Submitted on Wednesday 17th June 2026
Rejected on Friday 3rd July 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give Refugees and Asylum Seekers the right to work
The government should change the policy on asylum seekers not being able to work whilst waiting for their application to be accepted. They are only given £7 a day to live on, it is not enough. Refugees and asylum seekers are skilled and have the experience needed for many jobs. Change this policy.
The government is not allowing asylum seekers to work whilst waiting for their application to be accepted, they're not paid enough daily either. They could do well at jobs there is a shortage in such as doctors or teachers. Why shouldn't they be allowed to? Change this policy and give them the basic right to work.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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The following petition calls for a similar action:
Allow asylum seekers to work & create a 5-year ILR route for asylum seekers
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751659
216.73.216.105 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:39:12 +0100
