The Migration Advisory Committee have published the outcome of their Review of the shortage occupation list 2023 for the UK.
The MAC said, in their report:
“We have [also] recommended that care workers and senior care workers remain on the SOL, given their recent inclusion and the government’s continued failure to respond to our April 2022 report on the sector. We are increasingly concerned about the serious exploitation issues being reported within the care sector. We therefore plan to closely monitor the use of the immigration system by care work occupations, and the health and social care sector more broadly, and will provide further comment on this area in our 2023 Annual Report in December.”
For more, see Letter to Suella Braverman, Home Secretary and Robert Jenrick, Minister for Immigration from Professor Brian Bell, Chair, Migration Advisory Committee.
Separately, immigration fees for sponsoring employers and their migrant workers increased by 15% from 4 October. The revised table of fees is available here. Legal comment.
The Homecare Association, which supports care workers and senior care workers staying on the SOL while recruitment and retention remain difficult in the UK, recently responded to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s Call for Evidence calling for a number of improvements to the international recruitment system.
