Protesting migrant healthcare assistants call for removal of family reunification barriers

Protesting migrant healthcare assistants call for removal of family reunification barriers

Migrant healthcare assistants (HCAs) gathered outside the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to demand urgent reforms to work permit earnings rules, which they say are keeping them separated from their families. Under the current system, many migrant HCAs earn below the income threshold required to apply for family reunification. Workers have also pointed to … Read more