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Bi 3: Sttt

1. Th UK wi d skid iat ca woks o th osab utu2. Skid iat ca woks a hadwoki aiis

3. sttlmnt  on of th man aon klld a ok om to Btan

4. It’s uai to cha iiatio us o pop aady sttd who’v pad thi ivs5. Saay vs shoud ot dti who stts

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sno a ok

Sio ca woks a dd as ca woks ‘...with thadditioa dutis o ot i supvisio ad oitoi o cawoks ad ca assistats ... [Thy] wi ot b i cha o a shit o woks

...’ gay this positio quis at ast twoyas xpic ad quaicatios quivat to nVQ v 3. Ipactic, ost iat sio ca woks a uch o quaidad xpicd tha that. O th 11 pop w itviwd, thytod us that bo thy ca to th UK:

th w quaid uss o idwivs with ds, o with20 yas xpic, o with 14.

th had physiothapy ds, o with 20 yas xpic.

two had ay yas xpic o woki i hospitas.Th wok ot ivovs o ad ati-socia hous.W wok 8 hous a day with oy 30 iuts bak. This isaways th cas. Sotis w do ovti, but that is otpaid just to catch up with th wok udo. (1)Wa vs o Sio Ca Woks a vy ow. I 2007, thHo Oc said it woud us visas to pop paid ss tha£7.02 p hou epoys us to pay o, sayi that thycoud ot aod it bcaus th pay at is paty dtid bywhat oca authoitis wi pay o ca pacts.

why do no a ok om to th UK?

Cay, was a ot th attactio. Oc ivi costs a takito accout, th a w oppotuitis to sav, spciay sicay woks hav aiy i th UK to suppot ad aso aiyi thi ho coutis. Pop aso hav to pay acy s,as ad bods, with a ava tota cost o £2000 – £5000. Aseish spaks, woks o th Phiippis hav optios i thUK, US, Caada, nw Zaad, Austaia: a coutis with aipopuatios ad icasi ca ds. Acis, couad byth Phiippi ovt which ooks to ittacs to suppotth cooy, cuit to th UK.But Sio Ca Woks td to b pop i idd i, bcauso thi vs o xpic ad quaicatio, ad so ot havboth chid ad dy pats. Th attactio o th UK is thpossibiity o sttt which is s as ostti th ow was,poo coditios ad dicutis. Sio Ca Woks o iitd avwok visas a boud by ths woki coditios o thi st vyas i th UK as thy a tid to o poy o scto. But octhy t sttd status, thy ca ov jobs, d btt poysad was ad ov out o tid accoodatio. may Sio CaWoks ov to th UK with pats o chid, sotis sihos to ud thi costs, xpcti that thy wi b ab to akth UK thi ho. Thy a wii to tak this isk ad ov o thchac to stt i th UK.Bo I ca h, sttt was a optio that I havaty tak ito cosidatio pio to dcidi woki ith UK. Th sttt out was pat o ou pas as a aiyapat o kowi that th wok I wi do is sothi that isdd i this couty. I a a hihy quaid us both i thPhiippis ad th UAe ad had o tha 20 yas wokiwith patits ad vuab aduts. I chos th UK bcausI xpctd that I ca stt h to dvop a ca wh Ica povid a coptitiv ca svic o o t. I coudhav chos ..Caada to wok i sttt i th UK was ota optio. (12)

why  ttlmnt mpotant?

Sttt was th ky to ay Sio Ca Woks’ dcisio toco to th UK. Thy w ot ooki o a tip aboad o a apya: thy w had woki aiis dcidi to do a dicut,ow paid job, i tu o which thy xpctd to b aowd toiv h with thi aiis. So a sti waiti to d out i thy wi t sttd status vtuay. Cosidi th ow was,isks associatd with ovi to th UK ad dicut wok, skidSio Ca Woks a uiky to co to th UK o 5 yasoy. futho, thos who ca bo th chas a owhavi th us chad ud th. Th atst ictiv o coi to th UK to udtak this kid o wok is bi takaway at thy hav coittd to coi to th UK ad havwokd o ay yas.Bcaus this is ou i, w just wat to iv ad wok, whad othi t to do but that but it was tak away. I thikI dsv to b a citiz by a o what happs it is th oyway it ca b paid bcaus I was ot oy a ood citiz,I hp th pop h, I do ot coit ci, I spak thaua, I a a taxpay ad v askd oy o thovt, this shoud b o tha ouh o  to biv citizship. (3)I woks i skid ca jobs a ot ab to stt i th UK,thy wi ook to oth coutis with o avouab us, whichhav siia ds o cas o thi ai popuatio. Caada,o xap, has a liv-I Caiv Poa, which cuitsay o th Phiippis, ad os pat sidc o woks ad thi aiis at two yas o authoisd wok, witho coditios about saay o savis

