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New guidance on asylum seekers with care needs
The Home Office has reissued its guidance on asylum seekers with care needs which -
outlines the approach taken by the Home Office to the duties and obligations owed to asylum seekers who have disabilities, care needs or both. In doing so it sets out how the framework of the Care Act 2014 should be interpreted by the Home Office and its external partners in the context of asylum support. It outlines how to identify a care need, initial actions to take and responsibility for assessing and providing for care needs.