The 100-page report, “‘I Felt So Stuck’: Inadequate Housing and Social Support for Families Seeking Asylum in the United Kingdom,” found that families seeking asylum face inhumane conditions in temporary housing, including rat infestation and mould. The families experience daily struggles to get food their children will eat, as well as mental and physical health problems and serious disruptions to their children’s education.
The legislation will ‘cause misery to refugees, cost millions to taxpayers and drive desperate people to take ever more dangerous journeys as there is no other way for them to claim asylum.’