We work with local authorities, the Home Office, the housing provider (currently Serco), and voluntary sector colleagues to ensure that dispersed asylum seekers are not exposed to unnecessary risks, and are housed and supported in a way that causes minimum disruption to local communities. We provide advice, information and guidance, including news and statistics to our stakeholders.
The website, developed jointly by Doctors of the World and the University of Sheffield, contains resources for people working in primary care, as well as a Q&A forum for professionals to discuss migrant healthcare questions.
The films cover a range of relevant and important topics including age assessments, loneliness, turning 18, dreams, prejudice, respect and the asylum process.
A directory of mental health and wellbeing services accessible to refugees in England.
Information from the Home Office regarding new schemes to aid members of the Windrush generation and other Commonwealth nationals.
A short guide to asylum provision in the North West, and the role of the RSMP within it.
Refugee Week 2018 takes place from the 18th-24th June, with a wide range of artistic and educational events taking place across the North West region.
From May 2018, persons granted asylum status in the UK will no longer be issued with a NASS 35 form by the Home Office.