For years, migrant workers faced a devastating choice: endure exploitation or risk losing the visa that gave them a future. Share Recognised victims of modern slavery on Skilled Worker visas can now leave exploitative employers without automatically risking their immigration status, following a significant change to UK immigration rules aimed at breaking the cycle of workplace abuse, coercion and financial dependency. For thousands of migrant workers, moving to the UK represents the promise of stable employment, financial security and a better future. Yet for some, that promise has turned into a nightmare of exploitation, debt and fear, with employers allegedly using workers' immigration status as a tool of control. A major rule change, which came into force on 8 October 2026 , seeks to address that problem by giving recognised victims of modern slavery greater freedom to leave abusive workplaces without losing their right to work in Britain. An...
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