Refugees: Greater London

(asked on 18th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has provided to support newly-recognised refugees in London when they have moved out of asylum dispersal accommodation in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 26th October 2018

Newly recognised refugees have immediate access to the labour market and can access a range of mainstream services, including social welfare benefits, healthcare, and English language tuition.

Funding for these services is provided by the relevant Departments.

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