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Work<br />

Persons with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong> are allowed to work as soon as they have received their<br />

residency documents.<br />

In addition, rejected applicants who are apply<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong> can stay <strong>in</strong><br />

employment if they ga<strong>in</strong>ed this right whilst an <strong>asylum</strong> seeker (see under “Work <strong>for</strong> <strong>asylum</strong><br />

<strong>seekers</strong>” above).<br />

Access to the adult education system<br />

Persons with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong> have access to the bridg<strong>in</strong>g programme (pre-vocational<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g) run by the Refugee <strong>and</strong> Language Support Unit (see above under “Access to the adult<br />

education system <strong>for</strong> <strong>refugees</strong>”).<br />

Those with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong> do not have the right to state funded third level education.<br />

Language tuition<br />

The Refugee Language Support Unit has provided fourteen schools with specialist teachers to<br />

assist children of <strong>asylum</strong> <strong>seekers</strong>, <strong>refugees</strong> <strong>and</strong> persons with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Persons with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong> are permitted to avail of all the other services offered by<br />

this unit if they have their residency documents.<br />

School attendance<br />

School attendance is compulsory <strong>for</strong> all children between the ages of 6 <strong>and</strong> 16, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

children of persons with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Mother tongue tuition<br />

There is no mother tongue tuition available to persons with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Unaccompanied m<strong>in</strong>ors<br />

There are no special procedures <strong>in</strong> place <strong>for</strong> unaccompanied m<strong>in</strong>ors who have been granted<br />

temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Repatriation<br />

There are no repatriation projects <strong>in</strong> place <strong>for</strong> persons with temporary leave to rema<strong>in</strong>.<br />

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