This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

People can only do voluntary work for charities, voluntary organisations and certain other bodies. Individuals working for private enterprises are deemed workers under UK employment law, so would be entitled to be paid. It is therefore not possible under current employment law for the UK Government to enable asylum seekers to volunteer to work on farms.

We have published the following petition, which calls on the Government to give asylum seekers to right to work during Covid-19 outbreak:

Help Asylum Seekers in UK during the Covid-19 Outbreak: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311322

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/