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With Skilled Worker visa numbers in decline, what’s the cost?
After successive restrictions to migrant workers’ rights and increases to employer costs, the number of Skilled Worker visas issued is now at its lowest since 2021. But as vacancies in critical sectors remain unfilled, and the risks of labour exploitation continues, we find that behind the politics of lowering numbers, there are real human and economic costs.
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Radical restrictions of routes to settlement would be callous
On 20 November 2025 the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood published a consultation that proposes a radical restriction of migrants' and refugees' pathways to settlement. Our statement calls out the impact these proposals would have on migrant communities, and the stab in the back for care workers.
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Increasing qualifying time for ILR would increase the risk of poverty and exploitation, the MAC warns
Why the government’s ambition to further reduce net migration is a political choice that comes with serious economic and societal risks.
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Room for improvement: Our submission to the Home Office's consultation on the identification of victims of modern slavery
We’ve submitted evidence demonstrating how the identification of victims of modern slavery, specifically sponsored migrant workers, is dangerously inadequate.
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Green Party Conference 2025: framing a positive message around migrants
For the first time, the Work Rights Centre joined the Green Party conference, where we witnessed a growing recognition that workers' rights issues should be at the forefront of their policy agenda
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