The Standard’s campaign to lobby Government to uphold the human rights of asylum seekers by allowing them to work after six months and giving them appropriate time to “move-on” from Home Office supported accommodation has gathered momentum with the backing of refugee and homeless organisations.
Our Winter Appeal, A Place To Call Home, which is raising money for charities supporting asylum seekers and people experiencing homelessness, has also sought to lobby the Government to make two critical changes. The first is to double the “move-on” period from 28 to 56 days that asylum seekers are given to find their own housing once they are given refugee status, and the second is to allow them to work, giving them means to support themselves and reducing the economic burden on the state.
