Scottish Asylum Right to Work Proposal
The proposal delivers on a commitment from the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy 2024, and sets out a design for a potential pilot scheme which would enable those seeking asylum to work in Scotland, and seeks to trial a number of changes to current UK policy.
Footnotes
1. Fair Way Scotland is a partnership of third sector organisations seeking to prevent and mitigate homelessness and destitution among those with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) or other restricted eligibility (RE) for statutory supports.
3. Migration Advisory Committee (2021), Annual Report
4. The Economic and Social Impacts of Lifting Work Restrictions on People Seeking Asylum - NIESR
5. Asylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Living - Hansard - UK Parliament
7. Asylum Seekers - Extending the Right to Work: evaluation, analysis, and policy options, page 5
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