John Grayson

John Grayson works in Barnsley with the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action group (SYMAAG); has been a researcher and adult educator for many years for the WEA and Northern College; and teache

EXCLUSIVE: Arrests of suspected undocumented migrants soar in Sheffield, the UK’s first City of Sanctuary

Since Theresa May launched the “Hostile Environment” South Yorkshire Police have arrested hundreds of Sheffielders every year on suspicion of being “illegal immigrants”.

By John Grayson

/ 13 Sep 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Arrests of suspected undocumented migrants soar in Sheffield, the UK’s first City of Sanctuary

Britain’s housing crisis: Refugee family given just one week to find new home

Jayne and her children won their long battle for the right to stay in the UK. Then they faced a fresh fight, with security company G4S.

By John Grayson

/ 8 Dec 2018

Rodents, bedbugs, mould: UK asylum housing still a hostile environment

A Manchester asylum hostel run by Britain’s biggest outsourcer Serco is riddled with cockroaches, rodents and bedbugs.

By John Grayson

/ 29 May 2018

Mothers and children unlawfully housed in Sheffield B&Bs for years

Women and young children routinely placed in shared hostels with vulnerable homeless men.

By John Grayson and Violet Dickenson

/ 5 Apr 2018

UK migration rules make children homeless

Councils are forcing children into homelessness and destitution simply because of their parents’ migration status.

By John Grayson and Violet Dickenson

/ 5 Apr 2018