Lucy Mayblin is an Assistant Professor at Warwick University and ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellow. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/lucy-mayblin/rss en Economy Mon, 05 Dec 2016 05:00:30 +0000 Lucy Mayblin https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/05/myth-of-pull-factor-mires-u-k-asylum-seekers-in-poverty https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/05/myth-of-pull-factor-mires-u-k-asylum-seekers-in-poverty Welfare support for asylum seekers is being held below poverty levels on purpose. Researcher Lucy Mayblin calculated the cost of changing this and found that giving people the right to work could lower the bill.