A migrant care worker based in Yorkshire faces being deported in May if he is unable to find work, despite there being over 12,500 vacancies in the sector, says UNISON today. Tonye Chrisholm Jaja came to the UK from Nigeria on a health and care visa, when he was sponsored* by Universal Healthy Minds Ltd. […]
migrant care workers
Commenting on the latest Home Office asylum and visa figures published on Thursday, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Without the support of workers from overseas, the social care sector would have collapsed long ago. Pay rates remain low so care employers are struggling to fill many thousands of vacancies. That’s why it’s so worrying to […]
Care staff who come to the UK from overseas are having to share beds with other workers, sleep rough, and pay huge fees to work because of exploitation by rogue employers, according to a report released by UNISON today (Tuesday). Some migrant care workers have paid more than £20,000 to intermediaries in return for a job before they […]
Politicians across Yorkshire must step up and take serious action to crack down on the exploitation of migrant care workers, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Increasing numbers of migrant workers in the care sector have been joining UNISON over the past year and reporting incidents of exploitation they have experienced. These include being forced to pay […]
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