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Computer Repair
Data analysis 5 Mar 2026

Home Office enforcement against exploitative sponsors hits all-time high, but fails to protect victims

Our analysis of official immigration statistics finds that the Home Office revoked a record number of licences from businesses in 2025, as new FOI data reveals migrant worker exploitation goes far beyond care sector.

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Nurse
Data analysis 26 Feb 2026

Skilled Worker visas in ninth consecutive decline, as fewer nurses, therapists and scientists come to the UK

Restrictions to migrant workers’ rights and successive increases to employer costs have pushed new Skilled Worker visas to 2021 levels, driven by a loss of overseas healthcare, education, and trade professionals.

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Zinhle
Legal cases 24 Feb 2026

Pregnancy, poverty, and precarious visas: how migrant women are punished for having children

Gaps in protections left a pregnant migrant carer abandoned by her sponsor, her employer, and the state, pushing the new mother and her baby into dire straits.

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Dr Madeleine Sumption
Policy 19 Feb 2026

Experts warn Parliament that ‘earned’ settlement proposals are risky for all

Across 12 oral evidence sessions, leading experts from academia, industry, the legal sector and civil society told the Commons and Lords: "earned" settlement plans risk causing serious damage to our society and economy.

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Westminster Event
Policy 19 Feb 2026

‘We are asking for our rights’: when lived experience met legislative power in Westminster

At our first Westminster event, held in collaboration with Neil Duncan-Jordan MP and Unison, migrant workers themselves told MPs and journalists how the “earned” settlement plans would impact their families, careers, and dreams.

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