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The United Kingdom (UK) has announced that Zimbabwe is now on the Red List therefore, active recruitment is not permitted from Zimbabwe.
Active international recruitment in the code is defined as the process by which UK health and social care employers target individuals to market UK employment opportunities, with the intention of recruiting to a role in the UK health or social care sector. 
It includes both physical or virtual targeting, and whether or not these actions lead to substantive employment.
In a notice seen by Pindula News, the UK government said the only exception to this definition is where a candidate has already been appointed by a UK employer following an independent direct application and selection without the support of a recruitment organisation, agency or collaboration (defined below).
In this case, if required, these organisations can support and facilitate the employee’s passage to the UK. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the recruitment organisation, agency or collaboration, if challenged, to provide evidence that the services they are providing are permitted under this exception.
<h3>Direct application</h3>
A ‘direct application’ is when an individual makes an application directly and on their own behalf to an employing organising. Direct applications do not use a third party, such as a recruitment organisation, agency or collaboration.
Individual health and social care employers may consider direct applications from individuals who are residents in countries on the <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240069787" rel="external"><abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List 2023</a> if they have made a direct application to a vacancy at their organisation. See ‘Annex A: red and amber list countries below.
A direct application can only be made in response to a vacancy that is hosted by and recruited to, the same sponsoring organisation.
Resident: For the purpose of this code of practice, ‘resident’ refers to the country an individual is living in when they apply for a health or social care job. The rules on active recruitment and direct applications are based on the country within which an individual is a resident when they apply for a health or social care job, rather than the nationality of the individual or their original country of training.
Red and amber list countries: Countries on the <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240069787" rel="external"><abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List</a> are graded red, which means no active recruitment is permitted from these countries.
The WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List is updated by WHO every 3 years, or more frequently if required.
<h4>Red countries – active recruitment is not permitted</h4>
<ul>
<li>Afghanistan</li>
<li>Angola</li>
<li>Bangladesh</li>
<li>Benin</li>
<li>Burkina Faso</li>
<li>Burundi</li>
<li>Cameroon</li>
<li>Central African Republic</li>
<li>Chad</li>
<li>Comoros</li>
<li>Congo</li>
<li>Congo, Democratic Republic of</li>
<li>Côte d’Ivoire</li>
<li>Djibouti</li>
<li>Equatorial Guinea</li>
<li>Eritrea</li>
<li>Ethiopia</li>
<li>Gabon</li>
<li>Gambia, The</li>
<li>Ghana</li>
<li>Guinea</li>
<li>Guinea-Bissau</li>
<li>Haiti</li>
<li>Kiribati</li>
<li>Lao People’s Democratic Republic</li>
<li>Lesotho</li>
<li>Liberia</li>
<li>Madagascar</li>
<li>Malawi</li>
<li>Mali</li>
<li>Mauritania</li>
<li>Micronesia, Federated States of</li>
<li>Mozambique</li>
<li>Niger</li>
<li>Nigeria</li>
<li>Pakistan</li>
<li>Papua New Guinea</li>
<li>Rwanda</li>
<li>Samoa</li>
<li>Senegal</li>
<li>Sierra Leone</li>
<li>Solomon Islands</li>
<li>Somalia</li>
<li>South Sudan</li>
<li>Sudan</li>
<li>Tanzania, United Republic of</li>
<li>Timor-Leste</li>
<li>Togo</li>
<li>Tuvalu</li>
<li>Uganda</li>
<li>Vanuatu</li>
<li>Yemen, Republic of</li>
<li>Zambia</li>
<li>Zimbabwe</li>
</ul>
Amber countries – international recruitment is only permitted in compliance with the terms of the government-to-government agreement
<ul>
<li>Kenya</li>
<li>Nepal</li>
</ul>
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UK Says Zimbabwe Is Now On Red List, Active Recruitment Not Permitted

The United Kingdom (UK) administration has availed £15 million to facilitate the recruitment of international health and social care workers, including Zimbabweans.
In February 2022 care workers were added to the Health and Care Worker visa shortage occupation list, enabling these roles to be recruited from overseas.
There were rumours, however, that the UK would this March terminate head-hunting for nurse aides to fill the gaps created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, through a recent communication, the British government said it had extended the recruitment of health and social care employees to 2024. Reads the letter seen by <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/uk-avails-15-million-to-recruit-care-workers-jittery-zimbos-relieved-as-head-hunt-period-is-extended/">NewZimbabwe</a>:
<blockquote>
This guidance is for local authorities and adult social care providers.
Government can confirm that it is making £15 million available over 2023 to 2024 to help support international recruitment within the adult social care sector.
The aim of this fund is to promote collaborative arrangements which reduce administrative complexity and burden, particularly for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) providers.
</blockquote>
Reports suggest that more than 4 000 Zimbabwean healthcare workers have left for the UK since February 2021.
Data from the British Home Office in 2022 reveals that Zimbabwe is now in the top five skilled worker visa recipient countries.
Many Zimbabweans have resorted to undertaking nurse aide courses to make them eligible for recruitment as adult social care workers in the UK and other European countries.
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UK Avails £15 million To Recruit International Health And Social Care Workers

