Written evidence submitted by Investing in People and Culture (AAC0018)

1. Asylum seekers with Healthcare qualifications should be identified and referred to a known training programme. We know from our figures that over 98% of asylum seekers with healthcare professionals have their claims accepted as we have data on the refugees who have joined our programmes. 
2. That those asylum seekers placed near healthcare training programmes in London, Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire and the North East, Belfast and Glasgow, should not be relocated
3. That asylum-seeking health care workers do not have working rights. The UK National Institute of Economic and Social Research estimating that removal of this limitation on all Asylum Seekers would save £6.7bn in government expenditure and increase tax revenue by £1.3bn reducing significantly governmental expenditure on housing.

Jan 2025