BrIefIng 3: SeTTlemenT
sno a ok
Sio ca woks a dd as ca woks ‘...with thadditioa dutis o ot i supvisio ad oitoi o cawoks ad ca assistats ... [Thy] wi ot b i cha o a shit o woks
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...’ gay this positio quis at ast twoyas xpic ad quaicatios quivat to nVQ v 3. Ipactic, ost iat sio ca woks a uch o quaidad xpicd tha that. O th 11 pop w itviwd, thytod us that bo thy ca to th UK:
th w quaid uss o idwivs with ds, o with20 yas xpic, o with 14.
th had physiothapy ds, o with 20 yas xpic.
two had ay yas xpic o woki i hospitas.Th wok ot ivovs o ad ati-socia hous.W wok 8 hous a day with oy 30 iuts bak. This isaways th cas. Sotis w do ovti, but that is otpaid just to catch up with th wok udo. (1)Wa vs o Sio Ca Woks a vy ow. I 2007, thHo Oc said it woud us visas to pop paid ss tha£7.02 p hou epoys us to pay o, sayi that thycoud ot aod it bcaus th pay at is paty dtid bywhat oca authoitis wi pay o ca pacts.
why do no a ok om to th UK?
Cay, was a ot th attactio. Oc ivi costs a takito accout, th a w oppotuitis to sav, spciay sicay woks hav aiy i th UK to suppot ad aso aiyi thi ho coutis. Pop aso hav to pay acy s,as ad bods, with a ava tota cost o £2000 – £5000. Aseish spaks, woks o th Phiippis hav optios i thUK, US, Caada, nw Zaad, Austaia: a coutis with aipopuatios ad icasi ca ds. Acis, couad byth Phiippi ovt which ooks to ittacs to suppotth cooy, cuit to th UK.But Sio Ca Woks td to b pop i idd i, bcauso thi vs o xpic ad quaicatio, ad so ot havboth chid ad dy pats. Th attactio o th UK is thpossibiity o sttt which is s as ostti th ow was,poo coditios ad dicutis. Sio Ca Woks o iitd avwok visas a boud by ths woki coditios o thi st vyas i th UK as thy a tid to o poy o scto. But octhy t sttd status, thy ca ov jobs, d btt poysad was ad ov out o tid accoodatio. may Sio CaWoks ov to th UK with pats o chid, sotis sihos to ud thi costs, xpcti that thy wi b ab to akth UK thi ho. Thy a wii to tak this isk ad ov o thchac to stt i th UK.Bo I ca h, sttt was a optio that I havaty tak ito cosidatio pio to dcidi woki ith UK. Th sttt out was pat o ou pas as a aiyapat o kowi that th wok I wi do is sothi that isdd i this couty. I a a hihy quaid us both i thPhiippis ad th UAe ad had o tha 20 yas wokiwith patits ad vuab aduts. I chos th UK bcausI xpctd that I ca stt h to dvop a ca wh Ica povid a coptitiv ca svic o o t. I coudhav chos ..Caada to wok i sttt i th UK was ota optio. (12)
why ttlmnt mpotant?
Sttt was th ky to ay Sio Ca Woks’ dcisio toco to th UK. Thy w ot ooki o a tip aboad o a apya: thy w had woki aiis dcidi to do a dicut,ow paid job, i tu o which thy xpctd to b aowd toiv h with thi aiis. So a sti waiti to d out i thy wi t sttd status vtuay. Cosidi th ow was,isks associatd with ovi to th UK ad dicut wok, skidSio Ca Woks a uiky to co to th UK o 5 yasoy. futho, thos who ca bo th chas a owhavi th us chad ud th. Th atst ictiv o coi to th UK to udtak this kid o wok is bi takaway at thy hav coittd to coi to th UK ad havwokd o ay yas.Bcaus this is ou i, w just wat to iv ad wok, whad othi t to do but that but it was tak away. I thikI dsv to b a citiz by a o what happs it is th oyway it ca b paid bcaus I was ot oy a ood citiz,I hp th pop h, I do ot coit ci, I spak thaua, I a a taxpay ad v askd oy o thovt, this shoud b o tha ouh o to biv citizship. (3)I woks i skid ca jobs a ot ab to stt i th UK,thy wi ook to oth coutis with o avouab us, whichhav siia ds o cas o thi ai popuatio. Caada,o xap, has a liv-I Caiv Poa, which cuitsay o th Phiippis, ad os pat sidc o woks ad thi aiis at two yas o authoisd wok, witho coditios about saay o savis
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. By 2007, aost 7,000 iv-i caivs had pat sidc
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.Aady, socia ca woks ad uss o th Phiippiscostitut o th ast oups o iat cas i Iad, thUS ad Caada
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. nw Zaad aso os sidc to iatwoks cuitd to shota occupatios (icudi usiad physiothapy) at two yas’ wok. I 2011, th OeCDcodd that coutis ik th UK ipov th cuitto ca woks, icudi iats, ad icas th ttio o thos succssuy cuitd, iv th oba shotas i th cawokoc
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