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<p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics
Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release).
Data on the number of asylum applications awaiting an initial decision or further
review are published in table Asy_D03 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets
(https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets).
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook.
The latest data relates to the year ending September 2019. Additionally, the Home
Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’ (attached).
The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>Information
on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and
statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=home-office&order=release-date-oldest).</p><p>Asylum
seekers can work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months, through
no fault of their own. Those allowed to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage
Occupation List, which is published by the Home Office and based on expert advice
from the Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is
a complex issue. A review of the policy is ongoing, and we are considering the evidence
put forward on the issue.</p><p> </p><p>There is nothing in the Immigration Rules
to prevent asylum seekers studying. However, asylum-seekers who wish to access higher
education courses can expect to be charged the full cost of their course by the university
concerned.</p>
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