New cross-government guidance is welcome but further statutory guidance, funding, and policy change is still needed
Measures in the Immigration Act 2016 to be implemented, which will reduce the availability of Home Office support for ARE asylum-seekers and require councils in England to operate a two-tier system of support for families and care leavers
New rule changes restrict access to asylum support and reduce the length of time a person is granted refugee status.
Further restrictions on migrants' access to benefits and removing asylum support from ARE families due to be consulted on
The government is currently consulting on changes that will make settlement in the UK harder to obtain
Councils will no longer be able to access funding through the Hong Kong Welcome Programme for providing destitution support to this group