SCOTTISH Greens vowed to create a scheme granting people seeking asylum the right to work today after slamming the “racist and authoritarian” immigration system.Those waiting more than six months for a decision on their asylum claim could apply for permission to work until 2002, when it was effectively banned by Tony Blair’s New Labour government.The right was regained for those waiting more than a year in 2005, but rules governing permission to work have become ever more strict, limiting occupations and enforcing salary floors.

SCOTTISH Greens vowed to create a scheme granting people seeking asylum the right to work today after slamming the “racist and authoritarian” immigration system.

Those waiting more than six months for a decision on their asylum claim could apply for permission to work until 2002, when it was effectively banned by Tony Blair’s New Labour government.

The right was regained for those waiting more than a year in 2005, but rules governing permission to work have become ever more strict, limiting occupations and enforcing salary floors.

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