Destitute Asylum Seekers Service (DASS)

Impact: Policy and legislation

Description of impact

The law clinic is a partner organisation to the project and contributes by supervising student advisers giving assistance to those seeking international protection, and contributing to research (https://www.rst.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/From-Pillar-to-Post-Feb-2019.pdf) which contributed to the Scottish Government’s Anti-Destitution strategy 2021-2025: https://www.gov.scot/publications/ending-destitution-together/pages/14/

Who is affected

Users of the asylum system in the UK who are destitute
Impact statusOpen
Impact date1 Sept 2016
Category of impactPolicy and legislation
Impact levelBenefit