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With Skilled Worker visa numbers in decline, what’s the cost?
The number of Skilled Worker visas issued is at its lowest since 2021, but with vacancies in critical sectors unfilled, and the risks of labour exploitation continue, we find real human and economic costs behind the politics of lowering numbers.
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Radical restrictions of routes to settlement would be callous
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has proposed a radical restriction of migrants' and refugees' pathways to settlement. We raise alarm bells on the impact these proposals would have, and how they're a 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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Labour Party Conference 2025: Bringing migrant workers to the table
For the third year in a row, we attended the Labour Party Conference where we met a government more concerned with appearing tough on migration than engaging with the reality of migration and migrants’ experiences.
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