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Security firms confirmed as new asylum seeker housing providers

To read more about this report click here.

THE BLOOD IN THE MOBILE

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Report: Shocking destitution among asylum-seeking and migrant children

To read more about this report click here.

IAS Archive - limited file retrival period

At yesterday's hearing of the Joint Administrators' application for directions as to what to do with the files that were in the Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) archive at the time when IAS went into administration, the Chief Registrar, Mr Registrar Baister, ordered that a retrieval period be opened, from now til 28 May 2012, during which former IAS clients can request their files from the archive. read more.

WATCH THIS MOVIE

An asylum seeker story by Fjona Hill click here to watch

MAPPING STATELESSNESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Click here to read this new report from Asylum Aid and UNHCR.

UKBA RESPONDS TO ZAMBRANO JUDGMENT

The UK Border Agency has responded to the European Court of Justice's judgment in the case of Ruiz Zambrano- relating to carers of British citizens - read more here.

IMMIGRATION ADVISORY SERVICE IN ADMINISTRATION

Former clients of the IAS should see here.

ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE LEFT DESTITUTE BY RULE CHANGES

Growing numbers of failed asylum seekers are being left destitute because of rule changes that are causing huge delays to decisions about whether to give them access to housing.
Read this Inside Housing article here.

ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL CARE DESPITE IMMIGRATION STATUS
Social worker, service users and an asylum support manager discuss a case involving a family with no recourse to public funds who have complex medical needs.
Read this Community Care article here.

ROAD TO NOWHERE

New rules mean failed asylum seekers must travel to Liverpool if they wish to submit fresh evidence to support a new claim. But for most, the journey they most need to make is the one they can least afford....

Read this report from Inside Housing here.

DOES EVERY CHILD MATTER? CHILDREN SEEKING ASYLUM IN BRITAIN

Read this report from Refugee and Migrant Justice here.

BIRMINGHAM SOCIAL SERVICES: "NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE"
Read Birmingham Mail story here
REFUSED ASYLUM-SEEKERS FORCED TO EAT FROM BINS, SAYS ROWNTREE TRUST
Report highlights desperate plight of families unable to return to Iraq, Iran, Eritrea and Zimbabwe - see here
UK ACCUSED OVER ASYLUM-SEEKERS LEFT TO LIVE ON $1 A DAY

See Guardian video and story here.
PLAY AGAINST ALL ODDS

- experience what it is like to be a refugee.
'LAND OF NO RETURN'
Click here for Guardian video on community support for asylum-seekers

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