Seeking Refuge? - Rights of Women
Seeking Refuge? - Rights of Women
Seeking Refuge? - Rights of Women
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Education<br />
While you are in the UK, your children have the<br />
right to go to school. This does not change if your<br />
claim for asylum or asylum support is refused.<br />
Things to remember<br />
• Asylum applicants are not allowed to claim<br />
welfare benefits while their application for<br />
protection is being decided, or do any paid<br />
work (unless they have been given permission<br />
to work by the Home Office). If you have made<br />
a claim for asylum you may be entitled to<br />
financial and housing support under section<br />
95 <strong>of</strong> the Immigration and Asylum Act<br />
1999.<br />
• If your claim for asylum in the UK is not<br />
successful, you may be entitled to support<br />
under Section 4 <strong>of</strong> the Immigration and<br />
Asylum Act 1999. Section 4 support is made<br />
up <strong>of</strong> accommodation and vouchers.<br />
• If you have children, a disability or other health<br />
problems, you may be entitled to additional<br />
support from your Local Authority. You can<br />
contact your Local Authority’s Social Services<br />
department for an assessment <strong>of</strong> your needs.<br />
• If you are refused asylum support, or have your<br />
asylum support stopped, you may be entitled<br />
to appeal against the decision to the Asylum<br />
Support Tribunal.<br />
Support organisations<br />
For legal information and advice on immigration<br />
and asylum law, see:<br />
• Anti-Trafficking Legal Project (ATLeP)<br />
• Asylum Aid (includes the <strong>Refuge</strong>e <strong>Women</strong>’s<br />
Resource Project)<br />
• Community Legal Advice<br />
• Immigration Advisory Service<br />
• Immigration Lawyers Practitioners Association<br />
• <strong>Refuge</strong>e and Migrant Justice (formerly the<br />
<strong>Refuge</strong>e Legal Centre)<br />
• <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Women</strong><br />
To discuss any other problem, contact your local<br />
One Stop Service:<br />
• <strong>Refuge</strong>e Action<br />
• <strong>Refuge</strong>e Council<br />
• North <strong>of</strong> England <strong>Refuge</strong>e Service<br />
• Migrant Helpline<br />
• Welsh <strong>Refuge</strong>e Council<br />
For information about asylum support law and<br />
appeals at the Asylum Support Tribunal, contact<br />
the Asylum Support Appeal Project.<br />
For information and support in applying for bail<br />
and asylum support from detention, contact Bail<br />
for Immigration Detainees.<br />
For information about accessing health care,<br />
contact your local One Stop Service and see:<br />
• Project London<br />
• Medact<br />
• Maternity Action<br />
• Positively <strong>Women</strong><br />
For information about working, getting housing<br />
support or welfare benefits, contact your local<br />
Citizen’s Advice Bureau or Job Centre Plus.<br />
For information about returning to your country,<br />
contact:<br />
• Choices<br />
• International Organisation for Migration<br />
For information and advice in relation to domestic<br />
violence, contact:<br />
• <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Women</strong><br />
• The National Domestic Violence helpline<br />
See Chapter 12 for the contact details <strong>of</strong> these,<br />
and other useful organisations.<br />
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The regulations are the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989/306.<br />
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