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Asylum seekers

An asylum seeker is someone who has applied for recognition of refugee status in the UK and is awaiting a decision on his or her application for refugee status.

Asylum seekers do not normally have the right to work in the UK. In contrast, refugees (ie those who have received a positive decision on their asylum claim) have full employment rights in the UK.


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    Job fair connects refugees with employment opportunities

    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2024
    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2024

    More than 70 organisations are exhibiting at a job fair aimed at connecting refugees to employment.

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    • Asylum seekers
    • Latest News

    London job fair for refugees offers retail and hospitality roles

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Oct 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Oct 2023

    Almost 1,000 refugees attended a job fair on Wednesday at the Kia Oval cricket ground, where they connected with some...

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    Employers across Europe commit to hiring thousands of refugees

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jun 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jun 2023

    Employers including Amazon, Accenture, Hilton and Marriott International have committed to hiring Ukrainian and other refugees across Europe.

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    How employing refugees can help tackle the skills crisis

    by Jo Faragher 29 Jul 2022
    by Jo Faragher 29 Jul 2022

    Attitudes towards refugees in the UK have warmed a little since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but assimilating refugees into the UK workplace presents particular challenges.

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    Why hiring Ukrainian refugees sets a precedent for a fairer future

    by Mursal Hedayat 21 Jun 2022
    by Mursal Hedayat 21 Jun 2022

    UK employers have rushed to source Ukrainian talent displaced by war, keen to help them rebuild their lives, as well...

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    • Hospitality

    Ministers say no to further temporary visa schemes

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Sep 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Sep 2021

    Hospitality and retail sectors will not be gaining temporary visa schemes, ministers signal.

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    • Asylum seekers
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    ‘Asylum migrants’ earn less than UK-born workers

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2019

    People that come to the UK as “asylum migrants” are more likely to be unemployed, earn less and work fewer...

    • Asylum seekers
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Refugee employment rules need to be streamlined

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Apr 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Apr 2018

    The regulations governing the employment of refugees are too complicated and may deter organisations from offering jobs to displaced people,...

    • Asylum seekers
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    • Economics, government & business

    Clegg’s immigration proposals ‘would stop brightest candidates from working in UK’

    by David Challinor 25 Mar 2013
    by David Challinor 25 Mar 2013

    An employment lawyer has criticised plans – under which immigrants would be required to pay a deposit upon entering the...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    UK Border Agency publishes guide on employing refugees and asylum seekers

    by Personnel Today 4 Aug 2010
    by Personnel Today 4 Aug 2010

    New guidance on recruiting refugees and asylum seekers has been published by the UK Border Agency. The booklet, Guidance for...

    • Asylum seekers
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    • Economics, government & business

    Migrant workers ‘row’ in final TV Leaders’ Debate

    by Louisa Peacock 30 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 30 Apr 2010

    Nick Clegg came under fire last night for his plans to introduce an amnesty for illegal immigrants and ‘regional migration’...

    • Asylum seekers
    • NHS
    • Employment law

    NHS private contractor employs 1,000 illegal immigrants

    by Louisa Peacock 15 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 15 Apr 2010

    Nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants have been employed at one of the country’s largest NHS private contractors, it has emerged.An audit by...

    • Asylum seekers
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Refugees in Wales better qualified than locals

    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2009
    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2009

    Refugees living in Wales are more highly qualified than people born there, according to a university study.A report by the...

    • Agency workers
    • Asylum seekers
    • Employment law

    The immigrant worker game – red tape is a real turn-off

    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2009
    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2009

    Significant changes have been taking place to our immigration system, in particular with regard to the employment of foreign workers....

    • Asylum seekers
    • Employment law
    • Recruitment & retention

    Policy clinic: immigration-related dismissals

    by Anne-Marie Balfour 11 Jan 2009
    by Anne-Marie Balfour 11 Jan 2009

    On 29 February 2008, harsher penalties came into force for employing workers who do not have immigration permission to work....

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