Sending a message directly to No.10 Downing Street
In the run-up to the 2024 General Election, we asked people to write a postcard to the next Prime Minister which we promised we would deliver to No.10. Hundreds...
New report – Surviving in Poverty
Asylum Matters has published a new report which reveals the devastating impact of living on asylum support and the effect of the rising cost of living. “Surviving in Poverty:...
New Briefing: Principles for Asylum Dispersal
Asylum Matters and NACCOM have launched a new briefing ‘Principles for Asylum Dispersal’. In April 2022 the Home Office announced the new policy of ‘Full Dispersal’ where all local...
Asylum Support briefing – Jan 2023
UPDATE: The Home Office provided another interim increase to asylum support in July 2023 so the current level of asylum support is £47.39 and to £9.58 for those in...
West Midlands Pledge opposing the #AntiRefugeeBill
To mark six months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, over 65 organisations across the West Midlands have signed a pledge calling on all local leaders to oppose the...
Asylum Seekers and the Right to Food – Our briefing with Sustain
Working in collaboration with Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming we have created this comprehensive briefing ‘Covid-19 Briefing: Asylum Seekers and the Right to Food’ It outlines the...