UK Pinoy caregivers face deportation
Posted by Mai on October 30th, 2007
ABS-CBN Interactive
UK Pinoy caregivers face deportation
Filipino caregivers in the United Kingdom threatened to stage a rally following a British Home Office directive that states work permits will not be renewed if their contracts are less than five years.
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau reported that the Home Office’s refusal to renew Filipinos’ work permits will affect more than 1,000 caregivers, including their dependents.
Bureau chief Danny Buenafe said in his report that a number of British lawmakers, as well as Unison, the biggest trade union in the UK, have expressed their support for the protest action, which has been scheduled on November 3.
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