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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Enver Solomon

'Not allowing asylum seekers to work is an extraordinary own goal - we must unlock their potential'

Why are there so many refugees sleeping on the streets? That is a question that more and more people are asking me. Rough sleeping is on the rise among refugees in the capital and it is an issue that is often strikingly visible.

Earlier this month, the Standard reported on refugees who’d set up “tents and makeshift kitchens” in the shadow of London’s square mile “in an image that could have been ripped straight from a Dickens novel”.

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