Re: Are immigrants given free travel permits?

MikeinCamden@xxxxxxx wrote: 
A London cabby tells me he had a bus driver from the east of London in
his cab. The driver said that immigrants (presumably 'asylum seekers')
are given free travel passes in the area on grounds that not speaking
English makes them 'disabled'.

Can anyone throw any light on whether this is true?


Asylum seekers are give travel warrants when they're called for interview by the immigration authorities, and a number of charities pay their travel expenses (which may take the form of bus passes) for specific purposes -- I know the Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture pays travel expenses for people they refer for treatment, and I think the Refugee Council sometimes help with travel expenses for things like English courses for people who don't live near somewhere that offers them -- but that's it, AFAIK.

Steve
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