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UK Response to Aid Abused Migrant Carers Failing Most, Data Show
A major government initiative to match exploited migrant care workers in the UK with new employers has helped less than 4% find new roles, according to a Freedom of Information request, casting further doubt on the government's efforts to cut migration in the social care sector.
More than 28,000 migrant care workers whose visas were tied to their employer had to be referred to government job-finding 'hubs' between May 2024 and April 2025, according data released by the Home Office in response to an FOI from charity the Work Rights Centre. That was after they lost the job they were supposed to fill when UK Visas and Immigration officers discovered more than 470 employers were exploiting staff, and revoked their licenses to sponsor overseas workers.
