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Petition Increase Asylum Allowance due to the impact of the Coronavirus crisis

Freedom From Torture and more than 50 other Organizations have jointly written to the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking that they increase asylum support rates by £20 per week in line with Universal Credit. We sign this petition to show our support to their call.

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We the undersigned submit this petition to show our full support to the joint call by the Freedom From Torture and other Organizations: https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/news/joint-letter-on-increasing-asylum-support-rates-in-response-to-the-covid-19-crisis

We call for an immediate increase of £20 per week in line with the increase in UC and Section 4 support to be paid in cash.

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MPs to debate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on refugee communities

MPs will debate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on refugee communities this Thursday 12 November in the main House of Commons Chamber. The subject of the debate has been determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

This will be a debate on a motion proposed by Rushanara Ali MP, on which Members may vote at the end of the debate.

The debate will start at around 11.00am, following the business statement and questions to the Leader of the House.

Watch here this Thursday: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0a0952f6-331b-4361-9e9c-55d055387feb

Find out more about how Parliamentary debates work: https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/debates/
Find out more about the Backbench Business Committee: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/202/backbench-business-committee/