United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 37573
Asylum: Employment
Original
Introduced
21 July 2021
Last action
10 September 2021 · Answer
Status
Answered
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Subjects
Asylum
Source updated
10 September 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing refugees and asylum seekers to gain employment whilst waiting for their asylum decisions.
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Timeline
21 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing refugees and asylum seekers to gain employment whilst waiting for their asylum decisions.
Source: Commons
10 September 2021
Answer
Asylum seekers are allowed to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is based on expert advice from the...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-21/37573
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1349249
- uk · wq-1349249 · source updated 10 September 2021