Asylum Support Appeals Project
Protecting asylum seekers' legal rights to food and shelter
ASAP is a small national charity which aims to reduce destitution amongst asylum seekers by protecting their legal rights to food and shelter.
ASAP carries out three types of work:
1) Free legal representation and advice to the asylum seekers appealing against UKBA’s decision to refuse or withdraw their support. Every year, we assist about 600 asylum seekers at the First-Tier Tribunal (Asylum Support).
2) Asylum support advice and training to frontline organisations, advice agencies and legal practitioners working with with asylum seekers.
3) Policy, lobbying and litigation to improve policies and procedures on asylum support.
Please also note that ASAP does not give immigration advice and ASAP is unable to give advice to individual asylum seekers.
If you are an asylum seeker and need advice about your housing and benefits problems, you should go to your nearest advice agency and ask an adviser to call us on 020 7729 3042
ASAP is independent from the UK Border Agency (UKBA). All queries are treated in confidence.
