Campaign News
Unlocking Potential: Parliamentarians Urged to End the Ban on Work
On 27 April, the Lift the Ban coalition, in partnership with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Migration, brought the case for change directly into Parliament at a roundtable discussion: “Unlocking Potential: why people seeking asylum should have the right to...
Update: change to working rights restrictions
Skilled professionals seeking asylum now have a greater chance to work in the UK - but the fight for real, viable working rights for everyone seeking safety goes on. From March 26, people granted permission to work after waiting over 12 months for an asylum decision...
Statement: response to Home Secretary’s IPPR speech
As a coalition of more than 300 businesses, trade unions, councils, charities and more who have campaigned for years for the right to work for people seeking sanctuary, the Lift The Ban coalition believes firmly that people who’ve waited more than six months for an...
Guest Blog: West Midlands Lift the Ban Campaign group – our first year overview
We are a small group of campaigners made up of people who have experience of living in the asylum system and allies who stand in solidarity. We come together on a regular basis to plan and carry out actions in the West Midlands to Lift the Ban on the right to work for...
Statement: working rights’ implications of new anti-refugee laws
As a coalition of more than 300 businesses, trade unions, councils, charities and more who have campaigned for years for the right to work for people seeking sanctuary, the Lift The Ban coalition believes…
Telling MPs why it’s time to finally Lift The Ban
It’s long past time to lift the ban on work for people seeking asylum – and this month, MPs were presented with fresh proof of why this illogical ban has to go. Accompanied by campaigners from across the country with direct lived experience of being banned from work...
What home office stats reveal about asylum and ban on work
When my family left the war-shattered Sarajevo, in Bosnia, and sought refuge in a neighbouring country, we arrived with little more than the clothes on our backs. As we faced the uncertainty of starting over, we were incredibly fortunate that my father managed to...
Statement: response to misleading media reports
Following media reports this weekend that the Government has introduced a scheme to give people seeking asylum the right to work, the Lift the Ban Coalition would like to clarify the facts about labour market access for people in the asylum system. To confirm, there...
‘Take back control’ of asylum with safe routes and right to work, new report tells Government
Policies that demonise and punish people seeking asylum in a bid to court headlines have contributed to successive governments losing control of our asylum system, a new report has found. But Labour could transform the system and save taxpayer money by establishing...
Statement: Next government must give people seeking asylum the right to work
The Lift the Ban campaign – a coalition of more than 300 businesses, recruiters, trade unions, faith groups, economists and charities – has called on the next Government to commit to giving people seeking asylum the right to work. Speaking on behalf of the Lift the...
Lift the Ban backs Government adviser’s call to widen the right to work for people seeking asylum
The Lift the Ban Coalition – an umbrella of more than 300 businesses, recruiters, think tanks, trade unions, faith groups and refugee charities – has backed the Migration Advisory Committee’s latest call to allow people seeking asylum to work in any job. The committee...
Guest Blog: Tynemouth Together with Refugees and the High Street Challenge
Tynemouth Together with Refugees is a campaign group calling for a fairer, more compassionate approach to refugees. Throughout 2023 they have been reaching out to businesses across North Tyneside to ask them to join the High Street Challenge and support the Lift the...
