ASAP and Refugee Council Research
Women seeking asylum: safe from Violence in the UK, Helen Baillot & Elaine Connelly, June 18.
Proud to contribute to this research paper with case studies and discussion, looking forward to engaging with a focus group.
This is a ground-breaking piece of research which focuses specifically on how the Home Office system of financial support and accommodation for women (the asylum support system) reacts to women seeking asylum who are experiencing, or at risk of, domestic violence and other forms of gender based violence. It builds on policy work that ASAP and the Refugee Council have been jointly working on for many years.
It draws, primarily, from survey results from specialist asylum support advisors across the UK. The report will help ASAP and the Refugee Council to continue pushing for an asylum support response that meets women’s safety needs in the UK.