Asylum Seekers Unit
YHN Asylum Seekers Unit
We work to a contract with the Home Office in addition to two
Service Level Agreements with Newcastle City Council. We
provide advice, support and accommodation for people who have
applied to the Home Office for asylum. This includes:
- people who are awaiting a decision on their asylum claim;
- people who have been refused asylum, but are unable to
immediately return to their home country (Section 4 support);
- people who have been refused asylum and have serious health
needs (Newcastle City Council Adult Services support);
- people who have been refused asylum and have since become a
family with children (Newcastle City Council Children’s
Services).
We have been assessed by the Government as providing Excellent
Customer Service. We have achieved this by working in
partnership with a large number of other agencies in the public,
private, voluntary and community sectors.
Click here to read our mission
statement.
The three main parts of our work
- Ongoing support - we support households while
they wait for a decision on their asylum application or have other
support withdrawn (as above).
- Managing properties - we are responsible for
managing a large number of properties during the lifetime of our
contract with the Home Office. A number of our properties are
suitable for families and the rest are suitable to accommodate
single people. We use both Council and private sector
properties.
- Raising awareness - we want to ensure that
people seeking asylum are free from discrimination and prejudice
whilst they stay in Newcastle. We work with partners and
local communities to help achieve this.
We also provide a responsive and flexible source of funding for
community and voluntary projects in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Funding is available to projects that are of direct benefit to
people seeking asylum or those with refugee status living or
working in the Newcastle upon Tyne area.
private sector properties.
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