We fully support this inquiry Because I am am very distressed to hear about the appalling Phillida Ball Private Citizen housing conditions and lack of support of the asylum seekers being housed by Mears. Pinar aksu Private Citizen Human Rights activist Human rights for all. No one should be left in isolation I believe asylum seekers deserve the chance to live and work in Prisca Lawrence Sales Advisor - Call Centre the UK Rachael Esdale Director We are able to do so much better for people. Rachael McQueen Private Citizen People come here looking for help. Do you think they want to leave their homes, their lands, their loved ones? Our war Rachel Brennan Private Citizen mongering has left them no option but to flee and we welcome them with what? shit housing, an abusive system to negotiate, fees they ca Rachel Fawthrop Private Citizen Rachel Frith Private Citizen We need answers - how the abhorrent treatment of human Rachel Knox Anderson Administrator beings in Glasgow has been allowed. This cannot continue. Rachel Lambe Private Citizen rachel mccann Private Citizen I am signing to add my support for the campaign for an enquiry into the failure of Mears and the Home Office to look RACHEL MEACH Researcher after some of the most vulnerable people in our society. I believe they should both be held accountable for the failure to provide both a Rachel Nicholson Student Scotland can do better! We need a human response to support Rachel Rogers Private Citizen our asylum seekers - not a 'put-up' and 'shut-up' attitude. We can do better! It’s been months now that PAIH and many others have been warning of the problems and dangers associated with the Rachel Smith Senior Lecturer situation of asylum seekers who have been moved from self contained accommodation into hotels with utterly inadequate financial and medical su Rachel Walker Private Citizen Asylum seekers are human beings Rachel Wilson Musician Raheema Sayed Private Citizen I'm angry. People should not have been taken out of their Rani Dhanda Private Citizen homes Rayah Feldman Private Citizen Raymie Kiernan Private Citizen Stand Up To Racism End the hostile environment Razgar HASSAN Office Manager positive Action in Housing A civilization is judged by how it treats its weakest. Unless all of Rebbecca Ray Author us are free, none of us are free. Rebecca Private Citizen They have been treated terribly These people are living through horrible circumstances after Full time mother and mental Rebecca Hughes fleeing worse in their home countries. I want my country to health sufferer make asylum seekers feel welcome and safe. Rebecca Kay Private Citizen This is a shameful way to treat human beings. Rebecca Mair Private Citizen Rebecca Robinson Private Citizen Lessons learned sadly too late for all victims but let's improve Rebecca Scott Private Citizen our compassion Rebecca Welsh Private Citizen Rebecca Woodward Private Citizen Refugees and asylum seekers deserve better. They deserve a safe and sanitary place to live, independence, healthcare and Ren Wednesday Private Citizen respect. The problem goes far beyond Mears, but right now they are endangering people's lives and they need to be held accountable. Apalled at these events. Disgusted by the action of the Home Rev David McLachlan Church of Scotland Minister Office We are appalled at the inhumanity to vulnerable people shown Rev Dr Iain and Rev by the Home Office and Mears Hotel group and wish to see a Rev Iona Community Isabel Whyte full investigation and a radical change. We fully support PAIH in their call and their critical emergency support. I continue to be appalled by the inhumane and life-threatening Rev. Linda M. neglect Mears and the Home Office perpetrates on asylum Interfaith Officer and Chaplain Scottish Pagan Federation Haggerstone seekers and refugees who are in desperate need of our help. Shame on Mears and the UK government. It is always best to err on the side of love. Anyone who doesn’t Revd John Nugent Minister of Religion feel for asylum seekers has no soul. Rhianne Carroll Private Citizen Rhona Lattka Private Citizen A public inquiry is needed. Meats must be called to account for Rhona McInnes Private Citizen the unnaceptable treatment of asylum seekers Mears need to be sacked. They are misusing public money and Rhona Raeburn Private Citizen abusing vulnerable people. Richa Okhandiar- Private Citizen MacDougall Richard Barry Private Citizen Richard Dunn Private Citizen Chiltern Peace & Justice Group A disgusting way to treat refugees/asylum seekers Decent conditions for asylum-seekers right now. And a public Richard Haley Private Citizen SACC inquiry as soon as it can be set up. Richard Kinsella Designer Stand up to Racism Richard Manning Private Citizen Anti corruption safeguarding Rick Rijsdijk Private Citizen keep strong Riffit khan Pharmacist manager Rinna Väre Private Citizen Rishi Kalanke Accommodation Provider Principal Dwellings Ltd I am disgusted that my country, the UK, treats often traumatised people in the way that Glasgow and Mears treats Rob Leech Private Citizen asylum seekers. The board of Mears should face criminal charges. Robert Anderson L&D Trainer Asylum seekers and refugees were subjected to violence, war, famine, etc, in the home country. They are treated inhumanely Robert Buntin Private Citizen in the U.K. by the Home Office policies. The tragic events in Glasgow occurred as a direct cause of those policies. Herding vulnera Robert Cassells Private Citizen The treatment of Asylum Seekers by the UK governments chosen private company is disgusting. The Scottish Robert Rae Director Our Land Productions Government and Glasgow City Council have failed to intervene and ensure their conditions are humane is equally abhorrent- especially when they throw u The sad recent events have exposed the brutality and inhumanity of Britain's Asylum system. The Scottish Robert Rae Director/Writer Our Land Productions Government's constant denial of responsibility does nothing to help Asylum Seekers but only makes them feel morally superior to England. What's to sto Those responsible for this policy should be held to account. Robert Stewart Private Citizen Vulnerable people's immediate needs must be resolved immediately. I've seen 20 years of neglect and lack of care by corporate profiteers in Glasgow recruited by the Home Office, passing Robina Qureshi Director Positive Action in Housing themselves off as "caring landlords" with policies they don't understand. The level of neglect by Mears hand in hand with the Home Offi Robyn Moffat-Wall Private Citizen Rogan Boon Private Citizen Ill-treatment of people in need of help is a moral outcry, no Roman Sharkey Private Citizen person is illegal and have the right to their rights. I read of the plight of the asylum seekers and how badly Rona McGill Private Citizen they've been treated, I think it's horrendous Answers are needed. Why was this thoughtless and inhumane process carried out with so little thought for the welfare of Rorie Booth Mechanical Engineer those that need it most? How can we stop this happening again? Rory Harkins Private Citizen In support of inhumane treatment of asylum seekers by Home Rosaleen Solomonidis Private Citizen Office and Meats group I hope this gets the support the refugees need...it's been too Rosalind Hashmi Retired long that they've been ignored. The decision to remove asylum seekers from their homes and subject them to a regime of almost forced detention by a Rosalyn Bonner Private Citizen corporation motivated by profit is clearly in breach of the lock down rules and this must be fully investigated In full support of PAIH's demands and the request for a public inquiry. It's time to use our anger and sadness over these Rose Filippi Development Coordinator Maryhill Integration Network avoidable tragedies to call for change and an end to the hostile environment. Rose Henderson Private Citizen As a society and nation, Scotland will be judged by how we treat those most vulnerable among us, and we must not let Rose-Marie Barbeau Private Citizen them fall, unnoticed and uncared for. We have a responsibility, as part of the Western countries that laid the historical foundation for i People should be treated like we like to be treatednot all put in Rosemary Gray Private Citizen hotels and left without any support rosemary hartill Private Citizen Ashamed and horrified at reports of suffering of asylum seekers Rosemary O'Donnell Private Citizen Rosie Burrell Student Because I care about refugee rights Rosie McCaffrey Private Citizen - Rosie McKean Private Citizen Rosie Quin Teacher Ross McCrae Private Citizen There needs to be scrutiny and transparency. Rowan Matthews Private Citizen Rowena Piers Private Citizen Ruairidh MacLure Private Citizen We are on your side Ruby Hirsch TEFL Teacher Most of us believe in a fair & equal society based on human rights and empathy. We must come together to demand Licketyspit Theatre & Play Ruby Zajac CFN Producer, Licketyspit leaders listen to our collective demands, revoke the hostile Charity environment and uphold their commitment to the declaration of Human Rights. Ruth Bullough Private Citizen Because it was a wrong and discriminatory decision We have been asking from the start why people were moved from their flats in to these hotels, questioning the way this was Ruth Cape Development Worker South East Integration Network carried out, and what this means for those forced to live there. An inquiry in to this decision was necessary then, and it is absolu Ruth chalmers Private Citizen People lives matter and asylums lives matter, no one should be Ruth dada Private Citizen treated this way Ruth Harris Private Citizen Ruth Kirkby Private Citizen Asylum seekers have been through enough trauma already, Ruth Longmuir Private Citizen they should be treated well in the UK and welcomed to a place of safety. Confinement of individuals with known mental health problems Ruth Robin Private Citizen combined within communal living is barbaric and unnecessary. Refugees and asylum seekers deserve our full care and attention, since they are human beings who have fallen on hard Child and Adolescent Ruth Seglow times. It is shameful that they have been dealt with in this way. Psychotherapist They need decent accommodation, as do we all, to be kept safe in order e Ruth Webber Research Associate Loughborough University We are not free until we are all free Ryan Mitchell Private Citizen . Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Something Ryanna Ferran Private Citizen needs to be done to create change. S Robertson Private Citizen The system is not working. It's important that all circumstances around this tragedy are Chief Executive, Scottish Sabir Zazai Scottish Refugee Council investigated. The Home Office and its contractors have some Refugee Council serious and fundamental questions to answer. With deep frustrations, we are calling for a dignified, measured and immediate response. The people and support organisations of Glasgow are incredibly supportive of asylum seekers and want to help them Sabrina Allison Director Light on the Path make a better life, but the UK Home Office and their subcontractor Mears Group take a very different approach. Breaking rules on eviction, an The treatment of asylum seekers by Mears Group has been horrendous in so many ways. The human rights abuses in their Sabrina Allison Private Citizen own right merit a public enquiry, but they are a result of services commissioned with tax-payers’ money, means the public also deserves a Sajida Bismil Private Citizen Solidarity with all asylum seekers and refugees, they should Saleh Mamon Retired headteacher have dignity South Kordofan Organisation for Human Rights and Representing Sudanese people Chiarman of human rights Development of Nuba Mountains, against abuse of human Salim Dekin inparticular the people of Nuba organisation in London rights wherever will, our Organsiation stand shoulder to Mountains in the Sudan shoulder with you. Asylum seekers' lives matter. People who come to the UK for help should be treated with respect and compassion. Their sally griffin retired nurse welfare should not depend on profit-making companies like Mears, Serco etc. Our country will be judged by how well we welcome asylum sally louise charlton Private Citizen seekers and immigrants, let us do it well. Anyone in the world could find themselves in that situation I think asylum seekers have been treated appallingly. Mears & the government cannot get away with this. The people of Sam mcnealey Private Citizen Scotland need to make their feelings known. I have emailed my MP & MSP. sam naidoo Private Citizen Sam Tongue Project coordinator Samantha Jack Private Citizen Asylum seekers deserve support and aid during this stressful Samantha Reynolds Private Citizen time and should be treated as human beings. It's not a debate it's a demand. Samuel Boateng Private Citizen I’m appalled by the treatment of these vulnerable people by Sandra Scott Private Citizen meters group and 5he home office Sandra Brown Retired I welcome people who come to Scotland who have gone through so much so bravely. And then we do not give them Sandra Grant Retired psychiatrist adequate (minimal) housing and support. It shakes us as a nation. Sandra Owen Private Citizen I would like to see all refugees treated as human beings fir a Sandra Quinn Private Citizen change. Private Citizen Member of the because I support justic for all and the asylem seekers were Sandy McEwen Society of Friends (Quakers) treated badly and let down by the Home Office We need to know the truth about why people have been moved during the pandemic without appropriate safety Sara Cowan Private Citizen measures or support - both financial and for people's well- being The treatment of asylum seekers by Meers and the home office Sara Dibb Private Citizen is degrading and inhuman. It creates a hostile environment which brings shame on our country. Asylum seekers by their very nature of what they have experienced are some of the most vulnerable people in our Sara Rasmussen Private Citizen society, who deserve our compassion, care and help, taking into account their diverse ethnic backgrounds and traumatic history. This is not wha Sara Shaarawi Playwright Sara Thomas Trainer & Event Professional A full public enquiry must now be made! Given the recent events in Glasgow's City Centre, it has become evident just how unacceptable the current living conditions are. Sarah Armstrong Private Citizen Mental Health of human beings has been taken for granted and there have already been dire consequences. It isn't an option t Sarah Bradburn Private Citizen Unison Sarah Grant Nhs Sarah Hannah Rakhra Student Stand up to Racism Sarah Hutchison Private Citizen People seeking asylum have experienced extreme trauma and Sarah McAulay Private Citizen Need support and compassion from the country they are in. The conditions and treatment of asylum seekers needs investigation and total change University tutor/ Independent Sarah McCulloch Practice Teacher/ Social Independent Practice Teacher Worker Sarah McEwan Playgroup Manager Sarah Myers Private Citizen I think it unjust to treat asylum seekers the way they are being Sarah Pollock Private Citizen treated and think Mears should be held to account The Home Office and Mears Group must be held to account for their treatment of the vulnerable and traumatised people Sarah Roberts Community Engagement seeking asylum in the UK. Why were asylum seekers removed Dempsey Worker from their homes and placed into hotels with one hour to 30 mins notice, at a ti Sarah Stone Tutor Praying for your work. You are amazing! Sarah Weakley Private Citizen Saskia Harper Private Citizen Scott Private Citizen All people should be treated with dignity and respect, whether Scott Kemp Auditor seeking asylum or a citizen. Sean Clerkin Campaign Coordinator Scottish Tenants Organisation Please give all Asylum Seekers homes Sean harty Private Citizen People seeking help in the UK should be treated with dignity Sean Mainwaring Private Citizen Seannine Henderson Private Citizen City centre hotel incident and subsequent tragic death of Seema Sood Private Citizen young man. Selina Hales Director Refuweegee Because it is the right thing to do. Seona Reid Private Citizen Outraged by the inhumanity and discrimination Shaista Bashir Private Citizen Na Shane Goodbody Private Citizen Shani Walker Bookseller Shania Devi Private Citizen Shareef Abdulkarim Y Student We must live on any where Ahmed We need to stand together and stop dehumanising people we Sharon Berrie Private Citizen should be embracing Sharon Campbell Wellbeing Officer This is criminal and can't be allowed to go on. Sharon O'Leary Dog walker Sharon Robertson Administrator Sharon Roulston Private Citizen For humane treatment of humans on this planet Shaun M Private Citizen Shaun McLaughlin Private Citizen Shauna Donaldson Assistant Psychologist NHS GGC Because I’m outraged at the way Asylum seekers and minority groups are being treated by this country especially during a Shaunagh Hendry Psychologist NHS global pandemic. I believe that I have a duty to stand up and support those people that are under represented and discriminated agains Sheila Allan Private Citizen Sheila Brodie Private Citizen The treatment of refugees is a disgrace Sheila H Wood Retired Sheila Hind Private Citizen Sheila Hind Private Citizen Everyone should be afforded dignity, and that includes Sheila Munro Private citizen (retired) wholesome food, suitable shelter, access to medical treatment just for a start. And kindness and compassion. Sheila Ryan Private Citizen We need snswers These services should not be run for profit Vulnerable people should be protected Sheila Skinner Private Citizen Everyone should be able to obtain safe secure housing