A report discovers disturbingly low levels of asylum support pushing migrants to live below the poverty line
Furthermore, the Report discovers large number of asylum seekers don’t have enough money for food
Asylum Matters is an advocacy and campaigns project that works to enhance the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK, issued a report on the truth of life on asylum support.
You can find the the 13-page report in the here.
Asylum Matters analysed migrants in the asylum system for the report and organisations providing support to migrants in the asylum system. A total of 184 people answered the survey.
The main results from the report are as follows:
- 92% of asylum seekers mentioned they did not have sufficient money to buy all they need
- 84% said they don’t always have sufficient money to buy food
- 63% of migrants mentioned that they could not always have enough money for the medicines they needed
- Only 1 in 4 people mentioned they could pay for essential cleaning products
- 95% of people specified they could not afford to travel by public transport
- Only 1 in 10 people could have the funds for data and phone credit they required
- Latest opinion polling discovered 64% of people thought the amount people got was too little
Among the report’s proposals, Asylum Matters demands the Home Office to increase limits of asylum support to let migrants and their families meet their vital living needs.
Furthermore, Asylum Matters mentions that asylum seekers should have the right to work after six months of waiting for a judgement on their asylum claim.
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