{"id":39755,"date":"2019-02-28T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=39755"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:17:14","slug":"find-vulnerable-desperate-people-destitute-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/find-vulnerable-desperate-people-destitute-asylum-seekers","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The most vulnerable and desperate people are destitute asylum seekers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Asylum seekers face many hurdles on their quest for safety and housing shouldn\u2019t be one of them, according to Cardiff Destitution Network.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39913\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39913\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/02\/asylum-seekers-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39913\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/02\/asylum-seekers-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Asylum seekers often feel as though they live in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/uncategorized\/hostile-environment-cardiff\">hostile environment<\/a> in the UK, though many individuals and organisations are working to make sentiments like this less so.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/takver\/\">\u00a9Takvr Flickr<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffdestitutionnetwork.wordpress.com\">Cardiff Destitution Network<\/a>\u00a0was launched to provide assistance to asylum seekers facing destitution &#8211; defined by the organisation \u00a0as when people seeking sanctuary have had their basic support withdrawn from the Home Office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharedydd\/\">ShareDydd<\/a>\u00a0is a member of the Cardiff Destitution Network that specifically focuses on the homelessness problem facing destitute asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim essentially is to get destitute asylum seekers hosted by individuals or families in Cardiff, or around Cardiff,\u201d said Suzy Youngman, the Development Coordinator for ShareDydd.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other individuals dealing with homelessness, destitute asylum seekers are at a particular disadvantage as they are restricted from access to other forms of public assistance.<\/p>\n<p>ShareDydd focuses their resources on these individuals and others labeled as NRPF &#8211; No Recourse for Public Funds. NRPF individuals cannot access any type of welfare, housing or employment opportunities offered through the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsylum seekers often become destitute when they reach a gap in their asylum process because they need to appeal, and their national asylum support is removed when they have to appeal or submit a fresh claim,\u201d said Youngman.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 350.00%;padding-top: 0;height: 0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeless.org.uk\/\">Homeless Link<\/a>\u00a0identifies NRPF individuals as the highest risk for homelessness and destitution, and particularly highlights migrants and asylum seekers as primary victims in these situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re homeless, especially homeless and hungry in a foreign country, you\u2019re not going to focus particularly well on the particularly heavy legal process to regularise your status, so by hosting people, it just helps them, gives them a safe space really to focus on their case and they can get into a situation where they\u2019re actually being supported by the Home Office and get refugee status in the UK,\u201d said Youngman.<\/p>\n<p>In Wales, Cardiff Destitution Network has paired with six other organisations to address the issues surrounding homelessness, destitution and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>The network, which includes <a href=\"http:\/\/oasiscardiff.org\/\">Oasis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitycentre.wales\/\">Trinity Centre Cardif<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitycentre.wales\/\">f<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/welshrefugeecouncil.org.uk\/\">Welsh Refugee Council<\/a>\u00a0offers assistance ranging from housing to food, language support and a place of shared worship.<\/p>\n<p>While all types of homeless individuals are at risk, Cardiff Destitution Network and ShareDydd focus their efforts on destitute individuals in order to fill the gap they perceive as missing in the government\u2019s assistance efforts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39847\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39847\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/02\/migration-is-not-a-crime-625x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"353\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39847\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/02\/migration-is-not-a-crime-625x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"353\" \/><\/noscript> Paddington Bear, with the tag &#8220;Migration is not a crime&#8221; has become a popular image associated with asylum and refugee support efforts.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/booksnake\/\">\u00a9Matt S 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