Labour and Co-operative Member of
Parliament for Kemptown and Peacehaven

Refugee Action Dignity Not Destitution campaign

by Isaac Wright on 11.09.19 in Uncategorised
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The crucial work of Refugee Action in supporting asylum seekers must not go unnoticed. I will continue to work across the house to pressure the Home Office into change.
The crucial work of Refugee Action in supporting asylum seekers must not go unnoticed. I will continue to work across the house to pressure the Home Office into change.

Refugee Action are doing crucial work and I wholeheartedly support their efforts to support those seeking asylum.

I understand there are many issues surrounding the way Home Office handles asylum claims, and that is why I signed EDM 190 which reads;

‘That this House notes with deep concern the findings of the recent research report by Refugee Action, Slipping Through The Cracks, that a failure by the Home Office to follow its own guidance for supporting those seeking asylum in the UK is resulting in vulnerable people being wrongly denied assistance or suffering long delays to get the support they are entitled to, and that this is making vulnerable people homeless and leaving them unable to feed their families; further notes that the Refugee Action report follows highly critical reports on the asylum support system by the Home Affairs Committee in January 2017, and the Public Accounts Committee in April 2014; considers it vital that Home Office policy and practice adequately supports all asylum seekers while taking account of the particular needs of the most vulnerable, including victims of torture and trafficking; and calls on the Government urgently to commit to applying existing policy and guidance in all cases, including making decisions on support as quickly as possible, to put into practice a transparent approach to decision-making on asylum support, and to take urgent action to improve the standards and monitoring of asylum accommodation.’

I am committed to campaigning for Home Office practice standards improving, particularly with regards to supporting asylum seekers and taking into account their vulnerability, and I will continue to work across the House on this crucial issue

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