COUNCILS are being urged to “take a stand” against the government’s no recourse to public funds rule and continue housing destitute migrants in the wake of the pandemic. 

Charities have expressed fears that hundreds of destitute migrants who have been housed in emergency accommodation during the pandemic will soon be turfed back onto the streets. 

In an open letter released today, co-ordinated by Refugee Action, Praxis, JCWI and the Big Issue Foundation, and signed by over 100 homeless charities, lawyers and councillors, the groups call on councils to continue providing them sanctuary.