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GRANTING asylum-seekers the right to work could generate almost £100 million a year for the government and fill huge shortages in key worker roles, a new report has claimed.
People seeking asylum in Britain are not permitted to work while their applications are processed, bar a small number of exceptions.
But decisions can take years, during which time asylum-seekers are often pushed into poverty and their skills are wasted, refugee groups claim.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE