The City of London provides support, including housing and
subsistence, to asylum seeking families and single adults. This
support is provided under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and
is in relation only to those who entered the UK prior to October
2000. Those arriving after this date are supported by the National
Asylum Support Service.
The Children, Families & Asylum Seeking Service is also part
of the London wide rota set up by the Refugee Council and accepts
and provides support to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
(UASC). UASC's are children who have arrived in the UK without an
adult to care for them and are claiming political asylum. All UASC
are accommodated under Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 and are
therefore provided with the full range of Looked After
Services.
For more information regarding services for asylum seekers you
can email
us or phone us on 020 7332 1224.
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Asylum seekers - nationality checking
- Offered in partnership with the Home Office the Local Authority
checks applications for British Citizenship to ensure all the
paperwork is correct before the application is submitted to the
Home Office.