Asylum Support Contracts Examined in Two New Reports On Friday 3 July, Asylum Matters alongside Refugee Action and 40 other refugee support organisations released a report examining the failures of the asylum accommodation and support system. ...
Housing reform needed to protect asylum seekers Frontline activists and workers in the asylum-seeking community have spoken out about the “toxic environment” thousands of asylum seekers are experiencing in hotels across the UK as COVID-19 continues...
Kent County Council Revealed it Faces ‘Critical Situation’ Over Number of Child Migrants Arriving It has been revealed that around 19 unaccompanied child migrants who are seeking asylum in the UK are to be transferred to other councils...
Boats Carrying Asylum Seekers Intercepted During Bank Holiday in the UK Over the bank holiday weekend, around 140 boats carrying asylum seekers and migrants were intercepted in the English Channel. A spike in the number of those attempting to...
The Home Office faces a Legal Battle over a lack of asylum support The UK Home Office has become ensnared in yet another legal battle over the bitterly inadequate lack of support asylum seekers receive. Asylum seekers are suffering under the...
Activists and campaigners are petitioning to the government to grant Leave to Remain status for asylum seekers in Britain amid the coronavirus pandemic to provide each individual with access to accommodation, healthcare and support for...
As part of the national effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, the Home Office has announced the postponement of all asylum seeker evictions for three months. With the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus growing each day, it is positive...
On Sunday 1st March, thousands of migrants and refugees fled from Turkey to Greece after the Turkish government announced it would no longer prevent refugees from attempting to reach Europe. Two days later, human rights activists and those...
Asylum seekers waiting for more than six months for a decision on their application has hit an all-time high, increasing by 76% in 12 months, according to new reports. The reveal of latest figures showing asylum seekers’ agonising wait has one...
Recent research conducted by LSE’s Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) and British Red Cross has suggested that changes to the UK’s asylum policy – in the form of offering greater support to asylum seekers – would benefit the UK...
