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  • The Big Issue

    A 13-year journey through the UK’s labyrinthine asylum system

    Aug 23, 2021 2 minutes
    Interview: Jem Bartholomew

    2008

    I came to this country from Eritrea in 2008. For one year I had to live on just Home Office support. Then they refused my application for asylum.

    2009

    Around August 2009, the support stopped and I became homeless. Between 2009 and 2011 I didn’t have any support and wasn’t allowed to work. I had a very hard time. I have a bad leg, with

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