Client: Freedom from Torture
Agency: Purpose Europe
Advertising Agency: Purpose Europe
Executive Creative Director: Sara El Dabi
Creative: Ericka Ubasa
Creative producer: Ericka Ubasa
Director: Ericka Ubasa
Editor: Ericka Ubasa
Producer: Ericka Ubasa
Colourist: Ericka Ubasa
Post-production: Ericka Ubasa
Audio: Ericka Ubasa
Photographer: Ericka Ubasa
Music: Big Score Audio
Published: April 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis:
Freedom from Torture along with 60 organisations call for more support for asylum seekers in UK during Coronavirus crisis. 60 leading refugee and migrants rights organisations have written a joint letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging them to increase the weekly asylum support allowance by £20 per week, in line with the increase in Universal Credit.
Asylum seekers are currently trying to survive the Covid-19 crisis on £5 a day (a maximum of £37.75 a week). This makes preparing for self-isolation impossible, and is forcing people to choose between basics like food, medicine, and other essentials. In recognition of the increased hardship on the most vulnerable during the crisis, the government has increased Universal Credit by £20 per week. The government must do the same for asylum support
Before Coronavirus struck the UK, the task to get by on £5 a day was difficult, but now it’s nearly impossible. As such, Freedom from Torture have launched an urgent fundraising appeal to provide emergency funding and basic essentials for asylum seekers who are struggling to get by at this time.