Allowing asylum seekers to work would have many benefits:
“So not allowing asylum seekers to work is an expensive policy. Allowing asylum seekers to work would also bring benefits to the UK economy. Analysis by the [Lift the Ban coalition](https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/what-home-office-stats-reveal-about-asylum-and-ban-on-work/) suggests that if one in two adults among the 73,866 people waiting an initial decision for longer than six months found employment at the average UK salary, the benefit from tax, national insurance contributions, and savings in asylum support, could be over £280m. Based on the Home Office data from 2022, NIESR [calculate](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DP549.pdf) that allowing asylum seekers to work would increase tax revenue by £1.3bn, reduce government expenditure by £6.7bn, and increase GDP by £1.6bn, annually.”
Allowing asylum seekers to work is official Lib Dem and Green policy.
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Didnt know this was even a question… seems pretty obvious the bad consequences (not only for the asylum seekers) for not letting them work
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Submission statement: Article suggests the ban on asylum seekers working is damaging.
“A ban on working also affects the long-term economic integration of refugees. [Research](https://www.cgdev.org/blog/lifttheban-impacts-work-ban-uk-asylum-seekers) consistently shows that being unable to work causes de-skilling, reducing employment prospects even after refugee status is granted, creating what researchers call an [‘economic scarring effect’](https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/scarring-effects-employment-bans-asylum-seekers). A [study](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aap9519) from Germany found that those who waited longer for permission to work were less likely to find employment within 5 years, and it took nearly 10 years for this gap to close.”
Another piece of research shows this, too:
https://preview.redd.it/pj9f051yp22h1.jpeg?width=1288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f98250cecfa4999dfec96834a9eaed0c66c16f4
Allowing asylum seekers to work would have many benefits:
“So not allowing asylum seekers to work is an expensive policy. Allowing asylum seekers to work would also bring benefits to the UK economy. Analysis by the [Lift the Ban coalition](https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/what-home-office-stats-reveal-about-asylum-and-ban-on-work/) suggests that if one in two adults among the 73,866 people waiting an initial decision for longer than six months found employment at the average UK salary, the benefit from tax, national insurance contributions, and savings in asylum support, could be over £280m. Based on the Home Office data from 2022, NIESR [calculate](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DP549.pdf) that allowing asylum seekers to work would increase tax revenue by £1.3bn, reduce government expenditure by £6.7bn, and increase GDP by £1.6bn, annually.”
Allowing asylum seekers to work is official Lib Dem and Green policy.
Didnt know this was even a question… seems pretty obvious the bad consequences (not only for the asylum seekers) for not letting them work