The Home Office has been accused of failing to ensure EU nationals are not “dragged” into the hostile environment post-Brexit after the immigration minister said they would be subject to immigration checks by employers in the event of a no-deal. Caroline Nokes was unable to tell MPs how employers would be able to distinguish those with settled status and those without, prompting fears that Brexit “risks a repeat of the Windrush scandal for EU citizens”. Campaigners raised concerns that determining their right to work would be impossible because “no paperwork exists” to prove this, and warned that this could lead to the “unfair persecution of EU nationals”. The government is encouraging EU citizens to apply online for settled status, but the system is not yet fully live. Ministers say people will have until 30 June 2021 to apply. But under questioning by the Home Affairs Committee, the immigration minister admitted … [Read more...] about Home Office ‘risks repeat of Windrush scandal’ as employers required to check EU citizens’ right to work after Brexit
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Employers must check EU workers’ status under no-deal Brexit, says immigration minister
Employers will have to check any EU workers living in Britain have a right to be in the country under "a no-deal" Brexit. Immigration minister Caroline Nokes made the announcement, telling firms they would be expected to carry out "adequately rigorous checks".She gave no further clarity on what the government would expect of business to ensure all workers are in the UK legitimately.If there is no Brexit deal, EU citizens already living in the UK will be allowed to stay by applying for "settled status". The scheme had a trial opening and will extend to all EU citizens by March 2019, closing in June 2021.Ms Nokes could not say how EU citizens who wait until the end of that period to apply could be differentiated by employers and admitted in some cases it could be "almost impossible"."We want as many people as possible to go through the settled status scheme as quickly and as efficiently as possible," she told the Commons home affairs select committee on Tuesday."We want to make sure we … [Read more...] about Employers must check EU workers’ status under no-deal Brexit, says immigration minister
News.Az — Your Window to the RegionAzerbaijan presents new project AMAL on employment and prevention of rural population flow to cities
The Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan has presented AMAL - a new project aimed to increase agricultural employment. Mirza Aliyev, the head of the MoA State Project & Credit Management Service, stated that the project term is three years. "The project is implemented with the support of the Food & Agriculture Organization, which allocated AZN 2 million for the purpose," Aliyev said. He emphasized that it is known that about 50% of the employed part of the population, in particular, young people, are living in rural areas. The project defines three main priorities – employment, use of green technology innovations and improvement of entrepreneurial and professional skills. The goal of the new project is to increase interest in agriculture and prevent the flow to the city, food security, and environmental protection. "A pilot group to be formed to implement the project will consist of 200 people to be selected in 10 pilot districts. At the first stage, workshops on the … [Read more...] about News.Az — Your Window to the RegionAzerbaijan presents new project AMAL on employment and prevention of rural population flow to cities
UK immigration minister: ‘Almost impossible’ for employers to know which EU citizens can stay post-Brexit
LONDON — Employers will find it “almost impossible” to identify European Union citizens with the right to work in the U.K. but who have not yet secured the new “settled status,” the U.K.’s immigration minister said today. Caroline Nokes said U.K. employers would still be expected to check employees had a right to work in the country through a new “employers digital check,” but admitted there was “absolutely going to be a difficultly” in differentiating between “those who have been here and not been through the [settled status] process and those who have come as visitors and then seek to work.” The U.K. government would take a “pragmatic approach,” Nokes told the House of Commons’ home affairs select committee, but admitted the situation would present an “enormous challenge” for both employers and EU citizens with the right to work to make sure they go through the settled status scheme … [Read more...] about UK immigration minister: ‘Almost impossible’ for employers to know which EU citizens can stay post-Brexit
Employers must check EU nationals’ right to work, says minister
Employers will be expected to check whether EU nationals have the right to work in the UK during any Brexit transition period, even though it will be almost impossible to assess this, and the nature of the checks remain unknown, Caroline Nokes, the immigration minister, has told MPs. In a sometimes difficult appearance before the home affairs select committee, Nokes said it would be up to companies offering jobs to EU nationals post-Brexit to determine whether those applicants were eligible to work in the UK. This appears to contradict a press briefing this summer in which the Home Office indicated it would not require employers to make immigration checks on existing staff who are EU citizens. Questioned by MPs, Nokes conceded it would be difficult for employers to make such checks, given that long-standing residents from EU member states had a two-year period to go through the “settled status” programme, proving their right to remain and to work. When asked how employers … [Read more...] about Employers must check EU nationals’ right to work, says minister