questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing the right to work to people seeking asylum to the economy.
answerText: Asylum seekers are eligible to apply for permission to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own.The Home Office keeps its policies under regular review. However, there are no plans to conduct ...
heading: Asylum: Employment