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Government visa rules allowing rogue employers to abuse and exploit care workers, union warns
A member of the military at passport control at Manchester airport as they scab against striking Border Force officers, December 29, 2022

GOVERNMENT visa rules are letting rogue employers and recruitment agencies rip off, abuse and exploit care workers from overseas, a shocking report by Unison has revealed.

The public service union said visa regulations give “dodgy” employers “total freedom to exploit overseas staff at whim.”

Examples include charging thousands of pounds for “introductions” and “care training,” hundreds of pounds for “cultural induction,” poor working conditions and sub-standard accommodation.

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