Wednesday, 16 May 2012

‘It was better to be destitute than go home and be killed’

10/04/2009 | By Beena Nadeem

Failed asylum seekers are living in fear on the streets. Charities are their only hope of support. Isn’t it time the government stepped in, asks Beena Nadeem?

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