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![Care boss backs
SNP plan to defy workers' visa ban
FM's positive move' praised by industry expert
BY JAMES WALKER
"In what world does that make any sense? Well delegates, I've got a
OHN Swinney's plans for the Scottish Government to sponsor "displaced" international care
workers to come
to Scotland have been welcomed
by an industry head.
Donald Macaskill, the chief executive of Scottish Care, said that the
"devil will be in the detail" but added in comment to LBC that it was also a
"positive move".
It came after former home secretary Yvette Cooper announced the
UK Government is going to close the care worker visa route for overseas recruitment.
That announcement in July led to fears - particularly in Scotland - for the care sector, given its reliance on international workers.
In his keynote address to SNP conference in Aberdeen on Monday, the First Minister, however, said he will step in and that "hundreds of dedicated workers" will be able to work immediately.
Specifically, Swinney said the Scottish Government will invest £500,000 to fund a tailored offer to help international social care workers who
solution.
"I can announce today that the Scottish Government is going to step in. We will sponsor these skilled staff so they can work, pay tax and help keep Scotland's care homes running.
In reaction to this news, Macaskill said Swinney was "absolutely right in recognising the reality of the restrictions on recruitment" which have occurred since the UK Government
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move to stop the social care visa.
He added: "[Swinney] is also right in indicating that ongoing visa restric-
John Swinney announced the move at the SNP conference have found themselves without sponsored employment elsewhere in the
UK at no fault of their own.
"In July, Westminster shut down the visa route for social care workers.
They even withdrew job offers that had already been promised," he said.
"As a result, thousands of care workers here in the UK entirely legally have been left high and…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjej735r2sxotllidyl5g7pr/bafkreibawfypg6jcv3inc22pafkxljaopq6bbnqyxii5mbhrcnlez4f7ga)
