Monday, September 22, 2008
Keep up to date on Let Them Work news
Here you can find out about the latest developments in the campaign, how it is viewed in the media and what the government is doing.
- 2/09 Tortured asylum seeker’s plight An asylum seeker is forced into poverty and prostitution by being denied the right to work.
- 2/09 Church of England General Synod calls asylum seeker amnesty The Church of England voted on 13th February in favour of an amnesty for those in the asylum backlog and for the right to work for asylum seekers.
- 1/09 Asylum seekers demand right to work in a delegation to Downing Street. A report on the demonstration, 13th January.
- 1/09 I’d love to work but I’m not allowed – the story of an asylum seeker from the BBC news.
- 1/09 Zimbabweans ask Brown for right to work – a demonstration and delegation on Tuesday, 13th January in London.
- 12/08 Check out the latest parliamentary debate on the right to work for asylum seekers which shows support from all sides of the House.
- 12/08 A new report from the think-tank set up by former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith recommends that asylum seekers refused leave to remain but who are unable to return home should be given a temporary licence to work.
- 12/08 The High Court found today that the Home Office’s policy is unlawful in refusing permission to work for most refused asylum seekers in the legacy backlog. This ruling will require the Home Office to review its current policy.
- 10/08 ‘Make every day a decent day for work,’ says Northern TUC. October 7th was international World Day for Decent Work, and the TUC took the opportunity to launch the Let Them Work campaign.
- 10/08 Asylum anomaly: a short film on the Let Them Work campaign in the North East.
- 09/08 Union leaders pledge to support TUC and Refugee Council campaign to let asylum seekers work.
- 06/08 Let asylum seekers work – that way they give something back The case is compelling, says Bill Morris in the Guardian, we should restore the right to work for asylum seekers, allowing them to contribute to society.
- 04/08 An address to the TUC Black workers conference from Donna Covey, chief executive of the Refugee Council, on the right to work.
Posted by STAR team on 22/09/2008 at 12:08 PM
