From Scroll · Erica Consterdine, The Conversation · · 50s
UK doubles residency wait for care workers
UK doubles residency wait from five to ten years but exempts social care workers.
In brief
UK doubles residency wait from five to ten years but exempts social care workers. UK doubles residency wait to ten years but exempts social care workers from the new immigration rules. Originally reported by Scroll.
New residency rule
UK doubles residency wait from five to ten years for indefinite leave to remain.
Care workers exempt
Social care workers get exemption from the new residency rule.
Mixed response
Left says period too high, right says exemptions too lax.
Fairness concerns
Migrants expected five years for settlement but now face ten.
Political tension
Labour faces internal conflict over immigration policy.
Historical context
16 years of restrictive immigration rhetoric from 2010.
Labour's dilemma
Labour torn between union roots and migrant rights.
Recent shift
Exemption for care workers signals possible policy change.
What it means
UK doubles residency wait to ten years but exempts social care workers from the new immigration rules.
