Lift the Ban – Common Sense
Lift the Ban, the coalition campaigning to give people seeking the asylum the right to work, released a report in October 2020 highlighting the economic arguments for lifting the ban. Download the Lift the Ban [...]
Will I ever be safe?’ A report by Women for Refugee Women
Research published in February 2020 by the charity Women for Refugee Women highlights the experiences of asylum-seeking women in the UK, who are routinely forced into destitution and homelessness, subjected to abuse and put at [...]
Hosting Her’ A report into women-specific hosting by Commonweal Housing
In 2020, NACCOM member Commonweal Housing released some research looking into women-specific hosting. Hosting Her, by researchers Lisa Young and Tessa Horvath, explores how host housing schemes – which enable members of the public to [...]
Seeking Asylum: Women’s Experiences of Home Office Decision Making, Destitution and Mental Health Issues- Baobab, Carag, Coventry Migrant Womens Houses, Meena, Refugee Rights Europe, Hope Projects, Feb 2019
This report was composed by a network of asylum seeker-led NGOs in the West Midlands, in collaboration with Refugee Rights Europe and TRP Solicitors. The report was originally written as a contribution to the United [...]
Housing Destitute Migrants: Learning from a Pilot Project 2015-2018, Commonweal and Praxis Community Projects- Feb 2019
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Best Practice in the Provision of Immigration Legal Advice Services- NICRAS
NICRAS have published a new guide on ‘Best Practice in the Provision of Immigration Legal Advice Services’ drafted by the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS) Project Coordinator, Maria McCloskey. This is an [...]
Out in the Cold- Homelessness Amongst Destitute Refugees in London – Jesuit Refugee Service
Troubling patterns of street homelessness and vulnerability to abuse amongst destitute refugees have been uncovered by new research from the Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK). The study finds that most of the destitute refugees [...]
Housing Justice Impact Report 2017 – Housing Justice
Housing Justice oversee a UK wide Church and Community Night Shelter Network which includes several NACCOM Members. Their recent impact report demonstrates the increasing need for night shelter accommodation across the UK including amongst refugees, asylum seekers and [...]
Home Sweet Home Report- NICRAS, Dec 2016
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A DECADE OF DESTITUTION: TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE- Boaz Trust and British Red Cross, 2013
For ten years the British Red Cross, Boaz Trust and other agencies have supported destitute refugees and asylum seekers in Greater Manchester through a unique partnership. This report was written after surveying 150 of those [...]