Delays and Destitution: New Report on Health Charges
Doctors of the World has published a new report on the NHS charging policy, "Delays
Posts Categorized: Destitution
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Accommodation network calls Home Office to stop asylum evictions
The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM) is appealling to its members and supporters to take some practical action and call the…
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New report from IPPR ‘Access denied: The Human Impact of the Hostile Environment’
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a registered charity and the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank.
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Nine Lives returns to London – tell your MP
Many in the sanctuary network will recall this brilliant one person play about the life of a Zimbabwean seeking asylum.…
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New Report from Lift the Ban
An updated Lift the Ban Lift-The-Ban-Common-Sense July 2020 has just been published. The Lift the Ban coalition, made up of…
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Guide to Privacy Settings on social media and other data protection resources
Privacy International have shared a series of useful resources aimed at migrant and refugee organisations and the people with whom they work.
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‘Hear Us’: New Sisters not Strangers report
Sisters Not Strangers - a coalition of eight organisations - surveyed over 100 women seeking asylum in England and Wales…
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New Survey: Living on asylum support
On 15th June the Home Office implemented an interim increase to asylum support of £1.85 per week.
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Network conversation – report from the first facilitated conversation.
The City of Sanctuary UK South West coordinator Nikki Walters facilitated the first City of Sanctuary network conversation on Zoom…
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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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“Beyond Belief” – Home Office Asylum Interviews Reveal a Culture Tainted by Prejudgement
Freedom from Torture today publishes a new report "Beyond Belief" on the experience of the asylum interview for torture survivors…
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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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New reports highlight the scale of destitution
Two reports below highlight the impact of asylum destitution and make some recommendations on what can done to address some of the challenges.
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NACCOM & Focus on Destitution Among Asylum-Seekers in Guardian Charity Appeal
The themes of this year’s Guardian and Observer charity appeal are youth homelessness and destitution among asylum seekers. These are overlapping causes which are both compelling and urgent, and which highlight the dire risk that austerity and the erosion of the social security safety net pose to some of society’s most vulnerable people. We…