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Allow asylum seekers to work whilst status is being decided
Should asylum seekers be allowed to work whilst their status is being decided?
Green Party "People who come to Britain, seeking to follow on our proud tradition of providing asylum, should be allowed to work if they can, should be given decent benefits equivalent to those of everyone else, and decent housing." - Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett. Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11451936/General-Election-2015-Immigration-policy.html
Liberal Democrat "Liberal Democrat peers, led by Roger Roberts, tried to amend it [the Immigration Bill] by inserting a clause which would have entitled asylum seekers to work after 6 months." Source: Lib Dem Voice, http://www.libdemvoice.org/liberal-democrat-peers-support-asylum-seekers-right-to-work-39068.html
Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru supports the right of asylum seekers to work in Wales while they wait for status decisions to be made and we call for the speeding up of the unnecessarily complicated asylum system.