The United Kingdom government has issued a statement banning international health workers and carers from bringing their dependents to the country on work visas.
According to the statement released on Monday, the UK said the ban was part of the plans to reduce migration.
This was announced by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, James Cleverly, in a statement on the Home Office X account.
“From today, deva workers entering the UK on Health and Deva Worker visas can no longer bring dependants,” Cleverly wrote.
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“This is part of our plan to deliver the biggest ever cut in migration.
A graphic information was also placed on the account, saying “Banned: Overseas deva workers from bringing dependants.
“120,000 people who arrived last year would no longer be eligible under our new rules,” it added.
It should stated that the announcement was made based on the economic downtown facing the UK, which Rishi Sunak has been trying to fix.
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Early this year, in the same manner, the UK banned international students from bringing their families to the European country, affirming the measures to cut down migration.
Earlier on Monday, Bloomberg issued a report that a number of job vacancies has dropped in the UK.