This thesis investigates the quality of the current asylum services in the UK through exposingthe experiences of asylum seekers and the perspectives of those advocating for them.Neoliberalisation, in the form of welfare restrictionism and privatization, has led to asylumseekers being dependent on a solitary system exclusively outsourced to private contractors.Adopting postpositivist lenses, this research from below highlights lived experiences andperspectives through the application of agency, standpoint theory and phenomenology. Thisresearch utilises primary data attained through semi-structured interviews with third sectororganisation informants, and secondary sources of asylum seekers experiences. Thematicanalysis of these data sets exposes the quality of asylum services provided by theaccommodation and support services contracts through the themes of ghettoisation,imperceptivity and responsivity. The quality of asylum services provided by the currentaccommodation and support services contracts are perceived and experienced by the sampleas dislocated, negligent, apathetic and unaccountable.