One of the roles of the interagency co-ordination team is to promote the development of effective and appropriate policies to support asylum seekers. It therefore produces occasional papers which comment on Home Office policies, present the experiences and views of the agencies, and make recommendations for policy change.
Access to legal advice
Access to legal advice for dispersed asylum seekers [July 2008]
Asylum support
Asylum Support Partnership response to the UKBA consultation ‘Reforming Asylum Support’ [February 2010]
Destitution
The destitution tally: an indication of the extent of destitution among asylum seekers and refugees [January 2008]
Destitution II
The Second Destitution Tally: an indication of the extent and causes of asylum seekers, people at the end of the asylum process and refugees in the UK [May 2009]
Reply on the treatment of asylum seekers
Inter-agency Partnership reply to the Home Office's response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights enquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers [September 2007]
Evidence on treatment of asylum seekers
Inter-agency Partnership evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights enquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers [August 2007]
Integration and cohesion
Inter-agency partnership response to Commission on Integration and Cohesion Consultation [May 2007]
Impact of Section 4 Support
Inter-agency response to section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1999
Immigration advice
Asylum Support Partnership response to “Oversight of the Immigration Advice Sector” consultation [Aug 2009]
Immigration and Nationality Directorate review
Refugee Council response, on behalf of the IAP, to the consultation on the IND Review 'Fair, effective, transparent and trusted: Rebuilding confidence in our immigration system' [August 2006]
Section 4 Payment Card briefing
The UKBA is introducing a pre-paid payment card, the ‘Azure’ card, to replace vouchers as the method of delivering Section 4 support to service users. The following briefing outlines the rollout of the programme, explains how the cards will work in practice and answers some key questions. [May 2010]
