Voices in Exile joined over 50 organisations in signing Conversations Over Borders’ open letter to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper demanding a chance in the UK’s initial asylum accommodation system. The current system is failing people – asylum seekers face abuse, targeted violence, and is costing the taxpayer millions — benefitting private companies who continue to provide inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
‘The hotel contracts have a break clause in 2026 – and we are calling for this government to use this moment to stop housing vulnerable asylum seekers in hotels, and to create new, community-based housing that protects the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and allows them to settle into their new lives in the UK, while saving taxpayer money. We are now calling for the government to take immediate action to implement a safe, community-based asylum accommodation system.’
We need Safe Homes, Not Hotels.
You can read the open letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V-TR6pyBOoNzmpiQCkHTczMlG0o-Tf7EMzSDeCdWS5Y/edit?tab=t.0
You can sign the open letter here: https://airtable.com/app1cYKkNjetTrwRI/shrdFbvymtSn4EzNu