Impartial research on issues related to home affairs, including communities, crime, family and civil law, justice, immigration and security.
Asylum seekers are not generally allowed to work in the UK. There is a long-running campaign to have the permission to work rules relaxed, but the Government says that could create a 'pull factor' of asylum seekers to the UK.
UK-French co-operation over controls at their shared borders has been formalised through a series of bilateral agreements. The most recent joint Ministerial statement, signed on 14 November, commits the UK to providing up to £62.2 million in 2022-23. The funding will be used to support a package of further measures intended to make the small boat route "unviable".
The Government published a Draft Victims Bill on 25 May 2022.This briefing provides background to victims policy, the development of the draft Bill, and an overview of its content.
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