Government accused of playing roulette with essential services just to placate its backbenchers and the far-right
migrant workers
Ministers have to understand there are consequences to demonising migrant workers, who may choose not to come to the UK
The government should stop demonising migrants, instigate reform and create a national care service
The cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge – a double tax migrant workers have to pay to access healthcare – is set to increase to over £1,000 a year for each person
UNISON is launching a dedicated network to support migrant members
Conference hears the surcharge is a form of tax mainly targeting Black people
UNISON has discovered cases of care home employers trapping overseas nurses in exploitative workplaces and charging them thousands of pounds if they try to leave
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If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen living and working in the UK, you need to make sure you have applied for settled status before 30 June
Despite massive NHS staff shortages, healthcare workers have been forced to return to their home countries during the pandemic
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Dedication to the NHS has made no difference to a surgical assistant seeking to renew her visa
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It’s perverse that ministers ignore the contribution of care and NHS support staff
Migrant key workers are on the pandemic frontline but their fight to remain in the country is harder than ever
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Government should remove the charge for all migrant workers
Out of touch ministers measure value only in pounds and pence
“UNISON will carry on campaigning with, and on behalf, of our European members and their families to retain their existing rights post Brexit.”