UPDATE

April 2004

Enlarging Europe: how does this affect housing rights?

The accession of ten new countries to the European Union allows their citizens to come to the UK in certain circumstances and will affect the rights of those already here, including asylum seekers. Click here to find out more.

leaving NASS: do refugees have local connections with their dispersal areas?

The House of Lords has heard two cases on this and defined the law in this area. Click here to find out how.

Immigration, documentation and discrimination

Applicants for many housing services now face an immigration status check. What are the limits on such checks and can they be discriminatory? click here

STILL USEFUL :

I have left on a selection of the greatest hits from before. These are:

a short piece on the housing rights of children born in the UK to parents who are neither British nor settled. Click here for yet another loophole which might enable some more people to get housed.
people from various countries in Eastern and Mediterranean Europe may have rights because of two treaties the UK has signed: click here for details

This page was updated on April 11^th 2004