NACCOM’s latest Annual Survey data has revealed that migrant destitution and homelessness are rising at an alarming rate, with thousands of people in the asylum and wider immigration system experiencing trauma and hardship.
A hostile and failing asylum and immigration system, coupled with a chronic lack of social and affordable housing, and a general increase in demand for emergency homelessness assistance, are driving up levels of destitution and homelessness among people seeking safety in the UK.
Everyone deserves to live in safety and dignity as part of the community. And yet, we are seeing a refugee homelessness emergency, particularly among people recently granted refugee status who are given just 28 days to leave asylum accommodation.
Members of NACCOM continue to provide vital support to people with the No Recourse to Public Funds condition attached to their immigration status. At Boaz, this support manifests in the form of RESS (the Restricted Eligibility Support Service).
The briefing has also found that the state is increasingly dependent on frontline charities to provide this vital safety net - but members across the NACCOM network are already operating at capacity.
Drastic change is required. The data briefing sets out a number of recommendations for policy reform to ensure that the asylum and immigration systems do not continue to drive up levels of destitution and homelessness.
You can read the full data briefing via the button below.
Understanding destitution and homelessness in the asylum and immigration system
