Freedom from Torture have launched an urgent fundraising appeal to provide emergency funding and basic essentials for asylum seekers who are struggling to get by at this time at https://dowhatwecan.raisely.com 60 leading refugee and migrants rights organisations have written a joint letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging them to increase the weekly asylum support allowance by £20 per week, in line with the increase in Universal Credit. Asylum seekers are currently trying to survive the Covid-19 crisis on £5 a day (a maximum of £37.75 a week). This makes…
Read MoreFreedom from Torture along with 60 organisations call for more support for asylum seekers in UK during Coronavirus crisis
