The UK government has released a statement prohibiting foreign healthcare professionals and carers from entering the country with their dependents on work visas.
The ban was part of the plans to reduce migration, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, James Cleverly, announced in a statement on the Home Office X account on Monday.
“From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependents.
“This is part of our plan to deliver the biggest ever cut in migration,” Cleverly wrote.
An infographic was also placed on the account, saying, “Banned: Overseas care workers from bringing dependants.
“120,000 people who arrived last year would no longer be eligible under our new rules.”
He further disclosed that the announcement was made based on the economic situation facing the UK, adding that the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has been trying to fix it.
Persecondnews reports that earlier this year, the UK government banned international students from bringing their families as part of measures to cut down migration.
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