This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Give all foreign NHS & Care Workers indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
The Government should provide all foreign NHS and Care Workers, who are working or volunteering during the Covid 19 outbreak, the right to indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
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NHS, Care Workers including vital staff like hospital cleaners are putting themselves in harm's way to protect and save UK citizens during it's greatest time of need. The Government should recognize the vital and invaluable contributions of all foreign NHS and Care Workers by providing them with the right to indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action.
Award immigrant key workers with permanent residency after coronavirus crisis: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307483
Citizenship to all immigrant key workers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313825
Indefinite Leave to Remain for NHS Staff: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312565
Give non-British citizens who are NHS workers automatic citizenship: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305129
Citizenship for all immigrant NHS and social care workers - Covid19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312894
Free British Citizenship applications for foreign NHS staffs and their families: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314483
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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