Asylum: Employment

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the time limit after which asylum seekers with outstanding claims may seek permission to work.

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1. 25 January 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the time limit after which asylum seekers with outstanding claims may seek permission to work.

   Source: Commons

2. 1 February 2024

   Answer

   Asylum seekers cannot work unless they have had their asylum claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Those who apply and are granted permission to work after 12 months are restricted to applying for jobs on the Shortage Occ...

   Source: Written answer

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