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Launching our new annual data briefing 2025: Understanding destitution and homelessness in the asylum and immigration system - NACCOM

Our data briefing gives a sense of the scale of the problem as seen through the experiences of our members who are picking up the pieces of this policy failure naccom.org.uk/annual-surve...

Refugee Housing Transitions — The Housing, Migration & Health Lab Refugee Housing Transitions Anna Lindley | Charlotte Sanders Location: London, UK Timeline:...

There is a plethora of evidence showing the system needs urgent reform, including this recent research from SOAS homh-lab.com/Refugee-Hous...

Open letter | Over 60 organisations write to the Government urging them to reverse the shortening of the move-on period - NACCOM

Along with over 60 other organisations, we wrote to the government back in September challenging the decision to reverse a pilot allowing refugees 56 days to find accommodation naccom.org.uk/open-letter-...

Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC has found Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.

This is homelessness by design. It has to end - extending the move on period to allow more time for people to find accommodation is essential, as is fixing the flaws in the system that leave people without support as soon as they are recognised as deserving protection www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NACCOM Annual Conference 2026 Celebrating 20 Years of Welcome, Activism and Solidarity

✨ Event announcement!

Registration is open for our Annual Conference on 25 March 2026 in Leeds, where we'll be celebrating 20 years of welcome, activism and solidarity.

Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naccom-ann...

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NACCOM’s Annual Conference will be taking place in Leeds. A full day of workshops, informative talks and a chance to meet with your fellow members to share learning and solidarity. We also have some exciting Craftivism planned!

We will share booking details soon.

Fundraiser for 1000 4 £1000 Helping Refugees in Brighton Moving Lives An evening of poetry, prose and music reflecting the lives of those affected by turmoil present and past February 21 2026 Performed by professional actors & musicians The Fitzherbert Community Hub 2 Bristol road, Kemptown, BN2 1AP Doors open 7pm Tickets £17 including hot food Bring your own drinks

Our first fundraising event in 2026 is called Moving Lives, an evening of poetry, prose and music at the Fitzherbert Community Hub. Tickets are on sale on Eventbrite!
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Launching our new annual data briefing 2025: Understanding destitution and homelessness in the asylum and immigration system - NACCOM NACCOM’s latest Annual Survey data reveals that thousands of people in the UK’s asylum and immigration system are facing a growing crisis of destitution and homelessness as a direct result of hostile…

Refugees are being failed by statutory services and a shortened move-on period.

Last year, 2,008 refugees were accommodated by our network. That's a 106% increase on 2022/23.

#EndDestitution

Missed our data briefing? Read it here: wp.me/p7yumi-4c9

Did you know that NACCOM members collectively provided 672,807 nights of accommodation to refugees and migrants in 2024/2025?

Everyone deserves to live with dignity and agency as part of their community.

#EndDestitution

naccom.org.uk/annual-surve...

Launching our new annual data briefing 2025: Understanding destitution and homelessness in the asylum and immigration system - NACCOM NACCOM’s latest Annual Survey data reveals that thousands of people in the UK’s asylum and immigration system are facing a growing crisis of destitution and homelessness as a direct result of hostile…

NACCOM members were forced to turn away 3,450 people experiencing destitution and homelessness in 2024/2025.

This is likely to be a severe underestimation of the scale of unmet need.

Learn more in our data briefing:

'A National Plan to End Homelessness' – NACCOM response to the government’s new homelessness strategy for England - NACCOM On 10 December, the Government published its cross-departmental homelessness and rough sleeping strategy for England, A National Plan to End Homelessness. The strategy sets out a long-term ambition…

The Government's 'A National Plan to End Homelessness' aims to halve long-term rough sleeping.

But it does not go far enough to address how immigration and asylum policies actively drive homelessness – such as as No Recourse to Public Funds conditions.

Read our response:

Applications for our Finance Trustee position close in two weeks!

If you’ve got the right experience and are passionate about what we do, don’t miss this excellent opportunity to join our team.

Find out more and apply at refugeesathome.org/jobs

#charityjobs

From visas to housing: what people don't understand about the cruel asylum system The problem with asylum in the UK is a system that doesn’t work, not the people trapped in it

The problem with asylum in the UK is a system that doesn’t work, not the people trapped in it.

