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As we start 2021 with all four UK nations back in lockdown, @ukhomeoffice must apply the lessons learned in 2020 - both good and bad - right now. To make sure everyone seeking asylum has a safe place to live and enough to live on; and are not left hungry or made homeless.
Safe accommodation - where people seeking asylum can protect themselves from Covid and live in dignity and safety - does not and cannot include housing people in manifestly unsafe unsuitable places such as military barracks. This must end #CloseTheBarracks https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/refugees-living-under-inhumane-conditions-4842655
We need more than another temporary pause on asylum evictions. Local authorities and elected mayors agree - we have to #ScrapNRPF and people should never be evicted into homelessness #StopAsylumEvictions https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/news/greater-manchester-leaders-open-statement-to-the-home-office-on-asylum-seeker-evictions-policy/
At £5.66 a day, asylum support rates aren't enough to live on or stay safe. 90% of people can't afford data or phone credit - this excludes them from accessing vital information, prevents essential contact and blocks children's education. Support payments must increase now
Skilled, qualified people who want to contribute - in the NHS, social care and other key worker roles - remain banned from doing so. This makes no sense at all. @pritipatel can and must #LiftTheBan right now and give people seeking asylum the right to work https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55086216
