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GUEST COLUMN: Are social care providers ready for changes to European settled status regime?

Opinion People by Sarah Clarke on June 14, 2021

Legal experts at Fragomen advise social care providers on what they can do to support their staff in applying for settled and pre-settled status by 30 June.

MPs call for employer feedback on impact of immigration rules

Compliance Intelligence Legislation Surveys by Sarah Clarke on April 22, 2021

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration is carrying out a survey with the aim to collect feedback from a range of stakeholders.

Free webinar to discuss crisis facing migrant care workers

Business Events by Sarah Clarke on April 16, 2021

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and the Sustainable Care Research Programme will be discussing the risks that migrants working in the care sector face.

Senior care workers added to Shortage Occupation List in government U-turn

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on March 8, 2021

The Home Office has added senior care workers to the Shortage Occupation List, despite rejecting calls for this in October.

Immigration policy making it ‘impossible’ to recruit staff from EU, warns live-in care provider

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on February 23, 2021

Promedica24 said that Post-Brexit rules have led to care providers facing “even greater” difficulties in recruiting a suitable workforce.

Thousands of EU care workers risk losing immigration status as EUSS deadline approaches

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on January 26, 2021

The government is facing pressure to lift the deadline on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) or risk "devastating" the care sector.

Social care facing ‘perilously uncertain future’ after Brexit

Intelligence Studies by Lee Peart on January 4, 2021

The report by the Nuffield Trust says barriers to migration, disruption to medicines and economic slowdown could put the UK’s health and care system at risk.