. By 2007, aost 7,000 iv-i caivs had pat sidc

.Aady, socia ca woks ad uss o th Phiippiscostitut o th ast oups o iat cas i Iad, thUS ad Caada

. nw Zaad aso os sidc to iatwoks cuitd to shota occupatios (icudi usiad physiothapy) at two yas’ wok. I 2011, th OeCDcodd that coutis ik th UK ipov th cuitto ca woks, icudi iats, ad icas th ttio o thos succssuy cuitd, iv th oba shotas i th cawokoc

what ha gon ong?

I 2006 th w about 11,000 iat Sio Ca Woks, thast oup o who w o th Phiippis

. most xpctdto wok i th UK o v yas, wi thi visas as cssay,ad th appy o sttd status which was what th us saidth. Th UK Bod Acy chad th us i 2006, quyith skis v dd o ay jobs o which pop had visas asSio Ca Woks, ad stti a iiu wa v o £7.02a hou. may who had to w thi visas w usd. At a ot o potsts, i 2007 th govt backd dow o thskis vs but ot o th wa v. Woks w tod that i thy w paid ss, thy coud d aoth poy, but othad vy itt ti to do this bo thy had to w thi visas.This causd chaos o woks ad thi aiis, who had to ovacoss th couty, wait i th UK with o was coi i, o v tu to th Phiippis to wait o a w visa.my aiy [two kids ad husbad] w h wh thspobs happd. Wh I had th pobs, w hadto ov to just o si oo ad w ost ost o ou possssios. W w hpd by ids but it was dicutsic y two chid w sti oi to schoo ad w havto sav up a ou oy o ood ad sstias. (5)my wi was 6 oths pat that ti so w ca’t o backto Phiippis as o aii woud accpt us. I watd to tw poy ad stt y £5,000 oa …….It took aost o ya to t a w wok pit ad visa. It’s byas o  ad y aiy o sui ad a. (9)I 2011, th us chad aai. Pop who had wokd, tiyay, o v yas o visas issud bo th us chad abi tod that thy caot t sttd status bcaus thy a paidtoo itt. But it is a catch 22: thy caot cha thi jobs utithy t sttd status. Ad poys say that thy caot payo bcaus oca ad hath authoitis a cutti costs adthy caot pay wa icass.

what  happnng no?

Th govt has issud a cosutatio o sttt. I it thysay ‘W wat to d th otio that coi to th UK to wok wisut i pat stay o a thos who wat it

.Thy popos that skid woks who co to th UK wi oyb aowd i o a tpoay basis. So ay b aowd to stayat v yas: thos ai ov £150,000 o xap. Othswi b xpctd to av at v yas.Th popuatio i th UK is ai ad th wi b a icasiub o od pop i d o ca. Who wi ook at ou ds, ou sick ad ou disabd i ou ca woks o?I hop thy ca s th ipotac o ou cotibutio to thi couty by taki ca ad svi thi couty ad itu thy wi hp us i ou pst situatio as thy aaways oi o about ai tatt. I hop it wi b ai o th both patis, v thouh w ca o oi couty.(4)Thakuy I a ow a Bitish citiz but th a a ot o this that I had to o thouh ad it was ay touh. Thyak it touh o iats i this couty i spit o ot ivius pop appciatio o what w cotibut to th socity.(11)

what an  do?

Tll th Govnmnt ho mpotant ttlmnt  tomgant a ok

Tll th Govnmnt ho mpotant mgant aok a to ou ldly and dabld popl

campagn to oppo th fual of ttlmnt tomgant a ok.

I th Skis o Ca (SC) natioa miiu Datast o Socia Ca i ead

Ioatio o Caadia ovt wbsithttp://www.cic.c.ca/ish/wok/caiv

Spc, Saah t a Th ro o miat Ca Woks i Ai Socitis:rpot o rsach fidis i th Uitd Kido, Iad, Caada ad thUitd Stats Itatioa Oaisatio o miatio gva 2010.

Ibid

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