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Burlington Court Care home in Cranhill, in the East End of Glasgow (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\nRed tape caused by change in ownership of care home means staff are in limbo, not knowing if admin will be completed by October deadlineBurlington Court Care home in Cranhill, in the East End of Glasgow (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Home Office<\/a> faces calls to remove a deportation axe from a group of 15 vital workers at a Scottish care home.<\/p>\n The Daily Record told how the workers at Burlington Court Care Home in Glasgow are facing potential removal <\/a>from the UK due to a red tape crisis.<\/p>\n Certificates of Sponsorship for the qualified carers, who have worked in Scotland for years, were cancelled because their employment was transferred to a new company after one went into administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n The women were told by the Home Office<\/a> they will not be able to keep doing their jobs at Burlington Court in Glasgow without valid, updated certificates.<\/p>\n MSP Paul Sweeney <\/a>is backing union bosses who are are demanding an urgent rethink on the case, as the workers are not at fault and merely a victim of a complex system.<\/p>\n Staff members have been told they have until October for employers to get paperwork in order.<\/p>\n Paul Sweeney said: \u201cIt is ludicrous that an administration change now means that vital care workers are facing deportation through no fault of their own. \u201cRepresentatives in the care sector frequently tell me that staff shortages have impacted their ability to operate, and overseas staff have been essential in keeping care homes open, caring for the vulnerable. \u201cMy colleague Maureen Burke MP and I are working at pace to resolve this administrative error with the Home Office.\u201d<\/p>\n The GMB union says the Home Office must take pause for a rethink until the admin mess is sorted out.<\/p>\n One woman who was returning to the UK from a visit to her homeland Nigeria, was held by Border Force and told she would be deported within days. The woman was given a reprieve after the Daily Record alerted the injustice to the Home Office.<\/p>\n Kirsty Nimmo, GMB Scotland organiser in care, said: \u201cSocial care protecting some of the most vulnerable Scots is built on the commitment and skills of workers from overseas.<\/p>\n \u201cThese workers deserve our respect and gratitude not to be treated with such casual cruelty as if their lives mean nothing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n The Home Office wrote to the staff involved earlier this month to say their permission to stay in the UK as skilled workers had been cancelled and they would be required to leave the country in October.<\/p>\n The permission to stay was cancelled because no application for a new sponsor licence was made within a 20 day deadline after staff were transferred to a new employer under UK TUPE procedures.<\/p>\n The woman who had been ordered to board a deportation flight on Monday has worked at care homes in Glasgow for several years.<\/p>\n Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n You’ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_AMP_SDR_010724_SWEENEY_00029jpgPaul-Sweeney.jpg\")
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