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Proposals to double settlement requirements will increase exploitation, MPs tell Home Office
Voicing widespread concern from their constituents over the government's controversial plans to double the qualifying period for settlement, a number of MPs highlighted how this would exacerbate the risk of exploitation.
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Latest changes to the immigration rules: ‘a sub-optimal way to make policy’
The Home Office’s failure to first consider the impact of cutting 180 occupations from the Skilled Worker visa, and closing the Health and Care worker visa overseas, has been lambasted by a Lords Select Committee.
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Parliamentary report acknowledges scale of exploitation on the Skilled Worker visa
This report is the most damning evidence yet that the government’s work migration system, premised mainly on the concept of sponsorship, was facilitating the widespread exploitation of migrant workers in the UK.
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No match. Why funding rematching hubs for displaced migrant care workers is not enough to tackle exploitation
Following revelations that just 3.4% of exploited care workers got jobs via a government scheme, we find that the government’s expectations were at odds with the reality of the care sector and the difficulties faced by workers.
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Drop in Skilled Worker visas should not signal pivot to reliance on high-risk short-term work visas
Latest immigration statistics show employers can no longer afford to hire migrant workers via the Skilled Worker visa route. This leaves unanswered key questions about the future of lower-skilled migration.
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