Asylum Vouchers

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"Asylum Vouchers"

Over 5,000 “failed asylum seekers” in the UK receive £35-a-week vouchers instead of cash for their NASS support under Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The so-called “hard-case support” claimants are stigmatised, demeaned and discriminated against on a daily basis. Yet, the House of Commons have recently debated extending the use of vouchers for more asylum seekers, 4 years after the original “asylum voucher scheme” was abolished following huge public pressure and a lot of criticism.

• [Indymedia feature]

Links:

• http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/asylumexp.pdf
• http://www.asylumsupport.info/publications/oxfam/token.pdf
• http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/downloads/parliamentary_briefings/IAN_Bill_vouchers.pdf