ICERAS

he world’s response to the Covid-19 crisis must encompass everyone, including those forced to flee their homes. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is particularly concerned about the potential impact the global spread of coronavirus could have on vulnerable refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs). The international community must pay greater attention to how the outbreak […]

June 16, 2020 Legal Updates Because of the Coronavirus public health crisis, there have been some temporary changes to the asylum and immigration process. This page was last updated on 3 July (Asylum Support section). readmore

Those granted refugee status are being evicted from asylum support accommodation and left to find housing, jobs or state support at a time when Covid-19 has made that very difficult readmore

NEWS25/06/207:00 AMBY LUCIE HEATH Charities are calling on the government to urgently reverse its decision to end the ban on asylum seeker evictions during the COVID-19 crisis after Inside Housing revealed the government had begun the process of evicting hundreds of refugees from Home Office accommodation. readmore

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 7:16 AM 0 By Maurice Wren Evictions are a highly sensitive topic in England, where we have a dysfunctional housing sector and a landlord-tenant legal framework that does little to protect people from arbitrary actions. Nevertheless, when lockdown measures were implemented in March this year, one thing was clear – evicting people […]

We’ve been calling on the government to protect people seeking asylum and refugees at risk due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.  We are particularly concerned for people who are unable to access accommodation or support, those on limited support and those in shared accommodation who may be unable to self-isolate. This page provides a summary of the government’s […]