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NACCOM reflections on the Evaluation of the initiatives to enhance the move on process
On 10 June 2026, the Home Office published the long-awaited evaluation of three initiatives introduced in late 2024 to improve the 'move on' process for people granted refugee status: the temporary extension of the move on period to 56 days, the roll-out of Asylum Move-on Liaison Officers (AMLOs), and £2.8 million of funding to support local authorities' move on work. The evaluation was carried out by two independent research bodies, the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and Fortia Insight. You can read the full report here. Our analysis of the contents can be found here. We welcomed the [...]
Analysis of the Evaluation of the initiatives to enhance the move on process
In our 2018 report ‘Mind the Gap’, we set out how a 28 move-on period does not give newly granted refugees enough time to find alternative accommodation, secure employment, and access vital support such as Universal Credit, before their asylum support ends. This pushes many people into homelessness and rough sleeping, while placing huge pressure on statutory homelessness services and the voluntary sector. Efforts by the previous government to clear the asylum backlog led to a dramatic rise in refugee homelessness in 2023 and the first half of 2024, with record numbers of people seeking emergency homelessness assistance from charities immediately after [...]
Jobs across the network – June 2026
Organisation: MTVH Job Title: Head of Supported Housing Hours: Full time Location: Farringdon, London Salary: £88,311 - £92,959PA Deadline: 11:59pm (London Time) on Thursday 25 June 2026 Further information: Please visit the MTVH webpage. --------- Organisation: Rainbow Migration Job Title: Policy and Public Affairs Manager Hours: Full Time (35hpw)- part time (minimum 21hpw) will be considered Location: Remote, or Rainbow Migration HQ in Vauxhall, London. Occasional travel to London and other parts of the UK required. Salary: £46,000PA (pro rata for part time applicants) Deadline: 9:30am (London time) on Friday 26 June 2026 Further information: Please visit the Rainbow [...]
Closer to Home
What if asylum accommodation was planned, designed and delivered closer to the communities where people live? We’re proud to have contributed to a new report, Closer to Home, published this month alongside Housing Festival and Good Faith Partnership. A previous report by NACCOM’s Community Researchers, Treat Us Like Humans, explored experiences of residents in asylum accommodation, and laid bare the devastating impact that the isolation, poor quality housing and lack of support in the current system has on them, highlighting the urgent need for reform. Building on this, Closer to Home is the result of months of research and [...]
of people who were referred to or made enquiries to member organisations this year (600/735 people) were facing street homelessness
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NACCOM reflections on the Evaluation of the initiatives to enhance the move on process
On 10 June 2026, the Home Office published the long-awaited evaluation of three initiatives introduced in late 2024 to improve the 'move on' process for people granted refugee status: [...]
Blog | Celebrating our members, who deliver A Million Acts of Hope, every single day
Times are tough. Every day we hear stories of decline and division, and see the communities that we serve scapegoated and demonised for problems they have nothing to do with. NACCOM members [...]
Blog | We are all pieces of the NACCOM jigsaw puzzle
Bridget Young, NACCOM’s Director, opened our Annual Conference on 25 March in Leeds with a quote from the writer James Baldwin, who famously said, “Not everything that is faced [...]