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koonbey:
How is the care visa slavery?

You can ask those on the visa

Zahra29:
The Telegraph is reporting that the Home Office is planning to introduce restrictions to the health and care visa route. News article below (it might be behind a paywall, so excerpts copied below)

It also reveals that the Home Office has been taking action to curb the abuse and scams, and has revoked over a hundred sponsorship licenses

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/24/rishi-sunak-urged-to-limit-legal-migration-election-policy

The Home Office has put forward plans for foreign care workers with poor qualifications to be blocked from bringing family members to the UK.

Ministers want to tighten the rules for the Health and Care Worker visa, which allows migrants to move to the UK to work in social care and bring dependants with them.

There have been growing concerns inside the Home Office that the visa route is being abused, fears that can be revealed via leaked documents seen by The Telegraph.

Possible date for tighter rules
Home Office figures have earmarked November 2023, when new net migration statistics will be released, as the possible date for announcing tighter rules on legal migration.

The Health and Care Worker Visa was introduced in August 2020 but more have been granted than was initially expected.

Internal government estimates predicted around 8,000 visas would be issued but instead there have been more than 50,000, each person on average moving to the UK with another dependant.

The plan is set to face criticism from the social care sector, which has long been blighted by worker shortages. Tougher rules could make it even harder to fill vacancies.

But leaked documents reveal that dozens of social care providers have had their licence suspended for bringing in unqualified care workers.

In one of the papers seen by The Telegraph, Home Office officials expressed concerns that “since the addition of care workers to the health and care visa route, the route is more easily exploited and misuse by illegitimate sponsors than other visa routes”.

Since the addition of care workers onto the list of occupations where Britain has a shortage, the UK Visa and Immigration quango has investigated 261 adult social care providers.
This has led to the suspension of 109 sponsorship licences, with 48 providers issued with advisory concerns and 39 having their licences revoked entirely.

A round-table meeting to discuss the crisis was held in July, attended by officials from the Home Office, UKVI, the Department of Health and care bodies.

Delegates heard concerns that many of the new care workers were not fully trained in social care, potentially putting the elderly at risk.

There are increasing concerns about continuity of care for elderly people because so many are suddenly losing their carer when a licence is revoked.

A document summing up what was discussed at the round table said: “Home Office officials voiced strong concerns about the care visa route itself – and misuse by non-care entities

“This is partly due to the fact that care workers and senior care workers are not required to have formal qualifications and require a lower English language level for employment in the UK, which widens the pool of individuals who are eligible for this visa route.”

Nothing new, they have been barking all these while on care visas and still nothing. I even blame the govt for allowing such slavery to continue. Still a wonder how you allow so much foreigners to care your elderly. Is there no better plan to that? They should get their own children to take care of their elderly and stop enslaving other people’s children. My personal view o.

The greatest mistake the uk govt keep making is tying work visas to companies for too long a period. Many people have no business doing care work when they can be better in doing other professions, but when care visas looks like the easiest way to stay in the country then what do you expect?

Too bad for Liverpool, they were almost there

creativehubb:
David stop inciting war between Nigeria and Niger, you are playing in big boys territory undermining a whole nation, don't cry like a kid when legal actions are taken. Ignorance is no excuse.

you dey mind the fool, later he will do video and beg the whole world for him not to be deported. Despite all this mudslinging, he's still being ignored by those he wants their attention. The dude is just a hustler

Efftyy:
Hello elders , please your advise is sorted as I am with my computer to email my decision to the HR team .

I am on a skilled worker Visa(Support worker) with an agency which the Job is not frequent hardly do We see 24hrs in a week, But I have secure job with NHS that comes with Sponsorship 🙏, the cog in the wheel now is the COS is not out yet but the HR manager told me to start work with the trust on 20hrs weekly while i continue with my Former sponsors.
The unconditional offer sent to me reads Full time 20hrs, but I was pre informed that I should update my manger once the COS is out

Kindly advise

Please note on acceptance of the job offer I will have to relocate to the NHs trust location . Hope they won’t sly me later on as regard the COS . Kindly advise a brothers and sisters

So far everything is documented and well stated on your offer that it comes with COS, there should be no issue. If any one raises any problem just show evidence where it was clearly stated that the job comes with COS. No body can sly you where everything is stated in ink.

gmacnoms:
Wotof people wey no get who to massage their back? 😒😁

na to DIY o. God no go shame us

gmacnoms:
Abeg wey that person wey Dey recommend Amazon warehouse for here. Make e come out. I wan take am personal with am.

