The asylum seekers\u2019 rights to work and accepting education have been ignored by the UK government, according to campaigner in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
There was a meeting which held by Young socialists in The Little Man Coffee company in Cardiff and this meeting aims to discuss main issues of refugee rights crisis including fighting for the minimum payment which is \uffe1<\/strong>15 per hour for asylum seekers.<\/p>\n Through the meeting, there are more than three main issues which mentioned by campaigners including the UK detention centres, asylum seekers\u2019 working and education.<\/p>\n \u201cThe UK is the only country in Europe that locks people up indefinitely,\u201d says Bethan Roper, the chairman of Young Socialists Cardiff, who have worked for this charity five years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDetention centres are basically prisons for migrants,\u201d says Beth. \u201cIn 2017, 28,000 people were placed in the detention centre in the UK. Sometimes for days, some for weeks, some for years and some with no end in sight\u2026\u2026When they go into the detention centre, they don\u2019t know when they will leave.\u201d<\/p>\n Mental health issues are easily generated in the detention centres. Beth gave an example of a family. \u201cThere is a girl, I call her Lucy, she came to the UK as a child with her mom and her brother. When I met her was about 19 years old and she has developed pretty bad mental health. She tried to kill herself for a few times,\u201d says Beth.<\/p>\n Also, the refugee rights of work and earning could be ignored in the detention centre. Beth says, \u201cAsylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK. They were forced to work in detention centre for\uffe1<\/strong>1 an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the regulation of UK, the asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK except making an application for work permits, but the jobs what asylum can have come\u00a0from the UK\u2019s shortage occupation list.<\/p>\n The period of waiting for the permission can be as high as 12 months, the same as Ireland and Denmark. However, this situation is from some EU states. In Germany and Belgium, this period will be decreased to three to six months.<\/p>\n Therefore, the minimum income which Young Socialists fight for is not a large amount of money. \u201cEven being paid the minimum wage in this country is not usually enough to live on liver satisfactory life,\u201d says Beth.<\/p>\n Furthermore, the access to education is one of the significant parts of refugee rights and if asylum seeker wants to study in the UK, it will be difficult.<\/p>\n \u201cAsylum seekers,\u00a0of course, they are not allowed students to learn and if they want to go to university, they have to pay the international fee which would be difficult for the British person to pay,\u201d says Beth.<\/p>\n Therefore, the campaigners want to help asylum seekers to get the right access to education and people with refugee status who can access to school and university. Also, making sure they’re entitled to student loans.<\/p>\n One of the goals of this meeting is that the Young Socialists want more students to engage in the refugee rights activities and fight for the asylum seekers.<\/p>\n The national chair of Social Students Youth and student organiser for the Socialist Party, Theo Sharieff says, \u201cWe\u2019re in a Socialist Party stand for and fighting for a socialist and all anti-racism, internationalist, we need to fight for where the rights of all immigrants, workers and refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n