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KxMx

Aslyum seekers do not have access to official public funds such as benefits. But anyone who thinks they do not get any money ie from local charities/funds/initiaves is quite naive. It is also quite possible for these charities to receive grants/funding from the Government/ Gov schemes/ local or county councils. They can't live on and in fresh air until their case is heard after all, they have to eat, be clothed etc. So they may not get "official" funds but they are financially supported to a degree (especially when there are children).

neverdespairgirl

KxMx wrote: »

Aslyum seekers do not have access to official public funds such as benefits. But anyone who thinks they do not get any money ie from local charities/funds/initiaves is quite naive. It is also quite possible for these charities to receive grants/funding from the Government/ Gov schemes/ local or county councils. They can't live on and in fresh air until their case is heard after all, they have to eat, be clothed etc. So they may not get "official" funds but they are financially supported to a degree (especially when there are children).

They do get official funds. From NASS (funded by the Home Office). It's 70% of income support rates.

Sixer

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

They do get official funds. From NASS (funded by the Home Office). It's 70% of income support rates.

But to be fair, doesn't NASS also pay utility bills as well as rent? I thought that's why the rates are lower. Presumably such people can't get accounts with the utility companies? I'd always assumed that's why it was.

(PS: not an anti-asylum post: fully paid up devotee of the Refugee Council, me).

robotrobo

Oh and we only have a 37 inch TV in the front room and a 32 inch in the bedroom.[/QUOTE]

it beats my 9 inch in the bedroom!!!.:D

cit_k

dktreesea wrote: »

What do you mean by "no choice?" Of course people have a choice. I can understand why people think of those on JSA as work shy. If someone was laid off, why can't they work for themselves? Why do they have to sit around, on JSA, forever and a day, crying "Woe is me! No one will give me a job!" How helpless and pathetic is that?

There are heaps of things people can do that don't cost a lot - presumably they have some redundancy money if they have been laid off? or holiday pay/ Some kind of lump sum? - to set up. Telesales, gardening, window cleaning, cleaning cars, delivering leaflets, selling stuff at the market, dog walking, selling things on Ebay, Amazon, some other online site. I'm sick of people on the jsa who only want the same kind of job that they used to do and won't take charge of their own lives and create their own jobs.

Perhaps when you open your mind, and stop thinking in such limited terms, you might stop writing such garbage.

Do you seriously think running a business is something everyone is capable of?
Do you seriously think everyone on JSA is only applying for their old type of job?

The fact you came out with such a stupid statement shows you do not even understand the basics of the JSA regime.