Stop propping up the hoarding of property and profiteering by private companies Sían Downes Event Planner Strawberry Lemonade Events Injustice breeds injustice, but compassion breeds compassion Sian Evans Private Citizen Sidra iq Student Public Human rights This treatment of these human beings is appalling, we should not allow such a situation, to even arise! So shocking, these Sila Collins Private Citizen people need our help we must support them in anyway we can. It's cruel if we don't. cannot trust the home office, mears or police to conduct an silas curtis Private Citizen Maslow's Community Shop inquiry Simon Pugh Private Citizen Because we are all human and deserve to be treated fairly. The treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in this country is scandalous, if not criminal. A society is judged by how it treats Simon Thompson Private Citizen its most vulnerable people. A public enquiry is essential to get the facts and shed proper light on this issue. Sindhu Private Citizen Safe housing is a basic human right. Edible food is a basic Siobhain Ma Private Citizen human right. Refugees should be treated with respect and compassion. The Siobhan O'Neill Private Citizen way Mears has dealt with such vulnerable people is disgusting. Smina Akhtar Researcher University of Glasgow Sneh Jani-Patel Private Citizen Bread & Roses People no matter what race or religion deserve their freedoms, Sobia Rasool Private Citizen deserve to feel safe and protected, deserve to live their best life. It’s not a luxury it’s a Right of all humans! It is disgraceful to have human beings living in such conditions, without support and without any means. People should be Sofia Rivera Private Citizen moved back to homes and should have an allowance re- instated. The living conditions and treatment that asylum seekers are receiving at the hands of Mears is absolutely appalling. Many of Sonia Anker-Petersen Private Citizen these asylum seekers have experienced complex trauma in the past and are seeking safety in Glasgow, yet instead are being forced t Sonja Miley Co-Executive Director Waging Peace Sophia Qureshi Private Citizen Sophie Elgar Private Citizen Sophie Murphy Private Citizen Sophie Smith Charity worker Stacy Ferguson Nurse Stephanie Fincham Private Citizen These vulnerable people are being treated appallingly. The Home Office must terminate Mears contract and pass it on to Stephanie Gibson Private Citizen Glasgow City Council to run. People require basic human rights of food, shelter and respect. Stephanie nicholson Private Citizen Showing my support I don’t get why people are still treated this way in the 20th Stephen Brackenridge Support Practitioner Century These are human beings who have suffered and are suffering. Stephen Hibbs Haematology Registrar NHS We can and must do better to share what we have and to treat them with humanity. Stephen Lynch Private Citizen No person that comes to my city is illegal. Refugees Welcome! Stephen McKee Private Citizen Stephen Smellie UNISON South Lanarkshire UNISON South Lanarkshire Steve Banks Retired Chair Derbyshire Refugee To show support to those campaigning for reasonable Steve Cooke Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity Solidarity treatment of other human beings Steve Kirkwood Senior Lecturer Steve Mulligan Private Citizen We see on a daily basis the negative effect that the UKs draconian and hostile asylum system has on vulnerable Steven McCluskey Director (voluntary) Bikes for Refugees (Scotland) individuals and families - from feelings of hopelessness and loss of dignity to being forced to live in unfit housing conditions with a lack of Social Work Student and Stuart Scott We as the UK and Scotland can do better for those in need private citizen retired local government Sue Bard It is essential that this inquiry takes place. officer These asylum seekers should be treated fairly and humanely and must be supported and helped, especially after all they Sue Lowe Private Citizen have been through. The way they have been treated so far by the Home Office and Mears is disgraceful and shameful. Words cannot describe how upset and angry I feel about this. Susan Bradford Private Citizen These people deserve better. People have the right to be safe. To be treated reasonably and Susan brown Private Citizen to be identified if they need help and be given it. Our city's treatment of these asylum seekers has been shameful. We need an inquiry into