UK Implements Strict Rule, Bans Some African Health Workers From Bringing Dependants

• The United Kingdom home office said foreign health workers can no longer bring their dependants into the country
• According to the announcement shared, this is part of its effort geared towards cutting migration into the country
• This means that under the new rule, 120,000 Nigerians who arrived in the country last year will be affected

Healthcare and social workers are no longer permitted to enter the UK with dependents, according to a new development.

The UK Home Office announced this on Monday, March 11, 2024, through its verified X handle, which was formerly Twitter.

It stated:

"Care workers are no longer permitted to bring dependents into the UK on Health and Care Worker visas as of right now.”

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It noted that the development is part of its plan to deliver the biggest-ever cut in migration.

It further stated that 120,000 people who arrived in the country last year would no longer be eligible under its new rules.

Recall that Legit.ng had reported that it was considering reducing the number of dependents foreign care workers can bring for relocation.

The environmental secretary, Steve Barclay, stated that the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, was considering a ban on numbers as an alternative to reducing figures.

The immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, also proposed that foreign workers could be restricted from bringing their family members to the UK or allowed to come with one relative.

The policy was established under former Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who said the country would ban international students from bringing family members to the United Kingdom unless they were taking postgraduate research courses.

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Barclay said:

“We’re taking action, for example, on dependants, so around 150,000 student dependants where that route has been closed. That announcement has been made.”

“One of the areas where I know the home secretary will want to look is dependants of those coming into the care sector."

UK Organisation praises Ghana's parliament

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a UK-based NGO had stormed the Parliament of Ghana to commend Speaker Alban Bagbin and MPs for repealing the death penalty.

The Organisation's executive director told the Speaker when he visited Parliament that the repeal of the law was truly historic.

Source: Legit.ng