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Recommendation 21
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Review safe visa routes for high-demand labour sectors, creating more routes.
Recommendation
The Government must review safe visa routes for sectors with high demand for labour. This review must consider whether more safe routes can be created to address demand.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses the appointment process for the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, completely deflecting from the recommendation to review and potentially create more safe visa routes for sectors with high labour demand.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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34. As the Prime Minister has made clear, current levels of migration to the UK are too high. There were 335,447 work visas granted to main applicants in the year ending September 2023, 35% higher than in the year ending September 2022, and two and half times more (+150%) than prior to the pandemic in the year ending September 2019.
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