DESTITUTE migrants and asylum-seekers are at risk of starvation as the centres that they rely on for food and support close amid the coronavirus pandemic, charities warned today.

A number of migrant-rights groups are calling on the government to lift restrictions on undocumented migrants and asylum-seekers being able to access healthcare, housing and benefits. 

Under current laws, asylum-seekers are not permitted to work or access the benefits system and are given very little support by the Home Office: £37.75 per week. Failed asylum-seekers receive no support at all.