Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Tens of thousands of people are currently banned from working while awaiting an asylum decision. Most of them want to work. Plus, 81% of UK voters think they should be allowed to work. 142 0
Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 13/05/2025But while people wait, they are forced to rely on benefits, and live in (often inadequate and overpriced) housing in the meantime. 131 0
Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 13/05/2025So why hasn’t the senseless ban been lifted yet? Well, successive governments have portrayed the right to work as a “pull factor”, enticing people fleeing danger to seek asylum in the UK rather than in other countries. But this is simply not true. 131 0
