Failed asylum applications
On occasions families who have failed in their application for asylum request financial support for themselves and their children. We have a duty under the Children Act to ensure the children are supported and protected from harm.
As the family have no recourse to public funds, they need to agree to sign up with National Asylum Support Service (NASS) to Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act. In the short term we have a duty to support the children of the family until they receive NASS payments.