Freedom of Information request - Housing of Asylum Seekers
Case reference FOI2023/00161
Published 2 January 2024
Request
For the past 5 years please provide the following information. 1. How many Asylum Seekers have been housed by Oxford City Council? 2. Provide the date housing was allocated. 3. Type of housing allocated, i.e., house, flat, maisonette and the number of bedrooms in the property. 4. The monthly cost of units allocated. 5. If the property was in the private sector or property owned or managed by the Council.
Response
Response
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As an asylum seeker is a defined term, for someone seeking asylum in another place, but has yet to get a legal status/ refugee status. Asylum seekers in this country are housed by the Home Office, and we only rehouse those, who have a status (such as Ukrainian and Afghan refugees, but they are not asylum seekers once they have status, when we house them.)
The Home Office commission ClearSprings to procure accommodation on their behalf to temporarily house asylum seekers whilst awaiting their asylum status to be confirmed.
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