BREAKING: UK Government Implements New Migration Policy for Foreign Health Workers

The United Kingdom has introduced a new rule that restricts foreign health workers intending to migrate to the country from bringing their dependents.

Announced by the UK Home Office through its verified X account (formerly known as Twitter), this change took effect immediately, signaling a bold step in the government’s ongoing efforts to manage migration levels more effectively.

The statement from the Home Office underscored the objective behind the move: “As of today, care workers migrating to the UK under the Health and Care Worker visas will be unable to include dependents in their migration plans. This decision is integral to our strategy aimed at realizing the most substantial reduction in migration in history.”

This policy announcement arrives amidst another pertinent development from Nigeria, where the government has taken a stance on health workers seeking employment abroad. The Nigerian Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, during a visit to the Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in Abeokuta, outlined a new directive requiring all health workers with plans to relocate for better opportunities to resign from their current positions.

This directive, according to Dr. Alausa, is part of an Executive Order issued by President Bola Tinubu and aims at addressing the brain drain in the health sector.