E want make I Dey bed ridden at 40?

No try that kind thing for here again Abeg 🤣🤣🤣

I don order Uber Dey go house go sleep

have you started collecting your weekly salary? that can be a motivation. My first two weeks-1 month na so my wife start part time job dey massage my back. We all went through it and today we look back and smile.

any objective thread on the SE is always deserted by even SE people themselves, they prefer to comment more on posts about other regions

Why?

Throwback:
You want Nigeria to progress without overhauling the corrupt civil service and its mob called Labour Unions?

You must be a joker.

I stand with Dave Umahi over those whose best actions can never make Nigeria great.

Every public institution need a forceful reorientation of its labour force, but I wouldn't waste that time if I can as well sack them all and rehire.

The public service need to make firing as easy as it is in the private sector.

that was why Fashola in his days as governor started creating all manner of agencies to operate like private sector organisations, waiting for these evil servants can never bring any development whether at local, state or federal level, you go explain tire

Petdagr8t:
But can the Yorubas make same declaration and mark a day for other tribe's festival in Lagos and Ibadan? the answer is no but here are they celebrating good gestures from a civilized society but can't replicate it here in their native town.

why don't you take the lead and start in your own place first to claim you're indeed better

Guys let's stop this, they are all Nigerians we should be proud of, I know many of us are hurt because of some things that make us dig each other faults out but with all these, we are only making matters worse for our dear country and pulling ourselves apart the more.

Let's allow every soul to breathe, please.

seanfer:
Gutterman is not happy when Judges and judiciary from his country is been dragged into the mud... But some mumu Nigerians will be clapping for the man whenever he is tarnishing the image of their country....

Honestly am ashamed as a Nigerian with the way we drag our institutions out there.

MichaelUde:
The former Priti get sense pass this one.

This is the same UK that, like other western countries, is shrinking demographically and is desperately looking to reverse that. Of course their first choice go be to find other oyibo from other countries to import, but the only oyibo seeking to move en masse na eastern Europeans, who dem no want. So after leaving EU they reluctantly had to open up to the whole world so to speak with this their post study and easier work visas. Now you say the people you dey bring come to solve your population problem dey born too much. Which one do you want again?

angels from heaven na im remain dem go explain tire cos evidence don dey finish

justwise:
She did not learn anything from Nigel Farage and BNP, she will soon be forgotten. What a silly comment to come from a daughter of an immigrant. She is here today because of multicultural system. Mayor of London, the prime minister and leader of SNP in Scotland all benefited from multicultural system but some how she is having a brain fart.

The forthcoming election is their headache, they need to fight dirty now!

mintyx:
Hello everyone!

Thanks for all the contributions to this page which I have benefitted from a lot.

My own problem here is that I need a wife!

Yeah I'm not ashamed to ask. I have tried and maybe I haven't been lucky

I will be 39 by October. I'm 6'1, from Imo state and work with the NHS.

I don't know what handsome means to you. I might be your definition of handsome but if I'm not, trust me, I'm not bad looking.

I will prefer someone already in England. Not ruling out someone in Nigeria if it's by recommendation.

I'm looking for a good soul who knows what she wants in life and reciprocates efforts. I love a good looking lady, who smells nice, good communicator, kind and empathetic between 26-34 years of age. I will do all these as well.

I prefer from the south east, south south, some parts of the North(as long as you are a Christian).

I am Catholic (Christian) and I try as much as possible to be the best person I can. We can start from friendship/relationship and work towards settling soon.

Pls if you are or can recommend someone, pls help a brother out. Almost all the Nigerian ladies around me here are all married

I can be reached via this email: glucocareng@gmail.com

So many of our sisters here too Dey find husband so e no suppose hard, should I say you should be more open minded? You are in uk and you are narrowing your search to only Nigerians and to even particular regions, yes it’s your choice but if you are in need urgently then you may need to expand your scope, be more friendly and be in or go to places where you can mix up with more diverse people. I pray you find your desire soon but please don’t put yourself under too much pressure, it’s well

godofuck231:
Niger is about to ckme under attack, this is a war game

That’s what the children of hate don’t understand, Niger is very vulnerable now and they can’t stand what may hit them soon

Abrahamovich abeg let Chelsea go!

