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‘Ah the irony:’ Aamer Anwar says he doubts Reform has handed over the names of the far-right thugs who went on the rampage in Glasgow last weekend to the Police
A “SEISMIC shift” in Britain’s visa system is needed to protect all workers from “super-exploitation and abuse,” according to a new study by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER).
The current visa system for migrant employment, where employers “sponsor” migrant staff to come to Britain, “undermines, devalues and dehumanises” workers and should be replaced, the study found.
It calls to replace the sponsorship system with “a rights-based regime” that would include affordable visa charges, a shift away from short-term visas towards permanent migration, a mechanism for employers, unions and ministers to decide the rules and protections for migrant workers under the 2010 Equality Act.
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
Farage and other Reform-ers keep pointing to Dubai’s immigration policy – but there migrants make up most of the population and do all the work without any rights, muses SOLOMON HUGHES
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues