Ilona Pinter 🧡
@ilonapin.bsky.social
Researcher #FamilyFinances @uofglasgow.bsky.social & #ChildPovMig @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social PhD @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social #childrights #asylum #immigration #NRPF #poverty #inequality Lover of strangers & islands https://linktr.ee/ypseekingsafety
The following list contains the essential needs items that the 2024 weekly subsistence
payments were calculated for, mostly per annum. The clothing list seems especially harsh & unrealistic. As anyone with kids knows, gloves, hats & jumpers go missing almost on a weekly basis.
payments were calculated for, mostly per annum. The clothing list seems especially harsh & unrealistic. As anyone with kids knows, gloves, hats & jumpers go missing almost on a weekly basis.
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The following list contains the essential needs items that the 2024 weekly subsistence
payments were calculated for, mostly per annum. The clothing list seems especially harsh & unrealistic. As anyone with kids knows, gloves, hats & jumpers go missing almost on a weekly basis.
payments were calculated for, mostly per annum. The clothing list seems especially harsh & unrealistic. As anyone with kids knows, gloves, hats & jumpers go missing almost on a weekly basis.
For families awaiting their claim, the provisions around asylum support are still very unclear. Some will be forced to work but presumably without any wrap-around support e.g. childcare, child benefit or universal credit to top up low income. This will be impossible for some.
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For families awaiting their claim, the provisions around asylum support are still very unclear. Some will be forced to work but presumably without any wrap-around support e.g. childcare, child benefit or universal credit to top up low income. This will be impossible for some.
Support will be terminated for families with children whose claim has been refused - a key safeguard in place since NASS was established in 1999. Alongside forced returns (and presumably detention) for children and families who don't/can't leave.
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Support will be terminated for families with children whose claim has been refused - a key safeguard in place since NASS was established in 1999. Alongside forced returns (and presumably detention) for children and families who don't/can't leave.
So hard to understand with all the smoke and mirrors: so the right to work for asylum seekers but getting rid of asylum support? if you can't work, given you have NRFP, will you be homeless & destitute?
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
So hard to understand with all the smoke and mirrors: so the right to work for asylum seekers but getting rid of asylum support? if you can't work, given you have NRFP, will you be homeless & destitute?
Good to see my evidence to the committee mentioned.
Full HASC report: committees.parliament.uk/work/8763/as...
Full HASC report: committees.parliament.uk/work/8763/as...
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Good to see my evidence to the committee mentioned.
Full HASC report: committees.parliament.uk/work/8763/as...
Full HASC report: committees.parliament.uk/work/8763/as...
Lots of interesting findings in HASC asylum accommodation report today including that at end of March 2025, there were 23,758 children receiving Asylum Support (a quarter - 23% - of support recipients) - a huge jump from 15,513 at the end of 2022.
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lots of interesting findings in HASC asylum accommodation report today including that at end of March 2025, there were 23,758 children receiving Asylum Support (a quarter - 23% - of support recipients) - a huge jump from 15,513 at the end of 2022.
Says it all about how interested govs are in finding out how many children are affected by NRPF conditions. We've been asking for this info since 2016 at least. If only Reform would want to know these things. We might get somewhere! questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Says it all about how interested govs are in finding out how many children are affected by NRPF conditions. We've been asking for this info since 2016 at least. If only Reform would want to know these things. We might get somewhere! questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
Looks like yesterday's 'announcement' around earned settlement might not apply to households already in the UK which if true is positive but there may be other restrictions coming. www.thetimes.com/article/13e1...
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Looks like yesterday's 'announcement' around earned settlement might not apply to households already in the UK which if true is positive but there may be other restrictions coming. www.thetimes.com/article/13e1...
Message from morning bus ride: "All are welcome" ❤️
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Message from morning bus ride: "All are welcome" ❤️
Help please: we're trying to recruit some more parent research participants in Scotland for our #FamilyFinances project. Specifically: parents who are receiving #UniversalCredit and #ScottishChildPayment and who have at least one baby (0-12months) in the household. Can you help spread the word?
August 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Help please: we're trying to recruit some more parent research participants in Scotland for our #FamilyFinances project. Specifically: parents who are receiving #UniversalCredit and #ScottishChildPayment and who have at least one baby (0-12months) in the household. Can you help spread the word?
But from previous FOI data we know that while most children were in dispersed accommodation at the end of 2022 (14,187 on S95 & 539 on S4), the remaining 787 children were receiving S98 support either in Initial Accommodation (457) or contingency hotels (330). sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/pu...
July 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
But from previous FOI data we know that while most children were in dispersed accommodation at the end of 2022 (14,187 on S95 & 539 on S4), the remaining 787 children were receiving S98 support either in Initial Accommodation (457) or contingency hotels (330). sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/pu...
Here's one of my co-authors Gersi speaking about our research for London Councils on #BBCPoliticsLondon (starts at 8.35) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #unaccompaniedyoungpeople #seekingsanctuary
July 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's one of my co-authors Gersi speaking about our research for London Councils on #BBCPoliticsLondon (starts at 8.35) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #unaccompaniedyoungpeople #seekingsanctuary
Great to be able to speak about our report for @londoncouncils.bsky.social & ALDCS on the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children & young people on #BBCpoliticsLondon this morning @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social #UoBeds #SLRA - clip via @bbciplayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002fx8m
July 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Great to be able to speak about our report for @londoncouncils.bsky.social & ALDCS on the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children & young people on #BBCpoliticsLondon this morning @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social #UoBeds #SLRA - clip via @bbciplayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002fx8m
🚨Blog post: "Communities provide VITAL support to children & families seeking sanctuary across the UK. But they cannot protect thousands of children from deep & persistent poverty. Only gov reforms can do that." ilonapinter2019.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/c... #childpoverty #RefugeeWeek #asylumsupport
June 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨Blog post: "Communities provide VITAL support to children & families seeking sanctuary across the UK. But they cannot protect thousands of children from deep & persistent poverty. Only gov reforms can do that." ilonapinter2019.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/c... #childpoverty #RefugeeWeek #asylumsupport
The HO reasoning at the end of the article is just wonderful.
"Although Guilherme is only 11, it warns him that staying in the UK illegally could lead to him being detained, prosecuted, not being allowed to work or rent and having his driving licence taken away from him."
"Although Guilherme is only 11, it warns him that staying in the UK illegally could lead to him being detained, prosecuted, not being allowed to work or rent and having his driving licence taken away from him."
June 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The HO reasoning at the end of the article is just wonderful.
"Although Guilherme is only 11, it warns him that staying in the UK illegally could lead to him being detained, prosecuted, not being allowed to work or rent and having his driving licence taken away from him."
"Although Guilherme is only 11, it warns him that staying in the UK illegally could lead to him being detained, prosecuted, not being allowed to work or rent and having his driving licence taken away from him."
'No cheap way to reduce poverty' says Toon from @reusilience.bsky.social research
June 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
'No cheap way to reduce poverty' says Toon from @reusilience.bsky.social research
Ruth presenting joint work with @uiscejordan.bsky.social and @maddypower.bsky.social from @changingrealities.bsky.social research on working with low income parents in the UK at #FISS25
June 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ruth presenting joint work with @uiscejordan.bsky.social and @maddypower.bsky.social from @changingrealities.bsky.social research on working with low income parents in the UK at #FISS25
Ruth & Kitty presenting paper on 'The sins of the parents: Conceptualizing adult-oriented reforms to family benefits' journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social at #FISS2025
June 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Ruth & Kitty presenting paper on 'The sins of the parents: Conceptualizing adult-oriented reforms to family benefits' journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social at #FISS2025
On my way to Sigtuna 🇸🇪 for the FISS international research seminar in social security. Excited to be on a panel with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social @kittyjstewart.bsky.social on 'Governing Through Polycrises: Despatches from the UK'
June 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On my way to Sigtuna 🇸🇪 for the FISS international research seminar in social security. Excited to be on a panel with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social @kittyjstewart.bsky.social on 'Governing Through Polycrises: Despatches from the UK'
Loved seeing Chasing Hares at the Tower Theatre last night. Powerful & hopeful. www.towertheatre.org.uk/hares/
April 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Loved seeing Chasing Hares at the Tower Theatre last night. Powerful & hopeful. www.towertheatre.org.uk/hares/
Enjoyed the sunshine after the CASE seminar. Thanks so much to all who were able to attend & for the brilliant questions. Recording should be out at some point. But always happy to chat offline.
March 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Enjoyed the sunshine after the CASE seminar. Thanks so much to all who were able to attend & for the brilliant questions. Recording should be out at some point. But always happy to chat offline.
📢💡Evidence briefing on child poverty in the context of the UK's immigration & asylum system. Earlier this year (Jan), @lucyleon.bsky.social and I published a joint evidence submission to the government's Child Poverty Strategy review🧵
March 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📢💡Evidence briefing on child poverty in the context of the UK's immigration & asylum system. Earlier this year (Jan), @lucyleon.bsky.social and I published a joint evidence submission to the government's Child Poverty Strategy review🧵