More news items and new guides
Pre-settled status holders and domestic abuse immigration applications — policy changes Rights of Women has produced a new guide about changes to immigration policy affecting migrant victim-survivors…
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Refugee homelessness and the UK response to world crises
Effects of the shorter move-on period for most refugees Labour’s abrupt return to the 28-day move-on period in September is pushing vulnerable people into rough…
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Restoring Order and Control — what the government’s plans might mean for asylum support
ASAP (the Asylum Support Appeals Project) sets out its initial understanding of the implications of the government plans announced at the end of November 2025. The government’s Restoring Order…
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Latest government policies on homelessness, child poverty and more offer little help to migrants
In the last few weeks of 2025, there was a raft of government policy announcements on migration, housing and homelessness. But good news was limited, and many…
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The Asylum Housing Pilot Project — a personal view
Kate Wareing, chief executive of Soha Housing in Oxfordshire, comments on the government pilot scheme she has campaigned for (see previous newsletters). A total of £500 million has been pledged…
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Could there be community-based alternatives to asylum hotels?
Behind the government’s rhetoric about ending the use of hotels for asylum accommodation and pursuing alternatives like military barracks, there are also quiet moves towards…
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More news items and new guides
EU Settlement Scheme updates and changes The 3million explain that the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Fertre v Vale of White Horse…
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Asylum: the backlog, small boats and the accommodation crisis
The asylum backlog — how it was allowed to grow and how to tackle it An excellent piece in the FT by Georgina Quach (free…
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Refugee homelessness and the UK response to world crises
End of the 56-day move-on period for most refugees Having welcomed the trial extension of the move-on period from asylum accommodation that kept it at…
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Understanding the lived experiences of women refugees
Places for People’s Sophie Buchanan reflects on a recent roundtable discussion based on a report produced by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research…
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Bell Hotel asylum accommodation — a short briefing on recent litigation
Kama Petruczenko, senior policy analyst at the Refugee Council, brings us up to date with developments around the Bell Hotel in Epping. Critics note that…
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Tackling misinformation about housing development in Wales
Catherine Evans, head of communications at Trivallis, explains how the housing association tackled misinformation about who gets new housing. (This article featured in the latest…
