“Is anywhere in the world safe?”: Asylum seeking women on far-right riots

The Lead speaks to three asylum seeking and refugee women about their experiences of the violence seen across the country in the past week.

When the far-right riots kicked off across the country last week, asylum-seeking and refugee women trembled in fear for their safety. They came to the UK to feel protected, but instead, feel physically threatened by a violent minority who don’t want them in the country.

Last week, Amira*, an asylum seeker in her early 30s living just outside of London, …