Did you know………..

…. that for the first time in many years there are significant numbers of people in Britain who have neither the right to earn a living, nor any entitlement to welfare benefits - nor even to a roof over their heads? They are truly destitute: ‘failed’ asylum seekers. The great majority have left their own countries, having experienced severe persecution as a result of their political opinions or faith, suffered further trauma and financial abuse on the hazardous journey that brought them to Britain, and then fallen through gaping holes in a legal process that appears to assume guilt rather than innocence from the outset.

An answer ……...

BEACON (Bradford Ecumenical Asylum Concern) Hosting Project is looking for those who are willing to open their homes to destitute asylum seekers; also those who, though unable to do this, could support in a variety of ways (including financial support) others who can. The Project is seeking to help both those with longer-term housing needs, who we will usually seek to rotate around a ‘pool’ of hosts, as well as those who have shorter term needs, such as those who have been granted ‘leave to remain’, but who cannot immediately find suitable accommodation

Project Coordinator Will Sutcliffe is keen to speak about BEACON and the Hosting Project. He can be contacted at the BEACON office: 01274 727525 / 721626 or via email host.beacon@yahoo.com.