Migrant workers travelled to the big cities in India to find work away from their impoverished villages. Many left without work and penniless after lockdown.
Immigration news
New UK fourteen quarantine requirement from 8 June will cause huge problems for travellers, travel industry, potentially migrant workers and damage the economy.
So-called lower-skilled migrant NHS workers will be included in coronavirus bereavement scheme granting residence after backlash against the Home Office. More, here.
USCIS has announced that US H1B visa holding doctors will be allowed to practice telemedicine under new guidelines. Full story, here.
Priti Patel’s controversial UK immigration bill has passed the initial Commons stage as Home Secretary resists calls to relax proposed rules. More, here.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is reportedly on the brink of collapse as coronavirus hits US visa application numbers and visa fees. More here.