A WAITING GAME
Making use of for asylum is a ready sport, and plenty of refugees who arrive within the UK dwell in uncertainty for years.
For example, one Ethiopian asylum seeker, recognized solely as Abiwot, instructed CNA that though his asylum declare was not too long ago permitted, he’s unable to discover a job till he receives an identification card.
He at present lives off a authorities handout.
Abiwot had fled civil conflict in his dwelling nation again in 2021, making his solution to France earlier than travelling by a small boat to the UK.
“I get like £48 (US$61.53) to £49 weekly. I simply put together myself, I simply cook dinner myself and I serve out my life. That’s good, however it’s actually boring, since you at all times sit, you aren’t allowed to work, you can not go anyplace,” he instructed CNA.
“Nevertheless it’s wonderful. I don’t blame this authorities, as a result of so many asylums are coming, I do know.”