An introductory message from our new Director, Bridget Young
NACCOM is delighted to have welcomed Bridget Young to the team as our new Director. "I am thrilled to now be in post as NACCOM’s Director, and as I finish my first week [...]
Guest blog: Boaz Trust – “No amount of charity will end the deliberate forms of destitution that our clients have had to endure. Only political change can achieve that.”
In response to an increasingly hostile Government approach to asylum and immigration, more and more of our frontline members are considering whether advocacy and campaigning work, alongside practical support, should be part of their strategic [...]
#SupportDontDeport – NACCOM stands against the new rough sleeping Immigration Rules
Alongside other leading homelessness charities, NACCOM has signed a pledge coordinated by Homeless Link to stand against the Government's changes to Immigration Rules, which will make rough sleeping grounds for refusing or cancelling a person's [...]
New Plan for Immigration consultation – “We are deeply concerned about both the consultation process and impact of the legislature”
In March, the Government launched its New Plan for Immigration – the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades. The proposals will have far-reaching, damaging consequences for anyone wishing to seek protection in [...]
New JRS report calls for a just and person-centred approach to asylum system
NACCOM member the Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK) has called for an overhaul of the UK asylum system in their new report, Being Human in the Asylum System, which was launched in April 2021. [...]
HCLG Select Committee report recognises negative impact of NRPF policy on preventing homelessness
In December 2020, NACCOM supported two experts by experience to give evidence to a panel of MPs at the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Select Committee looking at the impact of Covid-19 on the [...]
“We must uphold the right of people to seek protection here” – Our statement in response to the New Plan for Immigration
NACCOM's response to the Government's New Plan for Immigration, which was launched on 24th March 2021. "The proposals announced today as part of the New Plan for Immigration lay bare the Government’s contempt for the [...]
NACCOM joins Liberty to back the launch of the Protect Everyone Bill
NACCOM has joined with Liberty Human Rights, expert charities, NGOs and lawyers to launch the Protect Everyone Bill - a new approach to ensuring that everyone, without exception, is supported to safely follow public health [...]
Our key campaign priorities for 2021
NACCOM works with our members across the UK and people with lived experience to evidence and call for an end to destitution. Whilst we continue to reflect and learn from last year’s unprecedented challenges, we are now looking firmly ahead and are determined to make the most of the opportunities for [...]
Campaign update: #StopAsylumEvictions – no evictions into homelessness
***Updated February 2021*** In September 2020 we launched our #StopAsylumEvictions campaign, calling on the Home Office to halt their plans to evict thousands of people into homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic. Below, we update [...]
“This week’s events in America should stand as a reminder to all those who hold political office that their words have the power” – NACCOM’s National Director reflects on an unprecedented week in US politics
On January 6th 2021, far-right extremists violently entered the US Capitol building - the seat of American democracy - to disrupt the Electoral Vote Count that would certify Joe Biden as the next President of [...]
Human Rights Day Vigil – December 10th; a moment to come together and remember, reflect and bear witness to suffering and injustice in the immigration system
This year has been a year like no other. The impact of Covid-19 on our lives has been profound and far-reaching - no-one has been left unaffected by this deadly disease. As a network, we [...]
NACCOM joins with leading homelessness charities to condemn the changes to immigration rules that could see migrant rough sleepers deported
New immigration rules targeting people sleeping rough will endanger lives, undermine progress in reducing homelessness and must be reconsidered. That is the message being sent today (November 5th) the UK Government by Crisis, Shelter, St [...]
Anti-Slavery Day: NACCOM joins with 50+ experts to call for end to harms facing survivors
On Anti-Slavery Day 2020 (18th October), NACCOM has joined with over 50 organisations, activists and individuals to write to the Prime Minister with the message that the UK's emphasis on immigration control, at the expense [...]
NACCOM signs the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) charter
NACCOM has become a signatory of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) charter, which was launched earlier this year. The FIRM charter unites a call for humane immigration and inclusion policies that can truly reflect our society’s democratic [...]
100 groups demand safe and legal routes – joint letter to the Home Secretary
NACCOM has supported an open letter coordinated by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and signed by 99 other civil society groups, Windrush survivors and religious organisations, to demand safe and legal [...]
‘Everyone out?’ Preventing evictions into homelessness from asylum accommodation
Destitution and homelessness have been built-in features of the UK immigration system for some time. However, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, many migrants have temporarily been protected from homelessness due to two key [...]
Prime Minister must act to protect those experiencing homelessness with insecure migration status during pandemic – read our joint letter
NACCOM, along with over 60 other organisations, has jointly written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to urge the Government to put in place measures to protect those experiencing homelessness and destitution because of their [...]
New British Red Cross report shows the cost benefit of extending the 28-day move-on period – but we must still champion the moral case too, writes Jessie Seal, NACCOM’s Policy and Campaigns Coordinator
New cost-benefit analysis shows that extending the refugee move-on period would save public money – but we must not lose sight of the moral case for changing a policy that leaves people ‘destitute by design’, [...]
New research by Women for Refugee Women shines a spotlight on the experiences of destitute women seeking asylum
The charity Women for Refugee Women has released some important new research looking into the experiences of asylum-seeking women in the UK. The new report, Will I ever be safe? Asylum-seeking women made destitute in [...]
NACCOM’s key asks – the five policies the next Government needs to adopt to #EndDestitution
Whatever the outcome of today’s General Election, NACCOM is asking the next Government to adopt these key policies to #EndDestitution amongst people seeking asylum, refugees and other migrants with no recourse to public funds. Hazel [...]
Scotland’s highest court rules ‘lock-change evictions’ are legal, putting many people seeking asylum at risk of homelessness
Last week, Scotland’s highest court ruled that lock-change evictions of people seeking asylum without court orders are legal. This means that those whose asylum claims have been refused can be evicted, putting them at immediate [...]
Guest blog: “Such extreme want as threatens life” – an account of destitution during the asylum process
In this compelling guest blog, Phil Davis, Coordinator for Hope Projects in Birmingham, part of the NACCOM network, looks at some of the key factors that lead to destitution for those who are appeal rights [...]
Headline accommodation statistics 2018-2019 – who did our members support last year?
Each year, NACCOM members provide information on the number, needs and experiences of people accommodated through their services who are facing destitution because of the immigration system. This unique body of evidence from our members [...]
On ‘Right to Rent’ – what’s happened already and where are we now?
Right to Rent legislation obliges landlords to undertake checks to ensure they are not providing private accommodation to those with certain immigration restrictions. Brought in under the 2014 Immigration Act, the scheme has served as [...]
Upcoming event on 30th April- ‘Patients not Passports: Challenging Far Right Policies in the NHS’
Later this month, join Docs Not Cops, Migrants Organise, Medact, JCWI, Runnymede Trust and 500 supporters and campaigners for the launch of the Patients Not Passports toolkit and learn how together we can bring down [...]
Reflections on Seeking Safety in a Hostile Environment
In 2012, Theresa May declared 'The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration'. Over the past few weeks the abhorrent reality of Theresa May's hostile environment has come [...]