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'Rampant exploitation' of social care visa system exposed in damning new report

Source: PA Archive

A rush to hire carers from overseas resulted in a “shocking” wave of abuse of worker visas, a damning report revealed on Tuesday.

The Home Office gave out 275 certificates of sponsorship to a care home after "forged" documents were used to make an application, the probe found.

In another case 1,234 certificates for carers were granted to a company that stated it had only four employees.

“In just these two examples, up to 1,500 people could have arrived in this country and been encouraged by

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