Please find attached the Home Office policy statement on cessations which was recently provided to the court in relation to an ongoing case regarding s.4 discontinuations. Although this document is in the public domain and can be shared widely, we must make clear that it only outlines the Home Office’s policy approach and that as […]
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Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Migrants and the 2021 Census
Lots of questions about the 2021 Census on today’s LMP Zoom call. Here are some resources to help you to decide the way forwards Paper on including asylum seekers in the census If you need census info in 30-something languages other than English If you are homeless If you want help to complete the form […]
Asylum Matters: Y&H update: fortnightly developments on Covid-19 and asylum 4th March 2021
By Jon from LASSN on 5th March 2021 in Activism & Campaigning, Destitution & Housing, Policy & Research
Please see below recent updates relating to Covid-19 and its impact on asylum and migration, including a few regional updates at the end. Ongoing advocacy Asylum accommodation The Home Office’s decision to house people seeking asylum in army barracks has remained under intense scrutiny, as campaigners and politicians continue to fight to #CloseTheBarracks. Hundreds joined […]
Micro Rainbow #NRPF Housing in Leeds
Our newest NRPF house for LGBTI asylum seekers is located in Leeds, and we are taking referrals. Any lesbian, gay, bi, trans or intersex asylum seekers with no recourse to public funds can be referred to our housing (or self refer) by contacting [email protected] Micro Rainbow works with LGBTI migrants, providing housing support in Manchester, […]
Service update: PAFRAS- Last drop-in of 2020 – 23rd December
The last PAFRAS drop-in of the year will be on 23rd December, 10-12, in St Aidan’s Church Hall. Sadly there won’t be a party this year but we will be offering our usual services: casework, mental health support and food parcels. We’ll also have some Christmas presents for clients who have children. We promise Christmas […]
Christmas Food Aid – 1st Edition: 11th December 2020
What? Volunteer befriending training When? Monday 7th December 5.45-7pm. Where? TBC If you want to join us but haven’t let us know, please email [email protected] so she can give you more information and a link. Here are 2 Documents detailing where vulnerable people can access food support over the Christmas period. To find provision that […]
Home Office reply to Cllr Blake, 1st December 2020
You’ll remember Cllr Blake’s excellent letter expressing concern over Home Office Evictions during lockdown. Curiously, the Home Office reply does not address any of the particular concerns raised by Cllr Blake directly, and instead restates the Home Office’s current position, before ending on this hopeful note: “I hope you agree that the best […]
Urban House (Initial Accomodation in Wakefield) reopening- a one page summary October 2020
via Katie at NACCOM
Political Support from LCC to help halt Home Office evictions
An excellent letter here from the Cllr Blake – leader of LCC, addressed to The Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. We’re exceptionally proud of the the support shown by LCC, and for the lobbying of LMP members who have been lobbying hard behind the scenes. However, given recent […]
Update on Home Office cessations (Asylum Accommodation) – 16th October 2020
On negative cessations, we’ve been informed that if there is a safe route of return and there are no appeal rights outstanding then it is the Home Office’s view that they will consider ceasing support. It is understood that further direction from ministers is expected. You may have seen that this matter was in the […]
Please discourage people from sleeping/sheltering in bins
LCC have issued new guidance to Commercial Waste Contractors, after a third person was found taking shelter in a bin in Leeds. We are not aware of the immigration status of any of the three people concerned, but with no emergency housing options for destitute asylum seekers in Leeds, their health and safety remains a […]
Local Authority support to destitute asylum seekers with NRPF “will be scaled down and end”
Jon Beech from LASSN writes: Regular readers will remember the post we did on Homelessness in Leeds and the potential impact that the end of Everybody In programme would have on destitute asylum seekers with No Recourse to Public Funds. Since then various LMP members have been asking Leeds City Council for a statement of […]