Please see below for media coverage of NACCOM’s work. For all media enquiries please get in touch.
All other media coverageWayne2024-03-26T12:24:43+00:00
- Asylum Accommodation excluded from Social Housing protections – The Justice Gap (The Justice Gap)
- Asylum accommodation to be excluded from social housing landlords crackdown | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian (January 2024)
- 2024 is a chance to reject the refugee blame game at the ballot box – The Big Issue (December 2023)
- Inside Housing – News – Home Office reverses asylum change after rise in refugee homelessness (December 2023)
- Homelessness ‘inevitably’ on rise as asylum seekers’ time to exit hotels cut to seven days (telegraph.co.uk) (September 2023)
- News | The Independent | Today’s headlines and latest breaking news (September 2023)
- Inside Housing – News – Home Office asylum change making refugees homeless, charities say (September 2023)
- Inside Housing – Comment – Asylum seekers face homelessness and destitution, we have to reform the system (August 2023)
- The Illegal Migration Bill will ‘create a new homeless population’ (bigissue.com) (May 2023)
- Inside Homes for Ukraine: sex bargains, child neglect and domestic servitude – New Statesman (March 2023)
- Inside Housing – Comment – Finding workable, sustainable solutions to refugee housing is possible if you know where to look (February 2023)
- LocalGov.co.uk – Your authority on UK local government – Charity shares best practice from councils tackling homelessness (June 2022)
- BBC Radio 4 – File on 4, Ukraine: Taking in the Trauma (May 2022)
- Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians poised to enter UK, says minister | Home Office | The Guardian (March 2022)
- Rural locations deprioritised when housing Ukrainian refugees as more than 100,000 hosts apply – The Big Issue (March 2022)
- Questions mount amid eagerness in UK to help Ukraine refugees | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian (March 2022)
- How to accept a refugee from Ukraine into your home – Hull Live (hulldailymail.co.uk) (March 2022)
- Homeless people being told to sleep on street if they want housing help under ambiguous government rules | The Independent (January 2022)
- Councils told to offer ‘safe and appropriate’ home to anyone sleeping rough | Homelessness | The Guardian (December 2021)
- NACCOM’s BBC Radio 4 Charity appeal (October 2022)
- How to help refugees in the UK: Where to donate to assist people who have crossed the Channel (inews.co.uk) (August 2021)
- Big-hearted Brits say UK has room for Afghan refugees as 300 offer temporary home – Mirror Online (August 2021)
- Government branded ‘irresponsible’ as asylum seekers left not knowing when they may be evicted (ITV Yorkshire, December 2020)
- Lockdown gave a safety net for Bristol’s hidden homeless… But many remain on the street this time round (The Bristol Cable, November 2020)
- UK homeless charities call for suspension of ‘reckless’ eviction of asylum seekers (The Guardian, November 2020)
- Plans to deport migrant rough sleepers branded as ‘callous’ (The Big Issue, November 2020)
- ‘Having No recourse to Public Funds violates my human rights’ (The Big Issue, November 2020)
- ‘Call out the lies’: UK charities hit back over bids to blame refugees for housing crisis (The Guardian, October 2020)
- Home Office evicting asylum seekers in areas with local lockdowns in breach of its own guidance (The Independent, October 2020)
- Asylum seekers face eviction – Hundreds face looming risk of homelessness (The Big Issue North, October 2020)
- Home Office plans to evict thousands of refused asylum seekers (The Guardian, October 2020)
- ‘Reckless and irresponsible’: Home Office starts evicting asylum seekers despite warning of second wave (The Independent, September 2020)
- Homeless Migrants Are Now Being Moved Out Of Emergency Accommodation, Says Charity (The Huffington Post, July 2020)
- Charities warn hundreds of asylum seekers are at risk of homelessness as Home Office ends eviction ban (Inside Housing, June 2020)
- Home Office urged to reverse ‘unjustified’ decision to restart refugee evictions (The Independent, June 2020)
- Refugees and asylum seekers ‘at risk of homelessness’ as Home Office suspends evictions ban (The Independent, June 2020)
- Fears Over Government’s Plans For Homeless People Placed In Hotels During Lockdown (The Huffington Post, May 2020)
- The race to house Britain’s homeless (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, May 2020)
- You can’t stay home and safe when you’re sleeping rough (The Bristol Cable, May 2020)
- Coronavirus: Hundreds of refugees made destitute as Home Office ‘too slow to act’, charities warn (The Independent, April 2020)
- Coronavirus fears as UK asylum seekers made to share cramped rooms (The Guardian, April 2020)
- Coronavirus: Support ‘scaled back’ for refugees and asylum seekers (BBC News, April 2020)
- Thousands of rough sleepers still unhoused in England, say charities (The Guardian, March 2020)
- Councils told to house all rough sleepers in England by weekend (The Guardian, March 2020)
- ‘One in four’ seeking shelter at key homeless agencies in Manchester, London and Leicester are refugees
- The Government Is Right To Tackle Rough Sleeping – But It Needs To Reform Its Own Policies To End The Epidemic Of Migrant Homelessness
- Lack of legal aid puts asylum seekers’ lives at risk, charity warns
- Home Office policy leaving refugees homeless within days of being granted asylum, report finds
- This Woman Has Opened Her Home To A Refugee Who Says “Everything’s Changed” For Her Now
Guardian and Observer Charity Appeal 2024Hannah Gurnham2024-03-26T12:09:51+00:00
- Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2023: a guide to this year’s charities | Social exclusion | The Guardian
- Help us support refugees facing destitution to rebuild their lives in safety | Katharine Viner | The Guardian
- Guardian and Observer charity appeal hits £1m in reader donations | Refugees | The Guardian
- The Guardian view on refugees: two months to find a home is not too much to ask | Editorial | The Guardian
- Thank you for your incredible generosity to the Guardian and Observer charity appeal | Katharine Viner | The Guardian
- ‘Refugees should be treated with care’: readers say why they donated £1.3m to charity appeal | Refugees | The Guardian
- Guardian and Observer readers give more than £1.42m for refugees | Refugees | The Guardian
Coverage of NACCOM’s members as part of the appeal;
- Asylum Link Merseyside: ‘I can dance, I can shout’: the charity bringing some joy to asylum seekers’ lives | Refugees | The Guardian
- Open Door North East: ‘Joy turns to horror so quickly’: the charity helping new refugees made suddenly homeless | Refugees | The Guardian
- Boaz Trust: ‘Nobody can disturb us here’: Refugees start afresh in Manchester thanks to charity’s support | Refugees | The Guardian
- Ubuntu Women Shelter: ‘We are the talk of the town’: the refugee-led Glasgow charity helping women caught up in asylum system | Glasgow | The Guardian
Guardian and Observer Charity Appeal 2017Wayne2024-03-26T11:52:41+00:00
- Who are the charities we’re supporting with our 2017 appeal?
- Please help us tackle urgent problems of homelessness and destitution
- Praxis: a light in the dark for immigrants with no benefits and nowhere left to go
- Hostels offer shelter and hope to refugees made homeless for years by asylum system
- Abigail Housing rescues refugees condemned to destitution by UK law
- Almost £1m raised for Guardian and Observer Christmas Appeal
- Guardian and Observer charity appeal passes £1m
- Guardian and Observer charity appeal reaches £1.25m
- Guardian and Observer charity appeal raises more than £1.5m
- Guardian Charity Appeal helped ‘restore our faith in humanity’