New Survey: Living on asylum support
On 15th June the Home Office implemented an interim increase to asylum support of £1.85 per week.
Posts Categorized: Asylum matters
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The Covid Summer Food Fund
Raising awareness and uptake - temporary extension to free school meals for some families with no recourse to public funds:
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Wake Up Call – new report on the failings of asylum accommodation and support contracts
City of Sanctuary Sheffield and Tees Valley of Sanctuary were two of 42 organisations who co-published Wake Up Call - a new report that sets…
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Everyone out? Preventing evictions from asylum accommodation into homelessness during COVID-19
Asylum Matters and NACCOM have produced a joint policy paper on the situation for people living in asylum accommodation who face…
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Solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter
City of Sanctuary UK stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in calling for justice and the need to address the root causes of racism. We stand firmly in solidarity with all those who struggle against racism and xenophobia.
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New Report from Doctors of the World – “An Unsafe Distance” the impact of Covid-19 on excluded people
Doctors of the World has launched a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excluded people in England.
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Lift the Ban Coalition Gathering
On 3rd March the Lift the Ban coalition came together to plan the next steps for the campaign for the…
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Asylum Matters seeking case studies for AIRE service
Asylum Matters are looking for people who have accessed Migrant Help line services to share their perspectives and experiences. They…
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City of Sanctuary Update from the Chair and Chief Officer
Dear City of Sanctuary Friends,
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Initial Accommodation in Derby – Example of a Self-Catering Model
Laverstoke Court in Derby will be opening in mid-January as an Initial Accommodation Centre for up to 225 asylum-seekers. Urban Housing Services, acting on behalf of G4S, will be running the site and recruitment is underway to staff the centre. It will be self-catering with residents receiving £35 per week on an ASPEN card to…
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“DignityNotDestitution” Sanctuary in Parliament 2017
The Fourth Sanctuary in Parliament event
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New Data Protection Law to Limit Privacy and Data Protection Rights of Migrants
Campaigners from Liberty and JCWI have warned that a clause smuggled into the Government’s new data protection law would create a two-tier, racially discriminatory data protection regime and undermine millions of people’s privacy rights. The widespread sharing of personal data collected by frontline agencies with the Home Office is the…
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Bring Families Together: Refugee Council Supporter Action on Family Reunion
We urge our supporters to join The Refugee Council new supporter action, which they have just launched as part of their campaign to change the UK’s restrictive rules surrounding refugee family reunion. They are asking supporters to email their MP and ask them to save the date for the second reading debate, which…
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The Guardian investigates “squalid, unsafe” Asylum Accommodation.
As friends of asylum seekers, we in City of Sanctuary already know about the substandard accommodation given to asylum seekers forced to share with people they have never met. We welcome the Guardian bringing this story to public attention and hope that people write to tell their MPs it's not acceptable and…
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“Cracks in the Irish deterrent asylum system”
Asylum campaigner, John Grayson has written an insightful article on the Direct Provision (DP) system for asylum seekers in Ireland. The DP system commenced in April 2000, offering asylum seekers bed and board accommodation, and an allowance of €19.10 a week per adult, with an additional €9.60 a week per child. The…