Asylum: Homelessness
(asked on 28th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
What steps her Department is taking to protect people seeking asylum from homelessness.
This question was answered on 28th September 2020
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to house asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, and we have met that obligation during the national crisis.
During lockdown we procured additional accommodation to ensure asylum seekers avoid homelessness despite increases in the asylum population following our decision to allow people who would ordinarily leave the asylum estate to remain.