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LASSN call on Leeds City Council to prevent destitution

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At 1.30pm today, Grace Phiri, a trustee of Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network will ask the 99 councillors of Leeds City Council to take action to prevent destitution among asylum seekers in Leeds.

Grace will speak of the struggles of surviving on little over £5 per day and of the even more devastating affects for those in destitution with absolutely nothing to live on.

A recent Children’s Society report highlighted the alarming levels of destitution among refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people, including many in Leeds.

Ten charities in Leeds are therefore calling on the council to write to Home Secretary about the impact of destitution,  to support the recommendations of the Children’s Society report and endorse the aims of the Still Human Still Here, a coalition of 59 charities seeking to end destitution.

Downloads and links:

Full text of Grace’s speech to Leeds City Council: Asylum destitution deputation to Leeds City Council

Briefing paper on destitution in Leeds: Asylum destitution briefing

Children’s Society report on experiences of destitution among young refugees and migrants

Still Human Still Here

One Planet Leeds

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Latest edition – One Planet Leeds Spring 2013

In this issue:One Planet Leeds Spring 2013

  • PAFRAS 10 year anniversary
  • Interview with Isa Turkoglu on the Just Play Football Programme
  • Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah
  • Amnesty International and STAR Sleep Out
  • Leeds Kirkgate Market and the Arrival of Leeds Needs
  • What is Your Map Route of Leeds?
  • The Debt Free Project

Winter 2012/13

  • Welfare reform – what does it mean?
  • Volunteering
  • STAR – Student Action for refugees
  • What is the public perception of refugees and asylum seekers in Britain today?
  • A world without refugees – poem
  • The un-forgotten coat – book review
  • Refugees, Capitalism and the British State – book review

The silence surrounding women & violence - Summer 2012

Social security for refugees and Brits under attack - Spring 2012

Legal aid cuts push asylum seekers to the margins - Autumn 2011

If you wish to subscribe to One Planet Leeds, send an email to richie@lassn.org.uk

 

Great sources of information to help asylum seekers

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Immigration Law Practitioner’s Association On this page you will find the most recent Update and most recent Information Sheets provided by ILPA’s Information Service.  The Service provides information of interest in immigration, asylum and nationality law, policy and practice, and is designed for non-lawyers (although many lawyers also use the information).  Updates set out on one page a very short note of recent developments.  Information Sheets set out on two pages some more detailed information on a specific issue.

Asylum Support Appeals Project - fact-sheets covering topics such as Section 95, Section 4, and pregnant asylum seekers

Pregnant women, children and people with disabilities among those living on less than 77p a day

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We have all heard stories or know of people who can’t afford a hot meal every day. This is a problem for both British born and refugee people. At least we Brits are able to claim benefits but many refugees can’t unless they agree to return to the country they have fled from in fear of their lives. Find out more about failed asylum seekers living below the poverty line, read the Scottish Poverty Information Unit report.

Richie McAndrew.

Grace Hosting

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Grace Hosting provides a meal and safe place to stay for people who are destitute

Many refugees and asylum seekers will experience homelessness at some point.  The Grace Hosting project supports people in this situation.  Grace Hosting volunteers provide a hot meal and a safe place to sleep for people who have nowhere else to turn.

Read more about the Grace Hosting project

The Grace Hosting project was previously known as Short Stop.