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IMPORTANT NOTICE - ASIRT HAS MOVED!

Our new offices are at:

St Georges Community Hub,
Great Hampton Row,
Newtown,
B19 3JG                                   Click here for map

tel: 0121 233 4295
fax: 0121 233 4414

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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.

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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.

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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.

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DOES EVERY CHILD MATTER? CHILDREN SEEKING ASYLUM IN BRITAIN

Read this report from Refugee and Migrant Justice here.

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BIRMINGHAM SOCIAL SERVICES: "NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE"

Read Birmingham Mail story here

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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

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UK ACCUSED OVER ASYLUM-SEEKERS LEFT TO LIVE ON $1 A DAY

See Guardian video and story here.

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PLAY AGAINST ALL ODDS

- experience what it is like to be a refugee.

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'LAND OF NO RETURN'

Click here for Guardian video on community support for asylum-seekers

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