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<p>Asylum seekers are allowed to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding
for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Following last year’s review
and in light of wider priorities to fix the broken asylum system, reduce pull factors,
and ensure our policies do not encourage people to undercut the resident labour force,
we have decided at this stage not to pursue any changes to the policy. Instead, we
are focusing our resources on transforming the asylum system and making faster decisions.
This will prevent people becoming stuck in the system for long periods of time and
allow genuine refugees to integrate and contribute into society more quickly.</p>
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