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Asylum support rates – from January 2024

Asylum support rates The Government have announced that asylum support rates will be changing on 8th January 2024. ASAN have reported that the key changes are: An increase of standard weekly payments from £47.39 to £49.18. A reduction of weekly payments to those in catered accommodation (hotels etc) from £9.58 to £8.86 An increase of […]

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IMix – looking for people impacted by Home Office 7 day evictions, November 2023

IMIX, media specialists in the migration and asylum sector, are looking the highlight the human impact of the Home Office’s 7-day eviction policies on asylum accommodation and the homelessness emergency it is causing around the country. They are seeking people with experiences of unstable housing, homelessness and eviction who, with safeguarding and support from them, […]

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Do you know anyone willing to talk about the impact of shortened evictions from Home Office accommodation?

IMIX, media specialists in the migration and asylum sector, are looking the highlight the human impact of the Home Office’s 7-day eviction policies on asylum accommodation and the homelessness emergency it is causing around the country. They are seeking people with experiences of unstable housing, homelessness and eviction who, with safeguarding and support from them, […]

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Household Support Fund (HSF) – Cost of Living Grants

Forum Central are administering the Household Support Fund (HSF) – a Central Government fund. Grants panel to be held w/c 25 September. Please send applications before this date. This funding, administered by Forum Central, is to be distributed to organisations who support Communities of Interest including cultural diversity, people with mental health (including Young People), […]

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New policy update on discontinuations/evictions from Home Office accommodation and support – August 2023

“As a general principle, the Home Office should give people notice that their support is going to stop so they can plan what they will do next On 1st August 2023, the Home Office announced a change in procedure for the discontinuation of asylum support for people who have received a decision on their asylum […]

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Hardship Fund Winter 23/24: a planning meeting, 12pm Friday 1st September 2023

Each year a group of charities help to fundraise and run the Hardship Fund for destitute asylum seekers in Leeds. In 2022/23, a total of £5050 was distributed to 78 different households in 198 separate payments. Leeds Refugee Forum lead on this work, and are calling an online meeting of partners on Friday 1st September […]

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Asylum Matters update 1st August 2023

Advocacy and campaigning initiatives Refugee Ban Bill The United Nations has urged the UK Government to halt the introduction of the Illegal Migration Act and repeal the legislation in full, stating that provisions in the Bill risk undermining the UK’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law.  There has been continued strong and visible […]

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