NASS have told me that I have to move to Manchester, do I have to go?
NASS have just told me that I've got to move to Manchester. I've been living in London for the last 4 years, all my friends are here, my Church... I don't know anyone in Manchester and am scared about having to move there on my own. Can I say no? What should I do?
save me
Anonymous — Fri, 08/20/2010 - 21:11hi im women of age36 i got section 4 suport but its worse than prison i want to knw why asylm seeker treated like animals
Nass has moved me to Bristol. I don't know anyone.
Anonymous — Mon, 01/18/2010 - 22:00Nass has just moved me to Bristol and i don't know anyone there. I lived in Bedfordshire for almost 6yrs and I all my friends are there. I don't know what to do because the move has really got me down. I had no choice but to accept the accomodation. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Is there supposed to be a certain criteria for accommodation?
Anonymous — Tue, 09/08/2009 - 20:35Is there supposed to be a certain criteria for accommodation? Washer, etc, and what about cleanliness???? Yuk! Not from what I have just seen!
What is the Section 4 housing standard?
Anonymous — Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:17I have accommodated by Section 4 but i wonder what the house should include. I don't seem to be allowed anything that I ask for. I have been told I cannot have a hover, Kettle, washing machine, microwave and so many other things. Can someone tell me what NASS accommodation is including apart from just a building? Many thank yous to you all.
Re: Moving to Manchester
Anonymous — Sat, 08/08/2009 - 23:55NASS will only offer you accommodation in London in the most exceptional circumstances. You can always refuse their support; another option is to apply for subsistance only support - you get the same money, £35 or £42 a week depending on your age, but you stay with friends, NASS will not pay rent, electricity etc. If you do come, Manchester's OK. There's good support here. Let us know, and good luck!
Moving to Manchester
Anonymous — Sat, 08/08/2009 - 19:38Hi - my name is Nigel I work for the BOAZ Trust (www.boaztrust.org.uk) here in Manchester (I can be contacted by my email boaznigel@googlemail.com)
BOAZ is a charity that works with destitute asylum seekers - but if you contact me I can give you other contacts
I am also a Christian & will try to put you in contact with other Christians/Churches - depending on where you will be living - my own church is over 50% asylum seeker/refugee
God bless
Nigel
Re: Moving to Manchester
Anonymous — Thu, 08/06/2009 - 16:43Unfortunatly you cannot say no. Well you can of course but you will loose the support you receive. The Section 4 or 95 application states accomodation is on a no choice basis, and you apply on this basis. You can appeal and ask them to look again, provide eveidence such as letters from your churchand firends to say they support you in London. However, in my experiance ( I provide advice and support to asylum seekers and refugees) this is only granted because of either having a child living in a particular area or having a health condition which ties you to a specific area...such as a specialist consultant for example. You can apply for NASS support as many times as you like and there may be a small possibility that you are housed in the area you like just by chance. Hope this helps
Re: Moving to Manchester
Anonymous — Mon, 07/27/2009 - 23:32Considering the query was posted 6 weeks ago, my reply may well be too late in your case! Sorry! Normally you have to accept the accommodation NASS is offering. They are trying to disperse everyone out of London because it is expensive to provide accommodation in London. Unless you can provide a very strong argument with supporting evidence of why you need to stay in London, there is little you can do to challenge a dispersal. If you have medical issues and are undergoing treatment, ask your GP to provide a detailed report for you. If you are volunteering with an organisation, ask them to provide you with a letter of support. Stress how important your community is to your well being and mental stability and how badly it would affect you if you were torn out of this environment. If you are receiving counselling/psychotherapy, make sure you get proof of this and an appointment card to show the continuous nature of such treatment. If you do need to challenge NASS support, get in touch with the very helpful lawyers at the Asylum Support Appeals Project: http://www.asaproject.org/
Re: moving to Manchester
Anonymous — Sat, 07/25/2009 - 23:42the answer is yes and no, but more no no. It sometimes depends, if you are on section 4 (it said that if you are section 4, you can not refuse to move to where they want send you. Some women in my organisation had the same problem recently. One example of a woman to get her to stay in the city she was. She has depression and she was seeing a councellor, she was also a memebr of our organisation, she belongs to a church. She gathered letter from her councellor, our organisation, from her church. On those letter it said that the councellor didn't want her to see our councellor in the our city she was sent as it is difficult to someone to change councellor when the person is on therapy., on our letter (organisation) we said she is an active member, that she belongs here with us, her chuch writes that she was also a active member. so my advice will be to try like thatit might work. Good luck!!!