The UK government will end overseas recruitment of care workers this year as part of a broader effort to reduce net migration, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced on Sunday. Cooper said it is “time to end care worker recruitment from abroad,” and revealed that new rules would require care providers to hire British workers or extend visas for those already in the UK.
The government will outline the full changes on Monday, aimed at cutting the number of low-skilled migrants, particularly in the care sector, by up to 50,000 over the next year. The move comes as the government seeks to address persistently high migration figures.
Net migration reached a record 906,000 in the year to June 2023 and remained high at 728,000 last year.
