Asylum
Commons · Question 52402 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 22 May 2025
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the reforms to allow a limited pool of UNHCR recognised refugees and displaced people living overseas to apply for employment through existing sponsored worker routes.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 22 May 2025
Refugees who have had to leave their home country because of persecution often lack the opportunity to apply for jobs and skilled worker visas in the UK, even where they have the talent and training to do so.The Home Office’s Displaced Talent Mobility Pil...