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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on how to allocate accommodation to asylum seekers supported under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in specific areas of the UK. It also contains the suitability criteria for accommodation in former military barracks at Napier.
Published 21 January 2015 Last updated 23 December 2022 +show all updates
Version 8.0 of guidance added. Includes new information on section 95 support for those in private accommodation.
Additions on NABA section 13, changes to the Napier criteria to aid caseworkers in consideringvulnerability and clarification of the suitability for criteria and its application to Napier and other accommodation with shared sleeping quarters.
New version of 'Allocation of accommodation policy' pdf uploaded.
