The UK government has reversed some of its stricter immigration plans for care workers, offering an exception that will allow around 280,000 individuals and their dependants to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years. Despite this concession, many migrants in the sector may still face retrospective changes extending their wait to a decade, as the home secretary acknowledged in a parliamentary session. The shift follows pressure from health unions and cabinet members concerned about staffing shortages in the care industry. The move marks a partial retreat from earlier proposals that would have required care workers to wait up to 15 years for settlement.
Exception for care workers will allow an estimated 280,000 people and their dependants to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five yearsShabana Mahmood rowed back on her most hardline plans to make care workers wait 15 years for settlement in the UK, but told MPs on Monday that many migrants would still face retrospective rule changes to make them wait a decade.Under pressure from a cabinet backlash and health unions, the home secretary has offered a carve-out for care workers to allow them to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years. Continue reading...
