Who is An Asylum Seeker?

A person who has made an application to be considered as a Refugee

Support for Asylum Seekers

Through the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) Asylum Seekers are provided with either accommodation & financial support or financial support only.

Accommodation is provided on a ‘no choice’ basis and Asylum Seekers are housed in various areas of the UK as part of the NASS dispersal programme.

Asylum seekers get cash payments at the Post Office via an Asylum Registration Card. Support is paid at 70% of income support. The current rates are shown in the table below

Couple £64.96 Lone parent, 18 or over £41.41 Single person aged 25 over £41.41 Single person aged 18 to under 25 £32.80 Person aged 16 to under 18 £35.65 Child under 16 £47.45

 

 

Not all Asylum Seekers are supported by the NASS. Depending on when and how they applied for Asylum they could be supported in the following ways:

Welfare benefits (income support, housing and council tax benefit)

Support and accommodation from the local authority social services department.

Please contact GYROS if you need help to find out how an Asylum Seeker is supported or need further information on the types of support.

 

Asylum Seekers from the new EEA States

 Asylum Seekers from EEA Accession States are likey to lose their entitlement to NASS support.

IPlease contact GYROS for information on specific cases