Asylum seekers are feeling desperate as the cost of living crisis means the £40 per week they are given by the Government covers fewer and fewer of their essentials. Asylum seekers in self-catered accommodation get £40.85 per week per person to cover essentials like food, clothing, toiletries, non-prescription medication, travel and communications.
Those in fully catered hotels receive £8.24 per week per person, which is intended to cover things such as clothing, non-prescription medicine and travel, reports MyLondon.
The amount asylum seekers receive was raised by £1.22 per week for those in self-catered accommodation in April in response to the rise in the cost of living. Most asylum seekers aren't allowed to work and many arrive in the UK without any savings.
