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.
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.
UK employers have rushed to source Ukrainian talent displaced by war, keen to help them rebuild their lives, as well...
Hospitality and retail sectors will not be gaining temporary visa schemes, ministers signal.
People that come to the UK as “asylum migrants” are more likely to be unemployed, earn less and work fewer...
The regulations governing the employment of refugees are too complicated and may deter organisations from offering jobs to displaced people,...
An employment lawyer has criticised plans – under which immigrants would be required to pay a deposit upon entering the...
New guidance on recruiting refugees and asylum seekers has been published by the UK Border Agency. The booklet, Guidance for...
Nick Clegg came under fire last night for his plans to introduce an amnesty for illegal immigrants and ‘regional migration’...
Nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants have been employed at one of the country’s largest NHS private contractors, it has emerged.An audit by...
Refugees living in Wales are more highly qualified than people born there, according to a university study.A report by the...
Significant changes have been taking place to our immigration system, in particular with regard to the employment of foreign workers....
On 29 February 2008, harsher penalties came into force for employing workers who do not have immigration permission to work....
The occupational shortlist of skilled jobs published yesterday to cut the number of migrant workers is “unhelpful” for some sectors...
The number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal workers has risen dramatically.Figures obtained by the BBC revealed a total...
The government has finally accepted defeat in the battle over its controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP).Border...
