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CLOSER TO HOME: IMPROVING THE ASYLUM SYSTEM THROUGH DEVOLUTION
What would it look like if asylum accommodation was planned around the communities where people actually live, rather than administered as a distant, centralized numbers game?
After months of research and conversations with leaders across the North East and South West of England, we've published Closer to Home - together with The Good Faith Partnership and NACCOM - a report that explores the case for, and conditions of, a more devolved approach to asylum accommodation.
