Syrian refugees urge MPs to end asylum freeze
Syrians in the UK whose lives have been “frozen” have urged MPs to end the legal limbo and rule out the prospect of coercive returns that has left families...
Minister’s response to joint letter on Syrian asylum claims
On 13 December over 730 organisations and individuals on the frontline of providing support to people seeking asylum in our communities across the UK, wrote jointly to the Home...
New anti-refugee bill before parliament
The Government’s new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is the latest in the long line of hostile anti-refugee laws passed in recent years. We’ve long campaigned to fight the...
Joint Letter to the Home Secretary – Syrian asylum claims
Today (13th December), over 730 organisations and individuals on the frontline of providing support to people seeking asylum in our communities across the UK, wrote jointly to the Home...
Further letter to the Prime Minister
On 8th July, as covered in The Guardian, over 300 organisations and 500 individuals on the frontline of providing support to people seeking asylum within our communities, wrote to...
Follow-up Letter to the Prime Minister
Six weeks after over 800 organisations and individuals supporting people seeking asylum in our communities wrote to the Prime Minister with a blueprint for a compassionate refugee protection system,...
Closure of Bibby Stockholm barge announced
Asylum Matters welcomes the news announced by the Home Office on Tuesday that the use of the ‘prison-like’ Bibby Stockholm barge to house people seeking asylum will not be...
Refugee Week Guest Blog: Our Home
Dr. Martha Ako, a trustee of Swansea Asylum Seekers’ Support and a management committee member of Swansea City of Sanctuary, has shared a guest blog outlining what the theme...
Next government must give people seeking asylum the right to work
The Lift the Ban campaign – a coalition of more than 300 businesses, recruiters, trade unions, faith groups, economists and charities – has called on the next Government to...
New parliamentary report strengthens the case for #CommunitiesNotCamps
The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have today published a report that challenges the Home Office over the lasting harm and financial cost of ‘institutional’ asylum accommodation...