how this happened. Susan Brush Private Citizen Urgently, we must reinstate them in their flats, and restart their cash allowance. Tired of the Government and media lying to the general public Susan Clark Private Citizen about the way in which people in the asylum system are treated in the UK. It’s shameful and a national scandal. Susan Galloway Private Citizen Susan Hamilton Private Citizen Retired social worker now The way asylum seekers have been treated is scandalous and Susan Jessiman independent practice teacher. must change. I abhor the rounding up of asylum seekers into Mears hotels. I Susan Johnston Retired hope that some people know there are others who do not agree with this policy Susan Kidd Private Citizen The treatment of refugees and all other migrants in the UK is a Susan Mary Anthony Private Citizen disgrace. I can no longer hold the Scottish authorities blameless. Outsourcing to profiteers has to stop. Susan McIntosh Retired Susan McMahon Poverty truth volunteer Poverty truth community I am appalled at the conditions in the covid accomadation I am shocked (and ashamed) to hear how these asylum seekers Susan Mitchell Private Citizen are being treated. They are people not animals and should be treated with humanity and compassion. Asylum seekers are being treated very badly in the hotel Susan Moffat Private Citizen accomodation they have been moved to. Glasgow City Council should take full responsibility for their care Almost in desolations a government that are apparently Susan Rose Reverend infallible while the vulnerable suffer I am deeply shocked by the description of conditions in these Retired adult Education tutor hotels and in the treatment of refugees by the Mears group. Susan Sellar (ESOL) This should not be happening in our country which has a long history of making refugees welcome. Susan Tulley Charity Worker We need an enquiry to find out what went wrong and help Susan Zante Private Citizen these people get the support they need to settle properly in to our country. susanna singlehurst Service co-ordinator shocking treatment of vulnerable people Suzanne Crimin Private Citizen Private contractors should be held accountable to providing Sydney Wheatley Private Citizen dignified accommodations for asylum seekers. The situation for these asylum seekers sounds heartbreaking. Well done to PAIH and others who are trying to ensure they Sylvia Margaret Crick Retired have better living conditions and some basic income to stay in touch with family and legal representatives. This is a deadly scandal that must be dealt with and learnt from Tam Dean Burn Actor Burnt Goods immediately. Tamara Al-Om Private Citizen Támara Paulsen Private Citizen Because people deserve basic decency and human rights. Wilson Tatina Semprini Massage Therapist Tawny Macleod Waitress Terence William Jones Private Citizen I'm so sorry how we neglect vulnerable people who we should Teresa Batchelor Foster parent uasc be helping I am yet again so ashamed to be British I oppose the racist immigration controls in place in the UK, I Senior Lecturer, Uni of Teresa Piacentini University of Glasgow support a humane approach to refuge for all people, I Glasgow condemn the default position of profit over lives. I am appalled, distressed and deeply angry at the treatment of Teri Barbour Private Citizen people seeking refuge in this country by an organisation and a government intent on profit before humanity. Thomas Eckhart Private Citizen These people need assistance to live a normal life until their THOMAS Kay School Support Assistant South Lanarkshire Unison asylum claims are processed. All immigrants to Scotland should have the same right to Tiia Makkonen photographer decency and respect, and help to comfortably start a new life here. Tim Denvir Private Citizen Project Lead - Housing and Human Rights, Transparency, Accountability - Save Lives Not Tim Lehuraux Positive Action in Housing Homelessness Pounds Philp insisted that the Home Office response was “compassionate and generous” and that there was “no Tom Johnstone Retired reasonable basis for criticising it”. Why do we have to listen to such nonsense? Tom Leinster Private Citizen Toni Tochel Private Citizen It's about time we took the private sector out of asylum Tony Greenstein Treasurer The Brighton Trust support people come to Scotland looking for hope and peace what Tony Hayler Private Citizen does it say about us as a nation if we cant show humanity. Tony