Thu, 03 Jul 2025

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 Home Office unaware if foreign workers leave after visas end, MPs say

The cross-party committee says the government has failed to gather "basic information".

* The Home Office does not know whether foreign workers are leaving the UK or staying after their visas expire.
* 1.18 million people have applied for skilled worker visas since its introduction in December 2020.
* The Home Office has failed to analyze exit checks, relying on airline passenger records instead.
* No analysis of these records has been done since 2020.
* The Home Office needs to set out measures to record when people leave the country.
* There is widespread evidence of workers suffering debt bondage, excessive hours, and exploitative conditions.
* The Home Office has been slow and ineffective in tackling exploitation.
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