Lexusgs430:
Imagine after buying this £4K pots, you come do kitchen renovation, buy induction cooker.........

Pots and cooker, no come dey compatible........😂🤣

Na to do self deportation back to naija cos village people don do international call

BeardGangJnr1:
It's as if this guttersnipe is threatening the Ghanaian president..who is he to be telling him about international law

He's a blackmailer, that do you expect, bloody Gen Z wey no get sense

Toks2008:
Seek asylum in USA. One can apply from any country.

I'm amazed he is in Ghana. I always tot he is in UK or United States.

David I love you o biko seek asylum in the western world fast. I don't trust these African leaders.

You were one of those deceived by his propaganda, that's why

matrixme:
Just few days ago, I said here on Nairaland that David is going to be apprehended soon, for his shenanigans. I never knew that life will come so fast at him. He's hoping that by releasing a video, he will be able to get asylum claims in any choice country in the west, but alas, he shot himself in the foot. After his embarrassing outing at the small African country he abused their top government official of corruption, accusing Chicago Uni of corruption and Oxford university of one stupid claim, not to mention his arrogant attitude of blocking dissident opinions except for obidients. He has garnered so much enemies for himself at his young age than friends.
I heard he claimed to be gay to seek asylum in Canada too, but was denied. That must be a new low. I hope they give him a cozy space close to Nnamdi Kalu because his cup is full this time. That video ain't got anything to save him.

ewe ee

NinjaMetahuman:
he is an asylum seeker.

He has to paint the picture that the government is after him for his asylum to work.

I'm sure no one is after him.

This is what his mumu followers don't understand, dude na hustler like any other immigrant

omooba969:
People like you don't really know the mess of a country you live in.

oh really, tell me more

Cyberterror:
If Britain could arrest Julian Assange and America is still hunting Eric Snowden for similar offence, then the idiot should know that no one in the international community would be interested in his plea. Ghana's president is also a good friend of President Tinubu and if Tinubu wants, the idiot will be extradited today today.

don't mind him, a foolish Gen Z that does not understand the implications of national security including his mumu followers

Jostoman:
which foolishness? Your oga is only after Hundeyin because of the CSU document that he exposed.

which CSU document? what's the benefit of what the dude is doing to the Nation? Look the guy is hustling for himself by pulling others down and you think he will go free? dey play

Jostoman:
And what is your business if the western nation granted him asylum or Una thinks say na every country like to wicked people the way una government dey do.

folks like you are the ones making the boy pay for his foolishness

This guy is just a hustler, his primary target is still to get refugee status in any Western nation.

missjekyll:
I would probably be thanking the EU for providing the worker protections that made it a pleasant experience for you. Amazon staff in the US have a different story to tell. Left to Bezos, you get nothing.nada.zilch
#rejointheEU

There are still complaints everywhere in the uk and EU. Life is hard, you pick or select your hard.

Solumtoya:
Mine was 2 breaks of 30 minutes each. And yeah, they pay as much as £2,000 Welcome Bonus around November.

Funny how people are screaming of tales of waist breaking, "you no go survive"... LIES! One thing I noticed at Amazon is that Nigerians and Indians complain a lot! And they don't last long. It was good money and the job didn't need any heavy-lifting. It just needed speed and many people complain about that as they wanted to rest or sleep during working hours. 99% of Nigerians left to Care Work because they said they could sleep during the shift or rest.

No matter what people say about Amazon I can never bad mouth that company. It was a life saver and lifeline for many newcomers including myself. Working with Amazon made me help to pay up the balance on time of my spouse sch fees. It’s the major reason I never had any financial hardship starting up in the uk. I only stopped working there when I got my corporate job with one of the big 4.

Amazon is awesome and I think their contributions to humanity is under appreciated. Am never ashamed to say I worked there and the benefits I enjoyed and so many people can say same too.

slowice:
Drug dealings
Identity theft
Certificate forgery
Lieing under oath
Thuggery

All fictions of imagination

slowice:
One who engages in gross criminal activities

can you list the criminal activities

slowice:
So you don't mind a criminal running your country as president? The end justifies the means is a slogan you cherish so much as all that matters is result.

A Boko Haram commander can aspire to become president of Nigeria tomorrow and that doesn't bother you.?

what's your definition of a criminal?