This briefing, from the Taskforce on Victims of Trafficking in Immigration Detention, sets out why the Nationality and Borders Bill will only worsen the problem of survivors of trafficking being placed in immigration detention. It will drive victims underground, increase the numbers in detention and playing into the hands of exploiters.
The Nationality and Borders Bill seeks to change the UK asylum and trafficking systems in ways that will significantly curtail the rights of survivors and deny many the protection and support they need. It will increase the numbers of survivors at risk of exploitation and re-trafficking.
Bad Decisions: the creation of an Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority
In this submission to the Modern Slavery Strategy review we urge the government to more clearly address aspects of the current system of identification and support provision for survivors that increase the risks of re-trafficking and further harm taking place.
The Nationality and Borders Bill makes significant changes to the UK asylum and trafficking systems that HBF believes will significantly curtail the rights of survivors and put them at a greater risk of being denied the protection and support they need. This evidence, submitted to the Public Bill Committee, focuses on the key areas of concern for HBF in parts 2 and 4 of the Bill.
This briefing sets out the impact of institutional accommodation on the health and welfare of those seeking asylum.
This briefing, submitted to the Greater London Authority in response to its consultation on the draft Adult Education Roadmap, draws on HBF’s experience of supporting clients access education and work and also the direct views of 17 HBF clients.
This briefing looks at the basic needs provided for by asylum support payments, with reference to the Home Office’s ‘Report on the allowances paid to asylum seekers and failed asylum seekers: 2020’, and most pressing issues that have been identified by the Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) in relation to our clients.
The Helen Bamber Foundation has considerable experience of the impact
On 24th March 2021, the government published a "New Plan for Immigration", setting out its proposals for changes to nationality, immigration and asylum law. We are extremely concerned about the whole of the New Plan for Immigration, the approach it takes and the harmful rhetoric used throughout.
This report draws together information regarding the interaction between disability and claims under the 1951 Refugee Convention. It also briefly looks at subsidiary forms of legal protection. This report has been prepared based on legal and clinical experience within England and Wales in particular, but may be of wider relevance to those working to apply the Refugee Convention in other jurisdictions.
Thousands of people seeking asylum are currently accommodated in initial
