The gendered crisis of care in the UK through the lens of immigration policy impacts on migrant workers
The gendered crisis of care in the UK through the lens of immigration policy impacts on migrant workers

Summary/Abstract: The social care sector in the United Kingdom is grappling with a severe crisis due tosuccessive governments’ failure to adequately fund and plan for rising care needs. Thiscrisis has profound and wide-ranging implications, disproportionately affecting women,who constitute the majority of both the care workforce and the population in need of careservices. Immigration policies play a pivotal role in shaping the dynamics of the socialcare sector, with migrants comprising a significant 16% of the workforce. These policiesare inextricably intertwined with the broader global care crisis, exacerbating existing chal-lenges and inequalities that disproportionately impact women across borders. Moreover,the UK’s “hostile environment” measures aimed at irregular migrants have created ad-ditional vulnerabilities and barriers for migrant women, including those with legal statusworking in the care sector.

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