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The Guardian - UK
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Shanti Das

Flawed UK visa scheme led to ‘horrific’ care worker abuse, says watchdog

Full length rear view of male nurse pushing senior man on wheelchair at hospital
Thousands of workers in the care sector may have been exploited by rogue agencies. Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images

A post-Brexit visa scheme to fill vacancies in social care was badly designed and enabled “horrific” abuse of migrant workers, the UK’s anti-slavery watchdog has said.

Commissioner Eleanor Lyons said the care worker visa route introduced by the Conservatives in February 2022 had caused avoidable harm and “some really severe” exploitation.

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