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UNISON condemns government plans to hike visa fees for migrants

Visa fees don’t just hit bank balances – it leaves families destitute.” Speaking to the Guardian […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Government’s treatment of migrant workers is shameful

“Hundreds of thousands of care jobs are unfilled, yet the government is intent on cutting off a source of skilled workers just when the UK needs them the most […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Frontline care and health workers face thousands of pounds of government ​visa charges

It’s perverse that ministers ignore the contribution of care and NHS support staff ​

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Cruel migration plans are a disaster for health and social care

"The government is playing roulette with essential services just to placate its backbenchers and the far-right. But […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Blog: The shocking treatment of migrant workers harms us all

It’s broken, on the brink of collapse and only being propped up by the work of migrants. Workers from abroad have sold everything they own to come here and care for people. But instead of […]

Article, General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.

EU citizens facing discrimination over jobs and housing

Their growing problems come as Brexit talks between the UK government and EU negotiators are already threatening to break down – in part over workers’ rights […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Lords back EU migrants’ right to remain

Setback for government’s ‘repugnant’ use of EU migrants as Brexit bargaining chips

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

£35k migrant worker minimum salary doesn’t add up for NHS workers

The government’s attitude to these workers has been “shocking” he said and is one of the key causes of the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Scrapping of NHS surcharge for migrant health and care workers ‘long overdue’

Government should remove the charge for all migrant workers

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Dave Prentis calls for full transparency on EU negotiations

Once Article 50 is invoked, the UK government will be involved in twin-track negotiations with Brussels – on the specific terms and conditions […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Rising visa fees and reduced student numbers could worsen NHS recruitment crisis, says UNISON

Ministers have to understand there are consequences to demonising migrant workers, who may choose not to come to the UK

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

EU migrant members speak up for right to remain

These union members and their families deserve better than years of uncertainty, while the government uses them as bargaining chips in the forthcoming negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU. A […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON demands action on migrant worker health surcharge

The IHS is a health tax on migrants introduced under the government's 'hostile environment for migrants' agenda. It’s an extra payment that migrant workers and their […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘People are not bargaining chips’

From nurses to businesspeople, hundreds came together to demand that they not be used as bargaining chips in the negotiations around the UK’s departure form the European Union. A packed meeting […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Settled status: UNISON can help

“This government has already broken the promises they made to Europeans citizens and non-EU family members during […]

Article on the UNISON National site.