Sentences with phrase «asylum support»

Although, he wanted to make sure he got it right because applying for asylum support is a complicated issue.

Southwark's conclusion was that it was not necessary for it to provide accommodation to avoid a breach of Binomugisha's Convention rights because, if he were «taking all reasonable steps to leave the UK» he could be provided with accommodation by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) under s 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (IAA 1999).

It will not apply in applications for emergency funding, cases involving detention under the MHA 1983, asylum and asylum support cases and a few others.

Section 17 removes legislative definitional ambiguity and makes clear that for asylum support purposes a person remains an asylum seeker, following determination of his claim, during any period when an in - country appeal could be brought to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and where an appeal is pending.

Section 18 provides powers of arrest, entry, search and seizure for criminal offences relating to asylum support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

CONTROL OF INFORMATION: SS 40 - 47 These provisions enable HM Revenue & Customs, and the Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office to supply the secretary of state with information for use in connection with: immigration control; criminal offences; carriers» liability; employment restrictions; asylum support; and nationality matters relating to good character and deprivation of nationality.

At the time of writing, ss 1 — 8, 10 — 11, 13 — 18, 20, 22, 23 and 26, 29 — 31 and 40 — 43, together with the relevant schedule, have been brought into force through the UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order (SI 2008/99) and the Asylum Support (Prescribed Period following Appeal) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3102).

Using its chatbot interface, DoNotPay can offer free legal aid to refugees seeking asylum in the US and Canada, and assists with asylum support in the UK.

She is chair and co-founder of the Asylum Support Appeals Project, which represents destitute asylum - seekers.

Indeed, it will also be signing up the Asylum Support Adjudicators and the Care Standards Tribunal next April.

He comes recommended for his experience in cases with a public law or asylum support element.

In 2012 the Home Office contracts to provide housing for dispersed asylum seekers were taken from Local Authorities and awarded to three companies, G4S, Serco and Clearsprings Ready Homes under the Compass (Commercial and Operational Managers Procuring Asylum Support Services) contracts.

He appears regularly before the Asylum Support Tribunal on behalf of the Asylum Support Appeals Project.

«While we are hugely heartened by today's judgment, we urgently need to see the Home Office acting on this ground - breaking ruling by setting up a transparent and robust enquiry into the way asylum support rates are calculated.»

He added she had acted irrationally in failing to take into account the extent of the decrease in asylum support rates in real terms since 2007 and the freezing of rates in absolute terms since 2011.

Reports from asylum support groups revealed that many refugees were facing extreme destitution, receiving a tiny sum per day and unable to get work or claim welfare.

«In a careful and balanced judgment, the court has found that the home secretary has acted irrationally and therefore unlawfully in taking a decision to freeze asylum support rates for those seeking asylum for the third, and now fourth, year running,» Sonal Ghelani, solicitor at the Migrants» Law Project, said.

UK asylum support rates are lower than in many other European countries.

Poverty, and the associated insecurity, experienced by torture survivors living on asylum support in the UK reinforces symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

It was also expecting to pay out # 37.5 million in a dispute between UKBA and five former accommodation providers for asylum support contracts.

A fall in asylum support in 2011 actually saw an increase in the number of applications.

He wrote: «For example, once someone has received their refugee status, they currently have 28 days before their asylum support ends.

Not exact matches

Instead, for Asylum's VR support, he'll be focusing on the HTC Vive.

Augustin Cordes has considered his horror game Asylum a good fit for Oculus, but told Kotaku in an e-mail that he'll be holding off pursuing Oculus support until «the situation with Luckey is resolved.»

Social impact «residents» that have been placed in coworking centres by All Good Work include BASE, which develops co-living residences for young adults with learning differences; RiF, which supports refugees and asylum seekers arriving in New York City; and AdaptLab — a team that helps filmmakers with autism and learning differences to work on productions and gain valuable skills for sustainable employment.

Without adequate government support, the mass influx of asylum seekers to Athens created a slum where its labyrinth of streets bring together a precarious mix of ethnic rivals, foreign illnesses and abject poverty.

Most think persecution is severe, but only half are very concerned or strongly support asylum or financial aid.

The former vicar of St Michael's And All Angel's Church in Swinley said he's taking on the challenge to raise money for Support for Wigan Arrivals Project (Swap), which s provides resources to help local refugees and asylum seekers in Wigan settle in the borough.

«Government policy is to use a carrot and stick approach of making rejected asylum seekers destitute while offering very basic support if applicants say they will «voluntarily» return to the place they fled,» reads the CAP website.

Delegates at the event in Manchester were asked to support a resolution that would urge the government to offer asylum to refugees.

Christians on the Left is urging the Labour Party to support its call for Syrian and Iraqi refugees to be given asylum in the United Kingdom.

In an open letter seven peers have urged the government to offer more support to persecuted Christians including an offer of asylum.

Supported by a range of Premier League clubs, the EFL, the FA Women's Super League, and a number of non-league and grassroots teams, Football Welcomes also highlights the role clubs can play in welcoming refugees and asylum seekers and promoting integration.

And on his recent return to Goodison Park, Everton International Ambassador Steven Pienaar spent time with Everton in the Community to find out more about the role that the Club's official charity plays in supporting refugees and asylum seekers in their relocation to Liverpool.

Everton in the Community has been delivering football sessions for refugees and asylum seekers for almost three years and have supported over 140 individuals from more than 25 countries including Eritrea, Iraq and Sudan and Somalia.

With support from Asylum Link Merseyside, the programme helps to facilitate integration and creating a safe haven for them.

While it is anxious not to set a precedent, and allow Assange to remain a fugitive in London in defiance of a European arrest warrant, it is also bound by the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations — a treaty which (in contrast to the treaty on diplomatic asylum) does enjoy widespread support as a core piece of the legal architecture governing modern diplomacy.

Slashing support for failed asylum seekers shows the moral depths this government is operating in

Cuts to support for asylum seekers should be scrutinised by parliament, former Liberal Democrat minister has urged MPs.

There is no evidence that support levels affect asylum claim numbers, however.

«Government plans to cut critical support for families denied asylum is a direct - and potentially devastating - assault on vulnerable children's lives,» Peter Grigg, director of external affairs at The Children's Society, said.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people seeking asylum - including those living with HIV - face a lack of specialist support and services in the UK, according to new research.

Catherine Gladwell, director of Refugee Support Network, a charity that works with hundreds of asylum - seeking children, explained: «A lot of young people tell us that some of the things that happen to them on the way to the UK are just as difficult and just as traumatic as things that happened to cause them to leave in the first place.

«We do not give information to the Home Office unless we are engaged to act on behalf of clients on their individual cases to support around refugee, asylum and other status — to support them to reconnect to their home countries.»

Section 95 support, which offers # 36.95 a week per person to families with children between failing an asylum claim and leaving the country or regularising their status, is being radically limited.

Freedom from Torture's Proving Torture report examined the mistreatment of torture evidence in asylum claims, and was launched late last year with cross-party Parliamentary support.

In addition, Freedom from Torture regularly supports torture survivors whose legal representation has previously been poor and as a result, vital medical evidence of torture has not been submitted as part of their asylum claim or appeal.

The authors suggest their greatest concern with the current asylum system relates to accommodation and financial support being withdrawn almost immediately after a negative decision has been made on an asylum claim.

The vast majority of torture survivors that Freedom from Torture supports are asylum seekers who often spend months and even years in «limbo» waiting for the Home Office to assess their claim.

We believe that there are policy changes which could play a role in supporting asylum - seeking torture survivors and refugees in coping with the reality of loneliness.