1. Civil Society Organisations
Supporting
Destitute Migrants
Adrian Randall
Funded by:
Hosted by:

2. Exploring the development of CSOs who
support destitute migrants in order to
• Understand the motivation of actors
• Describe the organisations and services
• Analyse the circumstances under which
they may flourish (or fail)
• Identify who benefits (and how) and who
does not
The comparative study may identify key success factors for
sustainability or replication.

3. Destitute Migrants
• Refused Asylum Seekers
• Visa Overstayers / Student Overstayers
• Fiances / spouses without recourse
• Undocumented
• Workless A2 migrants (Romania, Bulgaria)
• Other EU migrants who are not workseekers

4. History of Immigration / Welfare
Restrictions
• 1994 Habitual Residence Test
• 1996 No benefits for asylum seekers
• 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act
• 2002, S55 of Nationality, Immigration and
Asylum Act
• 2004, S9 of Asylum and Immigration Act
• 2012 Changes to family migration rules

5. Discovery and exploration
Top down........
• HOPE Projects
• Restore
• British Red Cross
• Wolverhampton Migrant Centre
• Karis Neighbourhood Scheme
• BIRCH – hosting
• Food banks
• Soup kitchens + Peace House
• Church members + individuals (only hearsay)

6. Service matrix
Statutory Voluntary
Informal
Black church
KARIS = Food parcels members = Informal
NIL Restore = Food parcels Individual hosting
Provision
British Red Cross Welcome groups =
Referral to
= Food parcels hosting/food Intermediate
voluntary and
BIRCH = hosting parcels Service
informal sector
Food banks
Local Whole
Authorities HOPE NIL service
UKBA with rules

7. Rules and decision making
HOPE has 2 rules:
1. Is the person destitute?
2. Is there a prospect of resolving their status?
A limited group of agencies can refer.
These referrers determine and review
“eligibility” at a fortnightly panel.

8. Civil Society Organisations
Supporting
Destitute Migrants
Adrian Randall
Funded by:
Hosted by: