Care homes hit by immigration changes
12 November 2008
 People in care homes could suffer as a result of changes to immigration laws, it has been claimed. According to the Martin Green, chief executive of the English Community Care Association, homes could close due to new employment restrictions placed on people from outside Europe.He said: "We're going to get closures because local authorities won't pay more."Adding: "At the end of the day vulnerable people will suffer."Mr Green said his "worst fears" had been realised, as only the most skilled care workers from outside the EU have been included on the government's shortage occupation list.He claimed that workers were needed from places like India because similar skills were not available to employers from European workers.Ministers have said that they will cut jobs in the UK available to non-EU workers by 200,000.Workers from the EU, with the exception of those from Bulgaria and Romania, will remain free to take up any job they want to. © 2008 Adfero Ltd. All rights reserved. Any views and opinions expressed in news articles are not those of Craegmoor Limited and its associated companies. News supplied by Adfero DirectNews.
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