Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
Commons · Question 11141 · Tabled 24 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled 12 Years of Modern Slavery, published by Kalayaan on 16 June 2024, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the pre-2012 v
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 1 Nov 2024
We keep all policies and immigration routes under review. There are a number of protections in place for overseas domestic workers (ODWs) designed to minimise the risk of exploitation.ODWs are able to change their employer without notifying the Home Offic...