On 21 December 2022, the High Court ordered Home Secretary Suella Braverman to immediately increase Asylum Support – the allowance given to asylum seekers – by 60 pence per day, from £40.85 to £45 per week.

The judgment ruled that £40.85 was too little to fulfil the legal obligation to be ‘…adequate to meet the essential living needs of asylum seekers.’

This increase masks a long-term trend of prices for essential items rising while the value of the money allocated to people seeking asylum decreases.

This is the story behind worsening poverty among people in the UK’s asylum system.

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