How Can We Help? - Sources Of Help - Immigration Issues

Migrant Workers

Persons who qualify as migrant workers under the provisions of the Convention are entitled to enjoy their human rights regardless of their legal status. A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers to exploit them, according to the TUC.

Links

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Home Office

This site aims to provide you with clear information about the various routes open to Foreign Nationals who want to come and work in the United Kingdom. It may take some time to navigate around but it ontains a vast amount of information.

Joint Council for Welfare of Immigrants

JCWI offers free legal advice on immigration, nationality and asylum matters to immigration law professionals and private individuals

Worksmart

This section is for people coming to work in the UK from the European Union - particularly the new member countries. It gives information about your legal rights while you work here.

Amicus

The TUC and HSE have produced a brief health & safety guide for migrant workers, which outlines workers' rights, obligations, and employers' duties under health & safety legislation, with contact details for more information. The leaflet is available in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, Greek, Gujarati, Pashto, Portuguese, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian and Welsh, as well as English. It can be downloaded here.

Citizens Advice Bureau

The Citizens Advice Bureau helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.

 

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