Is it a mistake not to allow asylum seekers to work?
Even if they are offered accommodation in places like this there’s is work needed to provide that accommodation. I know there are arguments about undercutting the wages with cheap labour - but proper enforcement of minimum wage regulations would deal with that)
Allowing people to work would be one of the best ways of integrating people into society surely - especially if their colleagues were giving feedback as part of their asylum process.
Profiteering & exploiting people in desperate circumstances, often fleeing from places we’ve bombed to hell, shouldn’t be allowed.
Commodifying asylum seekers as an item in a profit based contract is fundamentally immoral. Each individual will have complex and challenging needs that require a multi-agency approach, not being dumped in soulless hotels unsuited for the purpose to contribute to the profits of the provider. Our treatment of asylum seekers in this country is a national disgrace. Congratulations Angus in so meticulously documenting it.
Is it a mistake not to allow asylum seekers to work?
Even if they are offered accommodation in places like this there’s is work needed to provide that accommodation. I know there are arguments about undercutting the wages with cheap labour - but proper enforcement of minimum wage regulations would deal with that)
Allowing people to work would be one of the best ways of integrating people into society surely - especially if their colleagues were giving feedback as part of their asylum process.
Profiteering & exploiting people in desperate circumstances, often fleeing from places we’ve bombed to hell, shouldn’t be allowed.
And yet here we go again with Iran.
Commodifying asylum seekers as an item in a profit based contract is fundamentally immoral. Each individual will have complex and challenging needs that require a multi-agency approach, not being dumped in soulless hotels unsuited for the purpose to contribute to the profits of the provider. Our treatment of asylum seekers in this country is a national disgrace. Congratulations Angus in so meticulously documenting it.