Asylum seekers with the right to work account for less than 8pc of those in accommodation, unless I’ve misunderstood something (8,500 currently have work visas, according to the Home Office)
If you want more significant numbers of asylum seekers to work and find their own housing, rather than rely on statutory asylum provision, then you presumably need to…allow them to work? What am I missing
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No don't allow them to work. Wait until they're really desperate and they get pushed into organised crime or exploitative illegal work on building sites. Fucking muppets.
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I assume the point is that it is a disincentive to economic migrants if they know they won't get a job when they get here. ...but yes, as many as possible should be given the right to work and support themselves.
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Asylum seekers whose claim to asylum is taking over 12 months to process can apply for permission to work.
But even then the work is limited to jobs on the Home Office "Shortage Occupantion List" (SOL).
Simple? Not!
Permission to work and volunteering for asylum seekers (accessible)
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So currently if your asylum claim has been pending for more than 12 months, you can apply for permission to work. Maybe she’s proposing liberalising work permits in some form?
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What if you flood the labor market and youth unemployment goes through the roof?
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I don’t think I am missing anything, incidentally - think it’s just that this is being over spun
