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Still Human Still Here

The Still Human Still Here campaign is dedicated to highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of refused asylum seekers who are destitute in the UK.

Supporters of the campaign believe that the denial of any means of subsistence to refused asylum seekers as a matter of government policy is both inhumane and ineffective.

STAR is calling on the Government to:

End the threat and use of destitution as a tool of Government policy against refused asylum seekers
Continue financial support and accommodation to refused asylum seekers as provided during the asylum process and grant permission to work until such a time as they have left the UK or have been granted leave to remain
Continue to provide full access to health care and education throughout the same period

What can you do?

Write to your MP and raise your concern about the tens of thousands of people who are being left without any support at all or forced to live on vouchers worth £35 a week.

Stress that providing the cash support under Section 95 (worth 70% of Income Support) to all those claiming asylum from arrival until they are given refugee status or leave the UK would ensure that thousands of people are not forced into poverty. Destitution should play no part in the asylum process.

Find out what STAR groups did during 2007-08 in support of the Still Human Still Here campaign:
STAR campaign actions in 2007-08