The report Coping with Destitution by Oxfam and the Centre for Migration Policy Research, Swansea University, found failed asylum seekers are prepared to face long periods of destitution in the UK rather than returning to their country of origin.
It denounced the fact that hundreds of thousands of people would rather live in poverty — reliant on friends, commercial sex work or low-paid illegal work — rather than return to their country of origin, saying the situation suggested a "failure of government policy".
In response to the report, Ilona Pinter, policy adviser at The Children's Society, said: "The report reflects The Children's Society’s experience of working with children and families who have no access to statutory support and are unable to work. They often slip under the radar and live without access to basic services such as housing and healthcare.
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