It was announced in January that Mears had won a 10-year Government contract worth more than [pounds sterling]1bn to provide
asylum seeker accommodation and support in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber.
"When we registered, they asked 'what can you do', and we listed a couple of things, but even when you find a job related to one of those things that falls under the category of
asylum seeker jobs, they still tell you 'you can't do this'," he said.
This also means roughly one in every 655 people on Merseyside is an
asylum seeker, compared to one in every 1,492 nationally.
By contrast Austria took in one
asylum seeker for every 361 of its population.
The UK accepted one
asylum seeker for every 4,823 of its population last year
Poland RepTht The Czech Republic took in just one
asylum seeker for every 423,153 of its 10.6 million-strong population.
The second group of
asylum seekers brought to Latvia is likely to get refugee status soon but there are problems with finding housing for them as they are supposed to leave the
asylum seeker centre upon receiving refugee status.
huddersfieldexaminer Desperate appeal from
asylum seeker charity DASH as it's down to its last PS500 Everyone, there's a huge difference between
asylum seekers and economic migrants.
The capital was the first Welsh place to appear in the list, coming in at fifth with one
asylum seeker per 263 people living in the local authority area.
Swansea comes seventh, with an
asylum seeker for every 286 people, while Newport is ninth, with a ratio of 1:316.
Abullah Hussaini is another
asylum seeker who broke his leg while he was playing football, the night before he was deported.