Our members advocate for policy and practice that recognises why people need sanctuary, respects the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, provides humane and appropriate support, allows the dignity of work, removes the risk of destitution at move on and provides equivalent support for those recognised as refugees whatever route they arrived into the UK.<\/p>\n
Members use their collective voice to campaign for change, respond to consultations and identify what works and what could work better as new programmes are rolled out.<\/p>\n
And they support policy making initiatives that seek to hear directly from people with lived experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHere are some examples of their work:<\/p>\n<\/div>
Campaigning to restore the right to work for asylum seekers<\/h2>\n<\/div>We led a regional campaign with the Northern TUC as part of the national \u2018Let Us Work\u2019 campaign to allow asylum seekers the dignity of supporting themselves and their family through work. Watch our video to find out what we did.<\/p>\n<\/div>