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Issue 284
69% of Overseas Care Workers May Exit Under New Visa Rules Sector Warns Potential Loss Of 4.2 Million Weekly Care Hours
Up to 69% of overseas care workers in the UK would leave or consider leaving if the government introduces a 15-year route to settlement, according to new research from recruitment platform Lifted putting more than 4.2 million hours of care at risk each week. The survey of sponsored care workers highlights the potential consequences of proposals to extend settlement timelines, with care workers facing a 15-year route — five years longer than any other occupation.
Frontline providers are already struggling to recruit and retain staff and a loss of this scale would significantly reduce capacity across the sector and disrupt care for hundreds of thousands of people. Under the government’s original proposals, migrant workers will need to have worked in the UK for 15 years to qualify for a more permanent right to settle (known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’). At present the period is five years, and many workers took jobs on that basis.
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