Asylum Support Partnership produces a regular newsletter highlighting information useful for refugee agencies providing services on behalf on the UK Border Agency.
Please note: Asylum Support Partnership was formerly the Asylum Support Inter Agency Partnership or IAP. The Border and Immigration Agency has been renamed the UK Border Agency.
ASP Newsletter November edition
In this edition: Draft simplification Bill published, Government announces changes to returns policy to Zimbabwe, Case Resolution Directorate Update, Change to further submissions and in-country asylum applications, Scottish Refugee Council publish new research on Section 4 support, Asylum Support Partnership update client advice leaflet on Domestic Violence and Report of the Refugee Council and France Terre d’Asile joint fact-finding mission to Calais.
Archive
ASP Newsletter September edition (PDF)
In this edition: Home Office – Control of Immigration Statistics for Quarter 2 2009 and 2008 published; Court of Appeal rules in favour of fresh claims being covered by the EC Reception Directive; Update on the launch and roll out of the new Section 4 payment card; Human Provenance Pilot Project information; Review of access to healthcare for foreign nationals; Scottish Refugee Council publishes report into women asylum seekers health care; Refugee Council produces briefing on Case Resolution and North of England Refugee Service works with NSPCC to provide training
ASP Newsletter July 2009 (PDF)
New Asylum Support subsistence payment rates announced for 2009/10; Update on Detainees and Section 4 support; UKBA changes its published policy on judicial review challenges; Refugee Council in Yorkshire and Humberside succeed in ensuring UKBA to provides childcare during asylum interviews; Research published by Refugee Council and Zimbabwe Association on the right to work for asylum seekers; New report into refugees and housing by Scottish Refugee Council and Citizens Advice publishes a report calling for publicly funded legal representation for asylum support appeals
ASP Newsletter May 2009 (PDF)
UKBA publish quarterly asylum statistics, Update on healthcare entitlements for failed asylum seekers, UKBA announce launch of voluntary return project in Scotland, Asylum Support Partnership publishes Second Destitution Tally, Refugee Action launches new film on destitution and plans for Refugee Week
ASP Newsletter March 2009 (PDF)
This edition features: Updates from UKBA on Zimbabwean cases, the right to work and Section 4 vouchers, Information about the Solihull Pilot, the new Voluntary Return package for Zimbabweans, Scottish Refugee Council’s Target Accommodation Pilot, Update on Refugee Council’s SMILE project, report for Welsh Refugee Council on children in detention and British Refugee Cross and Refugee Survival Trust report on destitution, 21 Days Later.
ASP Newsletter January 2009 (PDF)
This edition features: New UKBA policy on judicial reviews that challenge removals; New UKBA Refugee Integration and Resettlement Strategy; Update on UKBA Criminal Casework Directorate; Withdrawal of the Seven Year Child Concession; Home Office announce publication of Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill; UK Border Agency Code of Practice for Keeping Children Safe from Harm; Refugee Council – Update on the Vulnerable Women Project; Welsh Refugee Council develop Refugee Forum and Life Skills Project and Centre for Social Justice publishes new report.
ASP Newsletter November 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: Changes to asylum support tribunal procedures; the publication of Home Office third quarterly statistics; UKBA update on case resolution; UKBA inquiry into mistreatment or abuse by security and detention staff; Refugee Council publishes new report – ‘More token gestures’; Scottish Refugee Council Family Reunion service update; Refugee Action RIES project update and a joint response to the UKBA consultation on 'Strengthening the Common Travel Area’.
ASP Newsletter September 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: Government to lift condition on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, UKBA Publish New Border Strategy, Implementation of the National Identity Scheme and the launch of Identity Cards for Foreign Nationals, Home Office Asylum Statistics - 1st Quarter are published, UKBA Funded Programme for Refugee Integration & Employment to start in October, Update on Refugee Council and the TUC’s ‘Right to Work’ campaign, Refugee Action – Refugee Realities Training Project Update, Destitution Tally and Closure of Migrant Helpline’s ‘Alternative to Detention’ Pilot Project.
ASP Newsletter July 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: the closure of Section 4 Transition, introduction of Local Immigration Teams across the UK, ‘Unreasonably Destitute’ Report from Asylum Support Appeals Project, ‘More Destitution in Leeds’ Report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation, North of England Refugee Service – Move On Advice Project, Housing Advice and Advocacy for Refugees from Scottish Refugee Council’s Housing Team, Refugee Action Advice and information Lines, two reports from the Independent Asylum Commission, Welsh Assembly Refugee Inclusion Strategy, New RAP website and Upcoming Courses, Training and Workshops.
ASP Newsletter May 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: Simplification Bill, UKBA to increase immigration detention, Destitution in the Asylum System in Leicester Report, Migrant Helpline –Alternative to Detention Update, Refugee Council’s Information Service, Refugee Week, Saving Sanctuary IAC Report, Refugee Council launches Right to Work Campaign.
ASP Newsletter April 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: IAC Fit For Purpose Yet? Report, The Vulnerable Iraq Project, SRC’s SUNRISE closure, service changes at Migrant Helpline, Cities of Sanctuary, BIA becomes UKBA, Increased Asylum Support Subsistence payments, and BASIS.
ASP Newsletter March 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: the renaming of the IAP, Destitution Tally results, Removals to Zimbabwe, Quarterly Statistics for dispersal and support in the UK, Forthcoming ASP monitoring and an update from Migrant Helpline’s A2D project.
IAP Newsletter February 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: Changes in Section 4 regulations, forthcoming changes in IAP and changes to the BIA, Barbardos “Like Any Other Child” report, BIA’s reform or Services to Unaccompanied Children and an update from the National Asylum Stakeholders Forum.
IAP Newsletter January 2008 (PDF)
This edition features: Changes in procedure regarding Section 4 accommodation, an update on the Case Resolution Directorate and an update on Migrant Helpline’s alternative to Detention project.
IAP Newsletter December 2007 (PDF)
This edition features: Case updates relating to Zimbabwe and Sudan, BIA assistance to Iraqi staff, details of the number of Asylum Seekers in BIA dispersal accommodation and subsistence only support at the end of September and the holiday opening hours of BIA and the IAP’s One Stop Services.
IAP Newsletter November 2007 (PDF)
This edition features: Case Resolution Programme updates, Information on the Borders and Immigration Agencies Leeds Pilot Clannebohr, Section 4 leaflet launch on the Refugee Council’s multilingual website, and UK Borders Bill update and a link to all the amendments. There is also a new section where we highlight each one of our partner agencies in turn, starting this month with a profile on the Welsh Refugee Council.
IAP Newsletter October 2007 (PDF)
This edition features: Case Resolution Programme Update, Joint commission Human Rights, the IAP’s response, National Asylum Stakeholder Update, English for Speakers of Other Languages Funding Update and an article on the Liberian Truth Commission.
IAP Newsletter July 2007 (PDF)
This edition features: Integration Loan Information, the new loans, what they mean and how to get one; Changes to Section 55 team- the work will now be regionalised and Section 55 team will close; New Asylum Model update; Zimbabwe case update - Zimbabwean refused asylum seekers are currently not being forcibly removed as a new Zimbabwe Country Guidance case is scheduled.
