Short summary
Six months after the migrant crisis first hit the headlines, we find out the reality of being an asylum seeker. Asylum seekers, many of them from Syria, were being put up in relative luxury as they waited for temporary housing, prompting an outraged flurry of publicity.Take Mahmoud Afara as a example.
Date of publication
Author
Jennifer Williams
What do we learn
Take Mahmoud Afara as a example. He is living in Fallowfield while his asylum claim is processed, the Britannia was just one of many places he stayed during a three-year, eight-country journey from Syria, via the Jungle, to his current temporary address.
keywords
asylum seekers, Syria, temporary housing
City
Manchester
Newspaper_Text
Manchester Evening News