As a member of the Labour Exploitation Advisory Group, we have submitted evidence to the House of Lords Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee.

Here's how recent legislation has undermined the UK’s system of modern slavery protections 🚩

workrightscentre.org/news/labour-ex…

Conservatives are doing nothing to prevent exploitation of migrant workers through their new visa routes: theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

My letter to the Minister asks 11 Qs Govt must answer on exploitation, and asks him to adopt Labour's common sense measures to combat these practices

Potential wait for up to 24 months for those with pending EUSS admin reviews...

Please support / share how you can. The scale and impact of this issue is significant and needs addressing.

🧵In today's instalment of people with a BROKEN immigration status who have contacted us:

👉 Romanian man with pre-settled status whose status wrongly states it expired in Aug 2022. At risk of dismissal due to not be able to prove his Right to Work.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Exclusive on Times Radio - the heartbreaking story of the NHS consultant who has lost virtually his entire family in #Gaza and now wants to bring his orphaned nephew to the UK. The Home Office has so far refused and hasn’t issued a single visa to children injured in Gaza.

The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has published a report on the increase to the minimum income requirement (£18.6k➡️£38.7k) for family visas, from 11 April 2024.

It may be of interest for future challenges.🧵

publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5804/ldse…

🚨 Urgent call out please share 🚨

We are in urgent need of a probono Barrister or Level 3 Immigration Advisor to represent our client at Harmondsworth at 10am on 2nd April.

If you are able to help please email [email protected] 🙏

The ICIBI report on the social care sector is out. Slowly making my way through it and it’s as upsetting as everyone was expecting. This was so avoidable and yet here we are… gov.uk/government/pub…

This is today and follows Work Rights Centre and ILPA submissions around recent changes to rules on health and social care visas and Ukraine schemes. Should be interesting given how unimpressed committee were by recent impact assessments committees.parliament.uk/event/20580/fo…

This afternoon, we will tell the Lords that the exploitation we see arises not due to the insufficiency of the Modern Slavery Act, but as an outcome of work-sponsored visas, poor labour enforcement & low access to employment justice.

🕒Listen in at 3.35
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Really enjoyed recording earlier today this #conversationswithiris with Luke Piper Work Rights Centre on the structural factors that contribute to make #migrantworkers exploitable and precarious in the UK #immigration system.
youtube.com/watch?v=sN9Fb5…

⚡️The #RwandaBill is back in the UK House of Commons for MPs to vote on amendments from House of Lords. We stand in opposition to this Bill in its entirety. However, if the Govt insists on proceeding with this Bill, we urge MPs to agree with all ten of the Lords' Amendments. 🧵

I've sent this fantastic resource from Work Rights Centre to the care workers we interviewed. There has been an influx of 'Thank you's' and I've no doubt the FAQ will spread far! I'm so pleased this is part of the project to help those in and looking for work. thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

Charity Work Rights Centre supports migrant care workers who have been scammed by recruiters, left without work and indebted, or facing exploitation in their jobs

Together, we’ve put together an FAQ to answer some of care workers’ most common questions 👇

thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

Our investigation into the ways the health and care visa punishes whistleblowers, and creates conditions for widespread exploitation has been covered by newspapers in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and South Africa.

This is a sign of how important this story is for people outside the UK.

Exploitation in the UK’s care sector is a widespread problem.

So, we have created a guide to empower carers to fight back, while acknowledging their vulnerable immigration status.

Find it with the The Bureau of Investigative Journalism investigation into abuse in care & on our website

thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

We’ve put together a resource covering common employment and immigration issues we hear from those sponsored in the health and care sector.

Please note, there are going to be updates on the back of Thursday’s changes to the rules in due course.

Please share.

“Have been made to our clients” 👀

How it started. And how it is (still) going.