Asylum Matters, Refugee Action, Freedom from Torture, Detention Action, and Choose Love, are planning a day of action on asylum accommodation this Friday 19th March.Throughout the day, people and organisations across the UK will meet with their MPs to call for urgent action to improve asylum accommodation. There is also a mass online rally with brilliant speakers and lots of noise on social media to make sure the Government hears our collective voice!
The Home Office is planning to close Penally barracks. However, The Times also reported that the Home Office is now planning to create new purpose built “reception centres” to house people seeking asylum who have arrived in the UK via channel crossings, and Napier barracks remains in use.
The rally will be held 13:00 – 14:00 on Friday 19th March. We’ll hear from experts by experience who have lived in institutional accommodation, as well as cross-party MPs including Holly Lynch, Stuart McDonald and Caroline Nokes, before opening the floor for an interactive Q&A session. Sign up for the rally here!