Asylum: Housing
(asked on 18th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria are used by the Home Office in approving accommodation for failed asylum seekers.
This question was answered on 27th November 2014
Accommodation and support is provided in some circumstances to failed asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Support is provided to failed asylum seekers because there is a temporary legal or practical obstacle to departure, for example because the person is too sick to travel, or needs time to apply for the necessary travel document.