People seeking safety in our country are being frozen out of work. Banned from providing for themselves and their families, they’re left to live in poverty while our economy could be benefitting from their skills. More than 180,000 people signed the petition to give people seeking asylum the right to work.
Join the campaign to #LiftTheBan!
About
Right now, right here in the UK, people seeking refugee status are effectively banned from working whilst they wait months, and often years, for a decision on their asylum claim.
Instead, they are left to live on just £7 per day (or just £1.42 per day for those warehoused in barracks or hotels), struggling to support themselves and their families, whilst the Government wastes the talents of thousands of people.
We think that’s wrong. We believe that people who have risked everything to find safety should have the best chance of contributing to our society and integrating into our communities. This means giving people seeking asylum the right to work so that they can use their skills and live in dignity.
The Lift the Ban coalition is working to change this. Together, we believe we can #LiftTheBan and ensure that people seeking safety in the UK have the right to work.
Who we are
Lift the Ban is a coalition of more than 300 organisations from across the UK who have come together to call on the Government to give people seeking asylum the right to work.
Click here for a full breakdown by sector of our coalition, and click here or contact lifttheban@asylummatters.org if your organisation is interested in joining the coalition.
