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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Save Our Overseas Care Workers. More details
Submitted by Charles Kelly of Immigration Matters – Deadline to sign up by: 29 December 2007 – Signatures: 2,445
SOS message to Immigration Minister Liam Byrne. If you get rid of our overseas Senior Carers the Industry will suffer a staffing crisis and patients will be at risk. With thousands of Work Permit holders and their families facing the threat of removal from the UK, something must be done to ‘Save our Overseas Senior Carers’. As reported by Immigration Matters, the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) are refusing virtually all Senior Carer Work Permit applications. The tough line taken by the BIA is affecting new and existing overseas workers already in the UK renewing their permits. In 2006 the rules were changed on permanent residency (ILR) extending the time required to qualify from 4 to 5 years. Migrants coming up to the end of a four year Work Permit were forced to extend by one year to gain ILR. Care Homes are also expecting the worst, bracing themselves for the news that their overseas staff will be thrown out like yesterdays newspapers. Is this a fair way to treat people?
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Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.