Home Office's 3p increase for asylum support payments branded ‘cold-hearted’
Asylum Matters says government has blown the chance to put things right for those seeking refugee status in Britain
by Bethany Rielly
THE Home Office’s decision to increase asylum support payments by just 3p a week has been branded “cold-hearted” and an “insult” by refugee rights groups.
Campaigners have made repeated calls for the measly payments, which leave asylum-seekers to survive on just £5.66 a day, to be increased so that they meet essential living costs.
But the Home Office announced this week that the £39.60 weekly payments will increase to just £39.63.
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