Ahead of a new bill formalising asylum seekers’ right to work having its second reading in Parliament, we spoke to Trans asylum seeker Hiba Noor, who detailed the 2-year 'limbo' she was left in while waiting for a decision from the Home Office.
‘As asylum seekers, we do not need anything but encouragement to live,’ she said.
Her life in London has not been easy as well, having to face several transphobic attacks on the streets and on public transport. ‘People can be living in limbo for two, tree, even four years, without the right to work, all while staying in hotel rooms and relying on £5 or £6 pounds a day. He knew that he wanted to progress in film and television, and as soon as he got his asylum papers, he found a job as a researcher on a documentary.Working in an office in Old Street, Shoreditch, alongside other creatives, he found it easy to make friends and immediately feel like he ‘belonged’.
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