Working with migrants from outside the EU
This section is relevant to people and organisations working with a broad range of migrants who enter the United Kingdom from outside the European Union (EU) - this includes asylum applicants, refugees, those given permission to stay for humanitarian reasons, unsuccessful asylum applicants, those returning to their country of origin (voluntarily or under a forced return) and newly arrived non-refugees from outside the EU. It contains essential, technical information about our specific projects and other work in this area.
If you work with asylum applicants and require detailed information about the law, our policies or processes, see Guidance and instructions. For more general information, see Asylum.
See Asylum support and accommodation for information relating to asylum support, including accommodation, and changes we propose or are already implementing.
See Integrating refugees into the United Kingdom for details of our Refugee Integration and Employment Service, the integration loan scheme for new refugees and those granted humanitarian protection, and the European Refugee Fund.
See Integrating non-refugee migrants from outside Europe for information about the European Integration Fund.
See Return of migrants to their home country for details of the Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP), the Assisted Voluntary Return of Irregular Migrants (AVRIM) programme and the European Return Fund.
See Commercial and Operational Managers Procuring Asylum Support Services (the COMPASS programme) for details of the current suite of asylum support and refugees integration contracts and grant agreements.
See litigation handling strategy for details of our strategy for failed asylum seekers with further submissions outstanding who have applied for permission to work here.