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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Chris Osuh

Union launches charter to protect care workers on sponsored UK visas

An anonymous care home worker seen from shoulders down carries a meal on a tray
Signatories to the migrant care workers charter will commit to creating an ‘ethical recruiter list’. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Care workers from countries such as India, Nigeria and the Philippines who faced losing their immigration status in the UK if they left their employers have been promised new protections by a landmark, grassroots deal.

The migrant care workers charter is an agreement designed by care workers and the trade union Unison to prevent the exploitation of people on sponsored visas – and Salford council is the first in the country to sign up to it.

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