Read more about the Commissioner's visit: www.jrsuk.net/news/childre...

During her time at the centre, Dame Rachel learned about the huge challenges faced by families navigating the asylum system, including food insecurity and malnutrition, unsafe accommodation, disruption to education, and the emotional toll of living in limbo for long periods.

The Commissioner shared: “It’s always so powerful to hear people’s stories. Today I met people who have been waiting for years and years. JRS UK and other organisations like this are holding lives together."

Many asylum seekers face a daily struggle with food insecurity and malnutrition, even with putting their children to bed hungry. This shouldn't happen. It doesn't need to happen. It must change.

Everyone deserves a place to heal, to grow, and to call home.

Read more in our latest blog: www.jrsuk.net/blog/safe-homes-safe-minds

At JRS UK, we know that safety, belonging and community are vital to recovery.

Through our At Home Hosting Scheme and Accommodation Projects, we support refugee friends who have faced years of instability and exclusion.

This is a values crisis.
We must ask: what kind of society do we want to be?
One that profits from people’s suffering - or one that treats everyone with dignity, compassion, and justice?
We can build a better system.
🫂One rooted in care, not contracts.

The report made clear, practical recommendations:
✅Give asylum seekers the right to work
✅Increase financial support
✅Provide culturally appropriate, nutritious food
✅End the use of hotels and institutional accommodation

Last year, JRS UK and @sustainweb.org published a report revealing widespread malnutrition and food insecurity among asylum seekers in London.

www.jrsuk.net/news/jrs-uk-...

Behind this crisis is a deeper issue: the UK government has outsourced asylum accommodation to private companies, who are making millions from these contracts. Meanwhile, those they are paid to support - people seeking safety - are being denied the basics of life.

Last year, JRS UK and @sustainweb.org published a report revealing widespread malnutrition and food insecurity among asylum seekers in London.

Behind this crisis is a deeper issue: the UK government has outsourced asylum accommodation to private companies, who are making millions from these contracts. Meanwhile, those they are paid to support - people seeking safety - are being denied the basics of life.

Learn more about why so many people are wrongly refused asylum - only to later to be recognised as needing international protection - and why legal support is so vital here:

www.jrsuk.net/autumn2025