Migrant Help

rdf:langString Migrant Help

rdf:langString Migrant Help is a United Kingdom-based national charity that has been supporting migrant since 1963. The charity operates from 10 offices across the United Kingdom, providing advice, guidance and support to asylum seekers, refugees and victims of modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Asylum support services include face-to-face advice both in initial accommodation centers and on an outreach basis, along with a nationwide telephone service. Most asylum seekers have fled war or persecution and many arrive with limited understanding of life in the UK. Migrant Help provides them with advice, information and support to negotiate the asylum system, access services and overcome the challenges of integration. Migrant Help works on Syrian Resettlement programs with local authorities in South East England, welcoming new families to the UK and supporting and orienting them to their new communities over an extended period. The charity supports access to local healthcare and education services, English lessons, specialist counselling, managing budgets and becoming work ready. Migrant Help also supports victims of modern-day slavery and human trafficking in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The charity works with a number of organisations around the UK including local authorities, strategic partners and volunteer groups on community-based schemes. The charity's phone line services have been criticised by users and charities in the sector since as early as 2015.