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We are the Protection Gap Advocates.
We are women who have been through the asylum system.
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Joint Statement on the Impact of the UK Government’s Earned Settlement Proposals on Statelessness in the UK
Asylum Aid is deeply concerned about the UK government’s proposed changes to settlement. Overall, the proposals are completely contrary to the significant body of evidence on integration and social cohesion. If introduced, the proposals risk entrenching insecurity, poverty and exclusion, undermining integration and social cohesion, and placing additional pressure on public services. We are in no doubt that they will cause significant harm to affected migrants, refugees, and stateless people. We are particularly concerned that there appears to have been no Equality Impact Assessment of the proposals, which are intended to have far-reaching impact on those with protected characteristics, which includes statelessness.
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Asylum Aid's response to government’s announcements on asylum reform
These new measures will not deter people seeking safety from coming to the UK but will instead significantly harm the mental health and social integration of those recognised as needing protection in this country. These are men, women, children and families who have fled war, conflict, torture, trafficking, persecution and extreme cruelty.
Annual Report 2024
2024 was a year of exciting change and consolidation for Asylum Aid. As the final year of working towards the 2022-2024 strategic objectives, we successfully delivered on our commitment to increase our own capacity to provide our much-needed expert legal representation to survivors, taking on 93 new clients across the year. We worked in partnership to increase capacity across legal deserts, partnering with legal advice providers from Devon to Manchester through our innovative model of training and remote supervision. We grew our statelessness project and our casework, enabling us to reach many more survivors.
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