Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they take to ensure that asylum seekers in temporary accommodation have access to free legal advice.
The Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service, operated by Migrant Help is a single integrated and national service for asylum seekers.
The AIRE service will provide advice and guidance to service users on the asylum process, their rights and signposting different services.
It will also provide asylum seekers with a single point of contact, independent from the accommodation providers and the Home Office, to report issues.
AIRE are contracted to provide information on the availability of legal advice and representation and signposting of Service User’s to the Legal Aid Agency, where appropriate upon induction into temporary accommodation.