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UNISON Free Immigration advice for members; Non UK EU citizens have to apply by end of June 2021 for settled status
Immigration advice for UNISON membersIf you’re a migrant worker from a country outside the UK and need advice on immigration issues related to your work situation and right to work in the UK then get in touch.UNISON provides free immigrati…Read more…
Government breaks pledge to stop low-paid health and care staff paying twice to use the NHS
Boris Johnson promised a lifeline to low-paid workers then callously pulled it away
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Fighting on two fronts – and paying the price
Migrant key workers are on the pandemic frontline but their fight to remain in the country is even harder. UNISON is asking the government to grant them indefinite leave to remain. We hear what that…Read more…
Government’s treatment of migrant workers is shameful
Out of touch ministers measure value only in pounds and pence
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UNISON welcomes visa extension announcement
Home Office grants automatic extensions to health and care workers – and indefinite leave to remain to family of healthcare workers who die of COVID-19
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‘We’re being set up to fail’
Last week, the government announced the biggest shake-up of immigration policy in decades. In part two of our series investigating this new post-Brexit points-based immigration system, we look at the…Read more…
‘Totally bonkers’
Last Wednesday (February 19) UniteLive highlighted the government’s new ‘points-based’ immigration system. Now, we investigate further with a series of features about what these new…Read more…
Points-based immigration system slammed
Large labour shortages are predicted after the government unveiled its latest post-Brexit immigration plans which will bar both EU and non-EU migrant workers from securing visas for jobs paying less…Read more…
Immigration plans “spell disaster for care sector”, says UNISON
Ending the supply of workers will leave vulnerable with no support
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Fighting against NHS fees for pregnant migrant women
For pregnant women, the “hostile environment for migrants” is degrading and forces health workers to act foremost as border control and debt collectors instead of healthcare providers
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‘This is our time’, Prentis tells Black members
On ‘Brexit Day’ Dave Prentis spoke of the importance of protection for immigrants and justice for the Windrush generation
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Barriers to overseas recruitment will disrupt care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea warns proposals will cause uncertainty and instability
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‘Unite and fight for it’
As Labour Party delegates held a debate on the final day of conference on Wednesday (September 25) about immigration, Unite delegate Neelam Verma explains why she and her union stands with migrant…Read more…
The ‘truly appalling’ treatment of the Windrush generation
Conference overwhelmingly votes to continue to support members affected by the Windrush scandal and to campaign for a fairer immigration system
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Crying girl on the border
The winners of the World Press Photo 2019 contest have been announced, selected from over 78,000 photos taken by 4,738 photographers.Warning: contains images that some may find distressing.The winning image is by John Moore showing Honduran toddler Yan…Read more…
Please help stop another cruel right to stay refusal
Home Office continuing to reject application even though married couple meet the government’s stringent demands
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Immigration advice as we close on Brexit
If you’re a member and worried about your status after the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union, we can help
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Another Windrush?
Unite members from the EU have been urged to contact the union’s immigration helpline if they have concerns about living and working in the UK after Brexit, following the opening of the government’s…Read more…
‘Fear, hope and loss’
Britain’s divisions along cultural, education and economic lines were laid bare in a new wide-ranging study by anti-extremism campaigning group Hope Not Hate. The study, which is based on six…Read more…