'I knew I had to leave' - Refugee families came to Manchester desperate for help - now they face an uncertain future
Afghan refugees have been asked by the Home Office to leave Manchester at the end of August - and many now fear an uncertain future.
According to Manchester City Council, there are currently 740 Afghan refugees living in Manchester hotels. That figure includes 115 families and 52 individuals. But by August 23 they will be evicted and forced to find a new home. Khalid said there's a lot of confusion and anxiety about what the future now holds. He explained: “I read the news originally on March 29, but no one told me what was going to happen next. None of the authorities at the hotel even agreed that this was happening, that my family would be kicked out soon.
“They never gave me the name of the town they took me to," Nassir said. "They just showed me around houses and mosques to say that I could possibly live here instead of in Manchester.” Nassir says he fears becoming the victim of racist violence. In 2021 he says he lived in a hotel that was attacked by far-right groups. “I had to change rooms twice because the far-right broke in and damaged my room completely," he said.
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