Thousands of Bangladeshi care workers face deportation: Report

May 13, 2024
  • 3,081 care workers had their sponsorship certificates cancelled by the Home Office in 2022 and 2023

The Home Office has taken enforcement action against their employers, which could result in the deportation of thousands of Bangladeshi migrant care workers in the UK.

Several victims including Suhel Ahmad, Mubed Chowdhury, Selina Akhtar Koli told Daily Dazzling Dawn that, care homes are now walking the path of fraud to protect themselves after government canceling the license to bring foreign workers of more than hundreds of care homes.  A care home that needs 10 staff only hires 40 staff for the greed of big money.  Now they are not able to give work to additional workers. 

On the other hand, the workers who have been unemployed for several months are also pressuring the brokers to provide jobs.  In such circumstances, many employers report to the home office that the relevant worker has not contacted the company and started work after arriving in the UK. 

Because of that false information, the home office is canceling the cos directly without giving any time off to the worker.  The workers can't get the chance of 60-day notice due to the false information provided by the care homes. Then there is no chance of change of employer,visa route or any kind of appeal. Then the worker has no option except forced to return to back home in empty hand. In this type of cases banning the worker's from all kind of visa applications in Britain for the next ten years.

Since the government announced to close the way to bring dependents on care visa from April 11, fraudsters are walking on a new path of fraud.

Fraud is taking place in the name of Tier Five Minister of Religion, imams, muezzins and madrasa teachers.  In the meantime, a case of fraud with at least ten Bangladeshis was exposed without the knowledge of the mosque committee in the name of mosques in an area of ​​London where there are Bangladeshis.

An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Observer found that 3,081 care workers had their sponsorship certificates cancelled by the Home Office in 2022 and 2023 due to companies losing their right to sponsor workers.

Legal advice:

Speaking to Daily Dazzling Dawn in this matter, Barrister Shuvagata Dey, Managing Partner of Lexpert Solicitors LLP in London, said that after coming to this country, keep the proof of contact with the employer, if the employer does DBS, keep a copy of it, if any training handbook or PDF is given and keep those copies. Directly with primary employer before arrival, he advised to come in contact.