Support grows for new humane approach
Support is growing for the compassionate and humane approach to immigration developed by the King's Arms Project through their Home Office funded alternative to detention community based pilot project. The evaluation report was published last week by UNHCR. Our friends [...]
A humane alternative to detention
Recently the evaluation report of the second Home Office funded alternative to detention pilot project was published. A two-year pilot ran by King’s Arms Project, in Bedfordshire, demonstrates a cost-effective and more humane alternative to detention centres. Being two-thirds cheaper [...]
New National Refugee Strategy
Our friends at the Refugee Council recently published their ambitious new national refugee strategy for the UK. It sets out a coherent plan to tackle channel crossings and create a fair and functioning asylum system that delivers order and compassion. [...]
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The Home Office is set to close 150 asylum hotels imminently, to meet its promise to reduce the use of temporary accommodation.
But with impracticably little time to find accommodation, the number people leaving Home Office hotels only to sleep rough has more than doubled.
The Asylum Reform Initiative who oversee @RefugeeTogether are seeking to appoint its first independent Chair.
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