News articles and reports

Hungry and Homeless: the impact of the withdrawal of state support on asylum seekers, refugee communities and the voluntary sector (April 2004)
Refugee Council report on S55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act detailing how the Government's policy of withdrawing support from asylum seekers is leaving them destitute.

Shelter reaction to GLA's report on destitiute asylum seekers
Shelter's reaction to the Greater London Authority's report that 10,000 asylum seekers a year are being forced into destitution as a result of Section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Feb 2004).

Asylum and Immigration Bill 2003
Refugee Council’s key issues and concerns regarding the Asylum and Immigration Bill 2003 and other governement legislative proposals.

Black Londoner's Forum
BLF's response to the Government's White Paper Secure Borders, Safe Haven on asylum and integration with diversity in Modern Britain (2002).

Tough asylum line
Channel 4 report on how the government has been urged to dump controversial proposals to cut off benefit payments to asylum seekers (March 2004).

Q&A: Asylum statistics
BBC news article analysing the Government’s asylum statistics released in November 2003.

Analysis: the quarterly asylum statistics
More comments on the 2003 statistics from the Independent Race and Refugee News Network. December 2003.

Refugee children and the asylum bill
Article from Save the Children UK about the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill and the effect on refugee children.

Asylum in the UK
A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) about asylum in the UK.  The report covers a wide range of issues from why asylum seekers come to the UK to accommodation to public perception of asylum seekers.

Reporting asylum and refugee issues
Leaflet from the PressWise Trust warning that inaccurate reporting of asylum issues can lead to an atmosphere of fear and hostility.

Council fails to stop asylum centre
Guardian report on a decision by the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, to give permission for an asylum centre near Bicester in Oxfordshire (April 2004).

Hampshire asylum centre scrapped
Guardian special report on the HMS Daedalus airbase case.

Accommodation centres in rural locations
Report against accommodation centres in rural areas as put forward by Rushcliffe, Cherwell and Wychavon District Councils (2003).

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