'Considerable challenges': Direct Provision residents facing employment barriers despite right-to-work
Only 15% of the adult population of Direct Provision have taken up work since the right to work was granted last year.
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Only 15% of the adult population of Direct Provision have taken up work since the right to work was granted last year.
Over 3,000 people will be eligible for the new scheme which will allow asylum seekers take up temporary and permanent positions.
The hospitality sector has been complaining of growing staff shortages.
Critics say the barriers that remain in place act as a deterrent for asylum seekers to get an employment permit.
‘Why not allow asylum seekers work where they want and pay taxes like everyone else?’, writes Sorcha Grisewood.
A person with a disability is also twice as likely to leave a place of employment.