Renae Mann, our Executive Director of Services, for @theipaper.com on what the public doesn't understand about asylum and immigration ✍️

inews.co.uk/opinion/visa...

🏠 Help us get our 32nd safehouse ready for #LGBTQI people seeking #asylum!

We’re gathering essential household items to make this new space safe, warm, and welcoming.

If you can, please choose something from our wishlist to #donate 🔗 www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...

We’re looking for a new Trustee with lived experience - West London Welcome

At West London Welcome we're looking to recruit a new Trustee with lived experience of seeking refuge or of migration.

Full details are here - you can apply via CharityJob (www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...), or directly via email:
www.westlondonwelcome.com/were-looking...

Deadline: 9 Feb.

Happy New Year from the staff team at NACCOM!

Here's to fighting for a future free from destitution and homelessness in 2026.

We'd like to wish you all a peaceful and restorative festive season, and a Happy New Year!

Reflections on 2025 and Thank You - NACCOM NACCOM has never been just an organisation or a network. In 2025 we’ve felt especially lucky to be part of a movement working towards a shared vision of a world without homelessness and destitution.

This year, we have felt dismayed and horrified as hostile policies increased and racist rhetoric continues to creep into mainstream political discourse.

But solidarity trumps hate.

In 2025, we have been proud to support the extraordinary efforts of our membership.

naccom.org.uk/reflections-...

Reflections on 2025 and Thank You - NACCOM NACCOM has never been just an organisation or a network. In 2025 we’ve felt especially lucky to be part of a movement working towards a shared vision of a world without homelessness and destitution.

In 2025 we’ve felt especially lucky to be part of a movement working towards a shared vision of a world without homelessness and destitution.

As we approach the end of 2025, our Director @youngbridget.bsky.social reflects on a year of solidarity.

Read now:

Thousands to avoid Christmas on streets as Home Office ordered to delay refugee evictions Move-on period extended from 28 days to 56 days if person recently granted refugee status is at risk of sleeping rough

Some rare good news!

Following a legal challenge by Deighton Pierce Glynn and significant pressure from our sector inc. @homelesslink.bsky.social, until 16 Jan the Govt has agreed to extend the move-on period for newly-granted refugees facing street homelessness to 56 days.

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'A National Plan to End Homelessness' – NACCOM response to the government’s new homelessness strategy for England - NACCOM

The government has published its homelessness strategy for England. This was a vital opportunity to tackle asylum and immigration policies that drive homelessness and destitution but it fell short naccom.org.uk/a-national-p...

Cross-government approaches to tackling homelessness are welcome, but government strategy must always tackle immigration policies that further push people into destitution.

#EndDestitution

Read our new data briefing: wp.me/p7yumi-4c9

NRPF conditions are forcing people into destitution.

NACCOM members accommodated 1,509 people with restricted eligibility or No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) in 2024/2025.

#EndDestitution

NACCOM members were forced to turn away 3,450 people experiencing destitution and homelessness in 2024/2025 due to lack of capacity.

This is likely to be a severe underestimation of the scale of unmet need.

Read our new data briefing: wp.me/p7yumi-4c9

#EndDestitution

The move-on period is a critical time for people to find safe, secure housing and support after receiving a decision on their claim and being asked to leave Home Office accommodation.

The Government must reinstate the 56-day extension.

Read our new data briefing: wp.me/p7yumi-4c9

NACCOM members collectively provided 672,807 nights of accommodation to refugees and migrants in 2024/2025.

Because we believe that everyone deserves to live with dignity and agency as part of the community.

#EndDestitution

Very proud of the @naccomnetwork.bsky.social team and network for this data launch, but the reading is grim 👇🏻

In summary: hostile Government policies = increased homelessness for refugees, people seeking asylum and other migrants

#EndDestitution

Grateful to @theguardian.com for covering the most recent @naccomnetwork.bsky.social data briefing which charts the continued increase in homelessness experienced by refugees, people seeking asylum and other migrants, driven by hostile Government policies.

Government policy is causing an entrenched migrant homelessness crisis, with no let-up in soaring levels of destitution

@naccomnetwork.bsky.social

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69177

Refugees are being failed by statutory services and a shortened move-on period.

2,008 refugees were accommodated by the network this year, a 106% increase on 2022/23.

#EndDestitution

Read our new data briefing: wp.me/p7yumi-4c9