The Government is under pressure to lift the ban on asylum seekers working, as landmark new analysis reveals the UK economy could add £1.6bn to its GDP every year by changing the policy mollyblackall reports
working, as landmark new analysis reveals the UK economy could add £1.6bn to its GDP every year by changing the policy.
MPs from all of the major parties, including the Conservatives, threw their weight behind a policy change, with Tory MP Ben Everitt saying the analysis showed “just how beneficial” scrapping the ban could be, “not just by doing the right thing and supporting vulnerable people like the compassionate country that we are, but also in savings to the taxpayer.”
Five years later, the UK introduced the current policy of allowing asylum seekers to apply for work after a year, in order to bring Britain into line with EU law at the time.the research briefing,Theresa May’s Government launched a review of the policy in 2018 which was completed three years later under Boris Johnson, and concluded that the policy shouldn’t be altered.
“Access to the labour market would also afford these individuals dignity and respect, allowing them to better integrate into communities and contribute positively to society. The current work ban instead sees asylum seekers often pushed into exploitative situations, exacerbating the trauma many have already endured,” she said.
“This allows us to include potential knock-on effects and gain a much broader understanding of what would happen to the economy if asylum seekers were able to work,” he said. Benali Hamdache, Green Party migration and refugee support spokesperson, also said that giving asylum seekers the right to work “should be a no-brainer” and that the new figures “should be the wake-up call to follow the lead of countless other European countries”.
Nancy lives on her asylum allowance and support from charities, but says she struggles to make ends meet. “There is a valid argument that those arriving through safe and legal routes should be able to work as soon as possible – following any necessary checks. These are people who need our protection. Those who come here illegally, including via small boats across the Channel, should not be allowed to trump UK legal processes,” she said. “Economic migrants can apply for a work visa under our immigration rules.
Astryd has been studying social care at her local college and volunteering two days a week, but hasn’t got a valid ID card which has presented her from opening a bank account. She has applied for a work permit but is still waiting for the outcome.
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