campaigns > asylum support cuts

Help us stop cuts to asylum support

Refugee Action have launched a new campaign to stop the government from cutting asylum support rates - a move which has unfairly impacted on some of the poorest and most vulnerable in our society, including lone parents with dependent children, and young people.

New research we have done among our clients has found that parents can’t afford to buy enough food for their children or other essentials such as clothes and baby equipment.

Read our new report

We have written to all MPs in England to ask for their support in stopping the cuts, and so far hundreds of you have written to the immigration minister, asking him to stop 'penalising the poorest'.

Read our FAQ on asylum cuts to find out more

Read a Bangladeshi mum's account of making ends meet in Guardian Society

We have also been mobilising celebrities, and organisations who support parents and children to speak out against the cuts.

What can you do?

1. New urgent action! Send an email to Phil Woolas

Email Immigration Minister Phil Woolas and ask him to reinstate asylum support levels to 70% of income support - and no less than £45 a week.

It couldn't be easier to take action - and as Ministers are making their decision in the next few weeks, it could make a real difference.

2. Donate today to help support families who are facing destitution

3. Follow our campaign on Twitter and ask your friends to do
the same

Read news coverage about the asylum support cuts

Allowance cuts hits the vulnerable - Independent
Arts celebrities join fight against asylum seeker benefit cuts - Observer

Stars make refugee cash protest - BBC

Budget squeeze hits the weakest - Independent

Asylum seeker payouts to be cut - Daily Mail

back to top