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Asylum Seekers & Work

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  • 28-01-2009 3:14pm
    #1
    Mingey
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    Probably been done to the death, but why are asylum seekers & refugees not allowed to work? Do they really live on less than €20 per week (plus housing & food)?


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    Mena
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    Mingey wrote: »
    Probably been done to the death, but why are asylum seekers & refugees not allowed to work? Do they really live on less than €20 per week (plus housing & food)?

    Adult Asylum Seekers only get 19.10 a week while children get 9.60 and they are not on local Authority housing lists. They are housed in shared, hostel type accommodation.

    The Government stopped allowing asylum seekers to work around April 2000 if I recall.

    All I can find as to the reason are these:
    John O'Donoghue wrote:
    Mr O'Donoghue issued a press statement pointing out that there was an effective work permit system for those wishing to come here to find a job and he said the number of permits had increased from 6,000 in 1999 to more than 18,000 last year and more than 15,000 this year so far. Indiscriminate or blanket clearance for all asylum seekers to work, he said, would make the work permit system more difficult to operate effectively.
    "The reality is that there are those who use the asylum system to enter the country without the need for protection from persecution. Those who use the asylum route for reasons other than a fear of persecution are abusing the system to the disadvantage of those in genuine need or protection who experience delays in the processing of their claims," he added.


    Source: Click Me


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    Mingey
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    So they are not allowed to work because there are too many work permits to process and there are too many bogus refugees?


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    Mena
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    Mingey wrote: »
    So they are not allowed to work because there are too many work permits to process and there are too many bogus refugees?

    Sounds about right, especially when you consider almost every other European country allows Asylum Seekers to work while awaiting a decision.


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    Permabear
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    Mena
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    donegalfella wrote: »
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    Surprised they have not started yet.
    The Guardian.co.uk wrote:
    The ruling comes as the former Tory leader, Iain Duncan Smith, prepares to publish a report tomorrow suggesting that failed asylum seekers should be given the right to work here if they cannot return home.

    Not sure I understand this part.... Failed .... right to work.... Surely once your application is denied (or denied for the 30th time :p ), you're on your way "home", as opposed to be given the right to work?


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