Accommodation:
Britain: National Asylum-seeker Support Service and local authorities are responsible for finding accommodation
Denmark: 44 regional centres
Italy: Temporary accommodation provided while claims investigated
Germany: All 16 states have to accept a proportion of asylum-seekers
Australia: Initially housed in six detention centres throughout the country
Ireland: Health boards source accommodation on behalf of local authorities. Eighty per cent in Dublin but dispersion increasing.
Benefits/Income
Britain: Vouchers for food and other needs, redeemable in 15,000 shops across the country; some vouchers can be cashed for £10 sterling.
Denmark: Free medical care, and around £8 a day equivalent.
Italy: Food and board for brief assessment period
Germany: Vouchers for food, £32 per person each month.
Australia: Food and board for assessment period
Ireland: Pre-November 1999 arrivals get supplementary welfare allowance (£72 per week). Post-November 1999, many asylum-seekers get food and lodging and a payment of £15 per week.
Can They Work?
Britain: No
Italy: Only if they arrive with employment in place.
Denmark: Limited right, over the period of final approval
Germany: No
Australia: No
Ireland: No, unless they were in the State for more than 12 months in July 1999
Deportation
Britain: Yes
Denmark: Yes, but will not proceed unless the home country agrees.
Italy: Yes - the overwhelming majority, 72,000 in 1999
Germany: Yes
Australia: Yes
Ireland: Yes, though the number actually deported so far is quite small.
Special Humanitarian Quota:
Britain: No
Denmark: Yes
Italy: No
Germany: No
Australia: Yes
Ireland: No