Wednesday, January 20, 2010
TAKE ACTION to raise asylum support rates!
People seeking protection should not be forced to live on £5 a day. We need you to take action to help raise asylum support rates!
As a single adult applying for asylum you are currently expected to live on £35.13 a week – that’s just £5 a day. You are not permitted to work.
Right now the Government is considering what level of support to give asylum seekers in the next financial year (2010/2011).
STAR is working with other organisations in the Still Human Still Here campaign coalition to put pressure on the Home Office. We want to raise asylum support levels to allow people to meet their basic living needs.
Take Action
Please email or write to your MP
Send a quick email to your MP using this link – it only takes 2 mins!
OR
Download a template letter to adapt and send to your MP:
Template Letter to MP – support rates
Ask your MP to contact the Home Secretary to:
- Express concern that the majority of asylum seekers are forced to survive on £5 a day
- Urge that asylum support rates for 2010/11 be set at least 70% of Income Support and to no less than £45 a week for single adults.
- You can find your MP’s contact details at http://www.writetothem.com
- You can check the Refugee Council’s page for further information and to download the template letter.
It is inexcusable that the Government is trying to cut costs by punishing people who came here asking for protection. Speak out against it!
Posted by STAR team on 20/01/2010 at 12:16 PM
