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This guide explains how to apply for asylum. Includes information about what is likely to happen at both the screening interview and the asylum interview. It is available in other languages.

Contains a list of helplines offering asylum seekers help with asylum applications, advice on accommodation, finding schools, finding and joining English-language classes, benefits and health.

The Refugee Council provides free advice and information to asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. Links to information on seeking asylum, information for children under 18, getting advice, therapeutic support and destitution support.

Although claiming asylum in the UK on the grounds of sexual orientation is possible it can be a very difficult process. Asylum seekers may have to prove that they are LGB and that they cannot be 'discreet' about their sexual orientation to avoid persecution in their home country.

This leaflet explains what services the National Health Service (NHS) provides and what services are available to asylum seekers free of charge at different stages of the asylum process. (Applies to people living in England)

Explains the immigration and criminal laws relevant to women who have been trafficked into the UK.