Refugees are ending up homeless within days of being granted asylum, claims a new report. Research by No Accommodation Network (NACCOM) suggests that more than one in four homeless people are refugees.
Witnessing children in the UK visiting a food bank is truly shocking, but research tells us it is not uncommon. In the last six months (2017) The Trussell Trust gave out over half a million food parcels, more than 200,000 were given to children.
Fruit and vegetable farms across the UK were left short of thousands of migrant workers in 2017, leaving some produce to rot in the fields. More than 4,300 vacancies went unfilled, according to data from the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Growing numbers of people are using food banks to feed themselves and their families. But many areas where residents face a high risk of food poverty are under-serviced, The Independent reports.
Between 1 April and 30 September 2017 The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network distributed 586,907 three day emergency food supplies to people in crisis compared to 519,342 in 2016, 208,000+ went to children.
Universal credit, which is being rolled out across the UK to replace other benefits, is theoretically a useful system for people who are out of work or on low income, but there’s a lack of joined-up thinking across different sets of benefits.
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