Khan Actor World Spirit Theatre Justice shall prevail Trish Brown Private Citizen It’s important Trish Healy Private Citizen I support the determination of Positive Action in Housing and others to ensure asylum seekers have their human rights Tristan Molloy Retired support worker respected, which includes being accommodated in safe and healthy homes. I abhor the inhumane actions of Mears and the government and req Tuscany McKenzie Private Citizen Because I care about asylum seekers Una Carnochan Private Citizen We need to treeat asylum seekers with dignity and fairness Ursula Canton Private Citizen I regularly speak out for change in the Immigration & Asylum Usman Aslam Solicitor field Horrified by the injustice and inhumanity shown to people Val Williamson Private Citizen seeking asylum. This situation is inhuman and a crime against the human rights of people who are fleeing intolerable situations. It is absolutely Valerie Gauld Retired schoolteacher shameful and I thank Positive Action for Housing for all the important work you are doing to fight for the vulnerable and pow Vanessa A Private Citizen vanessa nias Private Citizen all strength and good luck Vera Schroeter Private Citizen These people deserve better than this.Lets do the right thing Veronica Private Citizen and respect their needs.Lets do it right away.Act now. Veronica Campanile Private Citizen Veronica Harty Private Citizen Vicki mckenna Retired Professor of International Vicki Squire University of Warwick Politics Asylum seekers should be treated with respect, dignity and Victoria Evans Private Citizen compassion. The hostile environment must end. Victoria Gilbert Private Citizen Victoria Goodban Consultant End this deadly hostile environment Associate Professor of Victoria Redclift UCL This is a humanitarian disaster - the Council must intervene Political Sociology People have a basic human right to be treated with dignity and these practices do not promote dignity nor do they ensure the Victoria Van Middel Private Citizen continued wellbeing, good mental health and physical health and development of asylum seekers. Also providing poor nutrition and h I am appalled at the story of neglect by Scottish authorities of Vivian Barty-Taylor Private Citizen asylum seekers. The treatment of already traumatised asylum seekers and Health Improvement refugees during the COVID pandemic is disgraceful and needs vivien stewart Practitioner a public enquiry to ensure all the facts are known so there can be no repetition Shocked by information emerging after recent incident at Park Vivienne Newton Private Citizen Inn. Want to help in any way possible although I live in London. Complete disregard for human rights, safety, basic dignity and respect, and pre-existing laws and rights of asylum seekers. Will Golding Private Citizen Utterly disgusting treatment of basic human life by the UK Government and the Mears Group. We are equally concerned at the impact of the use of hotels to Chair, Bradford City of Will Sutcliffe Bradford City of Sanctuary house asylum seekers in Bradford; in particular the denial of Sanctuary any cash support william edward sundries clerk Atrocious conditions assylum seekers are kept in leadbitter William Pugh Masters student Wyrimo Barron Private Citizen Refugees and asylum seekers have escaped danger, poverty, war, oppression to seek refuge in what should be a safe place. Yasmin Salek Private Citizen They deserve to be welcomed and treated like humans, just how we would treat ourselves. We need to do better to keep these innocent in Yasoda Winmill- Every person in Scotland deserves to be treated like a human Private Citizen Hermann being, every person has the right to comfort and shelter. Yolanda Archibald Ex Housing Because refugees should be treated with dignity and care I know the this country can do better to support vulnerable people. Privatization does harm to everyone and it is Yumna Mohamed Private Citizen unbearable to me to think that our leaders support this kind of inhumanity. If they do, we will surely vote them out! Yve Barry Student Yvonne Chan Accounts assistant Yvonne McFadden Private Citizen Zac Sean Mullin Student zain saleem Private Citizen Zara Christie Private Citizen Zemirah Moffat Private Citizen Because this treatment of fellow human beings is inhumane Head of Policy and Customer Zhan McIntyre Private companies profiting from vulnerable refugees is wrong. Standards Zsara McEwan Private Citizen