United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL8410
Asylum: Employment
Introduced
23 September 2020
Last action
7 October 2020 · Answer
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Asylum
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7 October 2020
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Lift the Ban coalition Lift the Ban: Why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense, published on 30 July, what assessment they have made of the potential economic benefit o
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23 September 2020
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Lift the Ban coalition Lift the Ban: Why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense, published on 30 July, what assessment they have made of the potential economic benefit o
Source: Lords
7 October 2020
Answer
Asylum seekers can work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months, through no fault of their own. Those allowed to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is published by the Home Office and based on expert adv...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-23/HL8410
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1237308
- uk · wq-1237308 · source updated 7 October 2020