Asylum: Syria
Commons · Question 63021 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Alex Sobel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 58258 on Asylum: Syria, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting Syrian asylum seekers in the UK the right to work throughou
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 3 Jul 2025
Asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, can apply for permission to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Immigration Salary List. This policy applies to Syrian nation...