Reactions have continued to trail the tweet by the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, James Cleverly, who had reported the British Government’s decision to ban foreign care workers from bringing their families as from April.
Taking to his verified X [formerly Twitter] handle @JamesCleverly on Monday [today], the MP for Braintree had tweeted:
We are delivering on our plan for the biggest-ever cut in migration.
Overseas care workers brought an estimated 120,000 dependants to the UK in the year ending Sep 23.
Today we’ve put a stop to this👇 pic.twitter.com/myjR9crG4H
— James Cleverly🇬🇧 (@JamesCleverly) March 11, 2024
The Parliamentarian’s tweet was sequel to that of the Home Office earlier on:
From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants.
This is part of our plan to deliver the biggest ever cut in migration. pic.twitter.com/lrP9Xp8NUa
— Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) March 11, 2024
See the reactions:
Expecting someone with a spouse and children not to relocate their family for work in the UK is an unreasonable demand. It overlooks family unity and support, especially in the context of significant life changes such as Intl relocation. They have to choose bw career & family.
— Nkechi First (@nkechi_first) March 11, 2024
So you expect them to come in to come take care of your families, but they should leave their families back in their country?
— Ayodeji Aladejana (@AladejanaDeji) March 11, 2024
Many people are going to get overworked because of this. Nurses are leaving the Uk for USA and other countries and now the government is targeting the only work force that supports Nurses.
A huge thanks to all those working in the UK Healthcare system. You are highly…
— Akinwunmi 🇳🇬🇬🇧 (@Dieux_oint) March 11, 2024
The people in care will pay the ultimate price for this Tory election campaign.
— Savan Qadir (@savanQadir) March 11, 2024
Excellent incentive for plugging the 152,000 vacancy shortfall in the care worker sector.
Great governance guys.
— Naks Bilal (@NaksBilal) March 11, 2024
and in 6 months, if indeed they are still around, they will express great surprise at there being so few care workers and will lay the blame anywhere but here, the moment they broke it.
the Tory way is –
Promise everything
do nothing
claim it never happened.— The Secret DJ. (@SecretDJBook) March 11, 2024
Immigrants with the experience and manpower you need will have to stop coming then. The UK isn’t the only place to go. Cos how can you ask a person to come serve you but leave their families behind. How are they supposed to concentrate and give the job their best?!!
The people…— Wizle🪷 (@Ada_Ojilibeka) March 11, 2024
That just encourages more illegal entries via dinghy.
— 🇨🇭🏴LucyMostJuicy🏴🇨🇭© (@BainzyC) March 11, 2024
I’m British. My daughter is British. I met my partner teaching for @BritishCouncil in Asia. Daddy can’t come because Mummy doesn’t earn £37,600. Do you?
1,835 days the Home Office have denied her her father.
5 YEARS!!!
All because I have a spinal injury and struggle to meet the…— Koo Dee (@Koodleskoo) March 11, 2024
What’s the plan to train indigenous carers & nurses?
Hospitals used to recruit & train locals & house them on hospital grounds where they had decades long careers caring for their communities that invested in them.— Alan Taylor-Shearer (@cpltshirt) March 11, 2024
Absolute disgrace! You expect them to come here and take care of our families and loved ones, but they can’t look after their own? Disgraceful and abhorrent!
— UTD_MNM 🇬🇧 🇵🇰 🇵🇸 (@UTD_MNM) March 11, 2024
Oh my god! This is stopping health and care workers to come and work in UK. We need them! What is going to happen to this country.
— Justice will prevail (@justice123401) March 11, 2024
You want them to take care of Britons families… While leaving their own immediate family behind.
Well-done.
— JaxTalker (@JaxTalker) March 11, 2024
