UK updates.UK government starts taking action against illegal activities.Importance of joining union

*To all the ‘illegal’ agents,*

You better STOP this ‘human trafficking and modern day slavery’. Return the money back to those victims before it’s too late for you.

The campaign against illegal international recruitment is well underway! 👇🏼

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67151672

https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/home-office-cracking-down-on-overseas-recruitment/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/care-worker-whistleblower-outed-by-home-office-over-exploitation-claims

*To those who wish to report,*

Please email if you wish to report an agent or employer or if you are a victim or you wish to support a victim-
eas@beis.gov.uk, intelligence@gla.gov.uk
Or you can write me your concerns to
You can also report on line (The easiest way) at the link below or through the other ways underneath this-

https://www.gov.uk/report-immigration-crime

Other ways to report a crime:-
You can call any of the following numbers to report a crime anonymously.

Immigration Enforcement hotline
0300 123 7000

Crimestoppers
www.crimestoppers-uk.org
0800 555111

The Anti-Terrorist hotline
www.met.police.uk
0800 789 321

You can also call the police or go to your local police station and explain your situation or go straight to the TSA referral line https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/modern-slavery/supporting-survivors

Or call 24/7 available number *0800 808 3733*

You can also report fraud to HMRC online or by phone. You do not have to give your personal details. Any information you give will be treated as confidential.

BBC NEWS

A national helpline for victims of modern slavery is reporting a steep rise in calls from overseas workers who came to the UK to help plug staffing gaps in the care sector.
Many said they had paid huge sums to the people who brought them over after visa rules changed last year.

Unseen UK said more than 700 care staff used its helpline in 2022.
Ministers say they “strongly condemn” offering foreign care workers employment “under false pretences”.

The charity’s latest figures show:
in 2021 its helpline was contacted about 15 cases of modern slavery in the care sector, involving 63 potential victims
by 2022 there were 106 cases, involving 708 potential victims
in 2023 the figures have continued to rise
Nearly one in five potential modern-slavery victims identified by the charity in 2022 worked in the care sector.

Reports of modern slavery double in UK care sector
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The report, published on Monday, says some workers are being charged thousands of pounds for travel to the UK and sponsorship certificates.
The cost of sponsorship is a few hundred pounds, which is met by most care companies – but the charity says a few unscrupulous employers and agents are charging workers as much as £25,000, adding interest and deducting the debt from their wages.
“It becomes evident that workers are in a cycle where they will never be able to pay off the debt,” says the report.

Divya, whose name has been changed by the charity to protect her identity, called the helpline after arriving in the UK from India to work in home care.
She said she was housed with four other care workers, their passports were taken and they had to sign a three-year contract with the care company.

Care providers have told BBC News some overseas staff are emailing them or arriving at their offices asking if they can take them on because the company that brought them to the UK is either giving them no work or not enough for them to survive.

Fearing deportation

Mary Anson, who runs five care homes in Cornwall, says she was approached by two overseas care workers who were brought to the UK by a home-care company but given no work. Ms Anson is now trying to take over their sponsorship.
She says overseas care workers are terrified they will be deported if they tell anyone how they were treated.
“They need to have somewhere safe to report what is going on.”
She has recruited 20 people from abroad who are “skilled and caring” but questions whether some of the companies who have been recruiting from abroad “are real care providers”.
Jane Townson, from the Homecare Association, says there has been an influx of new agencies in some areas.

Ms Williams wants the rules for issuing visa licences to organisations tightened but says, longer-term, the only way “to get a grip on the social-care staffing crisis is by improving pay and working conditions”.
The government says overseas care workers in the UK should be paid at least the required minimum salary and has published a recruitment code of practice.
“The government does not tolerate illegal activity in the labour market and any accusations of illegal employment practices will be thoroughly looked into,” said an official.
“Those found operating unlawfully may face prosecution and/or removal from the sponsorship register.”