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...
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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...
New Joint Briefing for Local Authorities on the Illegal Migration Act
When fully implemented, the Illegal Migration Act 2023 will introduce the most sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system in decades, and will have far-reaching implications for frontline service providers...
New General Election resources: calling on candidates to defend the right to seek safety
A General Election is highly likely to be called in 2024. After years of hostility towards people seeking safety, we now have the opportunity to build a system that...
Lift the Ban statement in response to misleading media reports
Following media reports this weekend that the Government has introduced a scheme to give people seeking asylum the right to work, the Lift the Ban Coalition would like to...
New #CommunitiesNotCamps Resources – Jan 2024
As we enter a General Election year in 2024, calling on decision-makers to ensure that people seeking asylum are housed in communities, not camps, barracks and barges, is more...
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:...
Open Letter to Jill Mortimer MP
Following a recent tragic incident in Hartlepool, Jill Mortimer MP has made a series of harmful comments about people seeking safety in the House of Commons and in the...
Fighting the Anti-Refugee Laws in our communities
In July 2023, the passing into law of the Illegal Migration Act created a near-total ban on seeking safety in the UK. But against huge odds and in the...
Open Letter to Port of Tyne: No Floating Prisons on the Tyne
In early June, reports in the Guardian suggested that the Government is considering plans to use a barge to accommodate people seeking asylum on the Tyne. In response, people across...