ReportsASAP works to improve the asylum support system through evidenced based research

We combine our legal expertise and evidence collected from our legal representation and second-tier work to advocate for a fair and humane system which leaves no asylum seeker unnecessarily destitute. All of our reports, factsheets and briefing notes are fully searchable through the website search engine, simply search for the keyword you are interested in and the relevant reports will be identified.

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Policy Priorities

• ASAP's priorities for fixing the UK asylum system 2024

Policy Reports

• Access to advice on asylum support and asylum support appeals Executive Summary - June 2024
• Access to advice on asylum support and asylum support appeals Full Report - June 2024
• Women seeking asylum: safe from violence in the UK? - July 2018
• The provision of advice on asylum support appeals in the UK - May 2015
• The Waiting Game - Delays in providing asylum support after an appeal - February 2016
• ASAP Summary – A Decade of Disbelieving Destitution Oct 2015
• Destitution: Unchecked, Unbalanced – Home Office decision making on asylum support September 2015
• The Next Reasonable Step – September 2014
• ASAP Audit on UKBA decision making: One year on still “no credibility” 2013
• Barriers to Support Appeals for Asylum-Seeking Women September 2011
• No Credibility: UKBA Decision Making and Section 4 Support: April 2011
• Section 4 Support for Somali Nationals: June 2009
• Not Destitue Enough: December 2008
• Unreasonably Destitute: July 2008
• Failing the Failed: February 2007
• Proving Destitution: 2007 Case Study
• Destitution Awareness Week: 2006 Report

Responses to consultations

• ASAP's respone to the HRA consultation March 2022.pdf
• Response to the amendment of the NHS (Charges to overseas visitors) Regulations 2016
• Immigration Bill 2015/16 - Proposed amendment to s95A - April 2016
• Immigration Bill 2015/16 - Response to letter from Lord Bates - March 2016
• Immigration Bill 2015/16 - House of Lords Committee stage briefing - January 2016
• Immigration Bill 2015/16 - House of Lords Committee stage briefing - Why Appeals Succeed - January 2016
• Immigration Bill 2015/16 - House of Lords 2nd stage briefing - December 2015
• Immigration Bill 2015/16 - Briefing on the Impact on Destitution - September 2015
• ASAP response to Home Office Consultation on Asylum Support changes in the Immigration Bill 2015 - September 2015
• ASAP’s evidence to the Joint committee on Human Rights on “The implications for access to justice of the Government’s proposed legal aid reforms” - September 2013
• ASAP’s response to “Sustaining services ensuring fairness” A consultation on migrant access and their financial contribution to NHS provision in England - August 2013
• ASAP response to Legal Aid reform consultation - June 2013
• ASAP written evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry on Asylum - April 2013
• ASAP’s response to the Home Office Consulation on Asylum Support Reform and Part 11 of the Draft Simplification Bill - February 2010
• ASAP’s submission to the Joint Committee for Human Rights on the Draft Immigration Bill 2009
• ASAP’s submission to the Independent Asylum Commission - November 2007
• ASAP responding to the government’s reponse to the JCHR report - August 2007
• ASAP’s submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into the Treatment of Asylum Seekers - September 2006

Other reports

• ASAP's Timeline of Legislative Changes