Title: Impact of the new asylum model NAM on dispersed families affected by HIVAIDS
1Impact of the new asylum model (NAM) on dispersed
families affected by HIV/AIDS
- Sara Shokai/Service Manager
- Barnardos African Communities Service, Leeds
2Overview
- Background
- NAM and dispersed families with HIV
- Implications for families/African with HIV
- Working with dispersed families with HIV
- Human Rights
- Recommendations
31- Background
- Dispersal of asylum seekers/ Human Rights
applicants/all ages. - Induction centres/ private providers
- Health system
- UK immigration strategy
42- NAM and dispersed families with HIV.
- NAM Process
- Segmentation
- Fast Tract
- Case ownership
- Human Rights
52-NAM and dispersed families with HIV cont.
- Segmentation
- Nine segment /possible 10/prejudges
- Un fair system to families with HIV
- Lack of clarityconfusion
- Human Rights/ reporting/ tagging
62- NAM and dispersed families with HIV cont.
- Fast tract
- Follow previous pilots/ no evidence of success
- Cutting corners
- Legal/ illegal
- Human Rights/ detention
72-NAM and dispersed families with HIV cont.
- Fast tract
- Medical issues/ disclosure
- Legal representation/cost?
- Social
- Media
8- 2- NAM and dispersed families with
HIV cont. - Case ownership.
- Single case model
- Case management
- Decision making
93- Implications for families
- True stories
- Uncertainty/ Rejection/ Loneliness/ Isolation
- Labelling/ the media/ host community
- Access to services/social S/medical/prevention
- Confidentiality/ mal-treatment
- Disappearance/ destitution/deportation
104-Working with dispersed families with HIV
- Who are they?
- Women past, present experience
- Pregnant women/ ?HIV babies
- Affected children, detention, safeguarding
- Unaccompanied minors with HIV
- Individuals with serious medical conditions
114- Working with dispersed families with HIV cont.
- Support services
- Emotional support/ individual/ group
- Disclosure of HIV status
- Practical support
- Referrals and partnership working
125- Human Rights
- UK international obligation
- UN Convention on Human Rights 1951
- UK Human Rights Act 1998?
- Article 3 inhumane and degrading treatment
- Article 6 fair trial and public hearing
- Article 8 respect for privacy and family life
136- Recommendations
1- H O to engage in discussion/ partnership
working with agencies who care about
dispersed/detained families/children with HIV
such as Barnardos Services 2- H.O to engage HIV
Policy Network in policy making process for
African families with HIV
146- Recommendations.
- 3- HIV Policy Network to take active role in
campaigning for equitable policies/processes - 4- H.O to reflect/ rethink and revise their Human
Rights records and treatment of dispersed/
detained African families and children affected
by HIV - 5- Listen to voices of dispersed families with
HIV.
15Thank you for listening
- Sara Shokai
- 0113 258 9290
- sara.shokai_at_barnardos.org.uk