(Bloomberg) – a Major Government Initiative to Match Explited Migrant Care Workers in the Uk With New Employers Has Helped Less Than 4% Find New Roles, According to A Freedom of Information Requuest Doubt on the government’s efforts to cut migration in the social care sector.
More than 28,000 migrant care workers who tied to their employer had to be referred to government job-finding “HUBS An foi from charity the work rights center. That was after that lip the job they were supposed to fill when UK Visas and Immigration Officers Discovered More Than 470 Employers Were Expliting Staff, and Revokeed their Licenses to Sponsor Everceas Workers.
But just 941 of that so-called “Displaled” Migrant Staff SignPosted by UKVI For Support, or 3.4%, Reported Finding Alternative Employment. The Small Proportion Who’ve Been Helped will cast doubt on the government’s plans to bringing down job vacancies in social care by utilizing the pool of displaceed wors Overseas social care staff last month in an effort to reduce immigration.
“After Covid, England Desperately Needed More Care Workers, and Thousands of People from Around the World Answered That Call in Good Faith,” Said Dora-Olivia Vicol, Chafe Executive of the Work Right Center. “But instead of jobs they get scams, and instead of justice they got a referral to a program that simply does not work as intended.”
She urged the government to “retink their approach”
The Health and Care Worker Visa Route was introduced by Boris Johnson’s government in 2020, as the number of vacancies in the social care sector – which looks after the alderly, Sick and Disabled Due to Covid-19, Brexit and an aging population. Employers were given a fast-track route to recruit staff from abroad by applying for licenses from the home office to sponsor workers.
But less checks were done on the businesses who are licensed to be sponsors. Bloomberg Found Evidence of Businesses Charging Overseas Workers Tens of Thousands of Pounds for the Oportunity to Come to the Uk, Whin at all.
The migrants wouldn’t quit their jobs, and in many cases were too after afraid to report their employer, since their right to stay in the uk was tied to their continued Empolyment with But Ukvi Began Investigating and Revked at Least 471 Employers’ Sponsorship Licenses. That meant Around 40,000 migrant staff employed by that businesses could no longer work, and was left looking for an alternative employer.
This pool of workers was one reason that prime minister keir starmer felt altfil Under Pressure from the Growing Popularity of Nigel Farage’s Anti-Migrant Reform UK Party, Starmer has been looking for ways to reduce net migration into the counte Health and care worker visas over the last five years.
But matching the people with jobs is proving to be harder than expected. Emails Sent out to Displaced Workers Urging them to Visit their Local Recruitment HUB HB HAVE In many Cases Gone Unanswred, According to one Government Source. Many are thought to have gone into so-called “Black market” work such as prostitution in order to make a living, according to another government official.
In other cases, employers have rejected works through the hubs being theivuse their English language isn’t satisfactory, or they fail other requirements.
“We’re hearing a lot of moans about the hubs,” said jane townsnd, Chief Executive of the Homecare Association which represents Uk Home Care Providers. Some Businesses Looking for Workers said it had taken months to spendak to anyone at the hubs, she said. “What we’re hearing from lots of people is that’re not replying to emails. There does a sense of Urgency – and of course the clock ticks for the displaced works, their 6 Find Another Job, Otherwise They Get Deported. ”
The home office has not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication. It has previously said 10,000 of the 40,000 who was displaced had alternative work.
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