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Refugees: Employment

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 October 2025UIN 84081

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the employment rate of refugees in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Home Office recently published “Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO) Insights: Embarks, Economic Activity, and Housing between 2015 and 2021” on GOV.UK. This article presents analysis—including employment rate—from linked Census 2021 and administrative data for asylum and resettled refugees in England and Wales who were granted refugee status between 2015 and 2021.

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