US EditionHome Office Unaware if Foreign Workers Leave UK After Visas End, MPs Say
- On Friday, the Public Accounts Committee released a report highlighting that the Home Office does not have data on whether foreign workers depart the UK once their visas have expired.
- The report highlighted that the work visa program established in 2020 and later expanded in 2022 to fill care sector vacancies has linked migrant workers' residency to specific employers, increasing their risk of exploitation.
- From July 2022 to December 2024, authorities withdrew the sponsorship permissions of more than 470 organisations within the care industry as part of efforts to tackle abuse and exploitation, impacting over 39,000 workers linked to these sponsors.
- The committee chairman, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, warned that government inaction and reliance on sponsors' goodwill exposed migrant workers to unsafe conditions and urged cross-government cooperation.
- The findings imply that without improved data collection and system reform, challenges in protecting foreign workers and supporting the social care sector may worsen, risking a care worker shortage amid 130,000 vacancies.
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