Asylum Seekers

We want you to feel welcome here, and we hope these pages will help you to settle in

They describe the services available to you in Gloucester. Many of them are free for you to use.

Some organisations exist especially for refugees and asylum seekers and invite you to come and meet the people working there.

You can also find out about schools for your children, adult education including English classes, how to access doctors and dentist, about shopping, paying bills and how to make telephone calls.

We hope that you will feel cared for as you make your new home in Gloucester.

If you, or anyone you know, has difficulty reading English please have a look at the Multikulti website - see the Links section.

This site has useful information in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Gujerati, Somali, Spanish and Turkish on welfare benefits, housing, immigration, health, employment and debt.

See Related Pages for the Social Care Asylum Seekers policy.

	Asylum application process Information to support your application		About your Benefits Useful information regarding your benefits
	Education Schools, Pre-School Education & Further and Higher Education		Employment and Training Information for asylum seekers looking for work
	Frequently asked questions - Asylum seekers Information for asylum seekers on commonly asked queries		Help with Problems Crime, Emergency Services, Debts, Racism
	Immigration Information for asylum seekers on applying for permission to work in the UK		Leisure and News Useful information on news and leisure activities for asylum seekers in Gloucestershire
	Useful addresses and contacts for Asylum Seekers in Gloucestershire