The United Kingdom is raiding its former colony Zimbabwe for key public sector workers: nurses, doctors and teachers, according to Zimbabwe-based writer, Ashley Simango.
The writer who got an honourable mention at the 2021 Arrude Jesuit Center For Ethics in Society High School Essay Competition, says it is “cruel for the UK to “poach” Zimbabwe’s key health sector personnel. 
In an article first published by <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/2/8/zimbabwe-is-bleeding-doctors-teachers-to-the-uk-whos-to-blame">Al Jazeera</a>, Simango whose writings on diplomacy and economics appeared in Newsweek, Fast Company, The New Arab and The Africa Report said:
<blockquote>
This is cruel. It appears unstoppable. Yet it also captures a vicious cycle in which foreign aid meant to help countries like Zimbabwe strengthen their education and health systems is undermined by migration of trained talent to those very same donor nations.
More than 4,000 nurses and doctors have left Zimbabwe since February 2021. The UK is by far the destination of choice: data from the British Home Office in 2022 reveals that Zimbabwe is now in the top five skilled worker visa recipient countries.
This is a big drain. According to the Zimbabwe Medical Association, the country has a paltry 3,500 doctors for a population of 15 million people. Access to nurses is poor, too — just 2.6 per 1,000 people as of 2017, reveals the World Bank. In a key 1,000-bed public hospital, managers told reporters that services were crippled when dozens of nurses and doctors left for the UK in 2021.
Of course, the UK — like any other country — must look after its interests first. But the imbalance between a $3.2 trillion economy (the UK) and a $28bn economy (Zimbabwe) is such that the scramble for medical personnel isn’t a fair contest.
</blockquote>
Simango added that despite the woes of the National Health Service (NHS), the UK still has 8.5 nurses per 1 000 people — more than three times the number in Zimbabwe. Added the writer:
<blockquote>
And poaching talent from a country like Zimbabwe comes cheap. The UK spends £230,000 ($281,000) in training each doctor — much of which it saves when it imports trained and skilled medical professionals.
Simply put, at a time when healthcare workers are leaving the NHS in droves because of poor pay and conditions, the British government — instead of addressing their concerns — is plundering doctors and nurses from former colonies like Zimbabwe.
</blockquote>
Her remarks come after the UK announced that from February 2023, Zimbabwe will join a select group of nations and territories whose educators will be eligible to get <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zimbabwean-teachers-eligible-to-apply-for-qualified-teacher-status-in-england-starting-2023/">Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)</a> which would allow them to work long-term as teachers in the UK.
Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa are the only other African nations on the list. 
Teacher unions in Zimbabwe fear that many of the country’s 135 000 public school teachers might be tempted to take up posts in the UK. 
For the last four decades, Zimbabwe has boasted one of Africa’s most impressive post-colonial educational outcomes with the World Economic Forum ranking it fourth-best on the continent in 2016.
Simango also puts the blame on the Zimbabwean government which she says is unable to pay doctors, nurses and teachers living wages, a factor pushing them to seek greener pastures.
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"UK Is Raiding, Its Former Colony Zimbabwe For Nurses, Doctors And Teachers, This Is Cruel"

Some Zimbabwean caregivers in the United Kingdom (UK) are allegedly subjected to unfair labour practices such as working for long hours for poor wages regarded as “modern slavery.” 
Some are allegedly being sacked from work if they complain to the UK Home Office, NewsDay reported.
The culprits involved include some Zimbabweans who were mandated by the Home Office to recruit caregivers from Zimbabwe.
The culprits are also reportedly asking for kickbacks for facilitating the caregivers’ entry into the UK, yet they are supposed to provide the service for free.
A Zimbabwean cardiologist based in the UK who spoke on condition of anonymity said several caregivers from Harare were being exploited but were reluctant to open up. He told NewsDay:
<blockquote>
Caregivers receive poor salaries and work for more than 40 hours per week, which is the maximum. On average, they’re being forced to work for 60 hours. That’s modern slavery. Some have fixed contracts. You can’t change employers and if you do that, you will be deported.
The pay scale should be £15 to £18 pounds per hour, but they’re being paid £7 to £10.
</blockquote>
A couple of caregivers who spoke to NewsDay confirmed the exploitation, but could not give further details. One caregiver said:
<blockquote>
It’s happening, but I am not a quitter.
</blockquote>
A British weekly newspaper, The Observer on Sunday reported that a victim of suspected labour abuses in the UK was ousted from her job and victimised after being sacked. The Observer reported: 
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwean national (25) was interviewed by Home Office compliance officers for an investigation into illegal recruitment practices and told them she had paid a fee of about £1 500 to an agent who arranged for a care home in Surrey to sponsor her visa.
</blockquote>
The worker, who was interviewed with several colleagues, claims she was given assurances by the interviewer that her identity would not be disclosed. But days after the interview, she was contacted by her employer asking why she had co-operated.
The care home had been sent her name and details of her comments, including the claims about abusive practices and illegal fees.
She told the newspaper: 
<blockquote>
I no longer feel safe. I thought the Home Office would see me as a victim. Instead, they have exposed me to intimidation and threats from my employer.
</blockquote>
Harare-based immigration consultant Nyasha Muteswa said it was unethical for the Home Office investigation team to divulge the name of the whistle-blower to their employer.
The Home Office was quoted by The Observer saying while such information is used to assess the employer, interviewees are protected and details are not routinely disclosed.
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UK-based Zimbabwean Caregivers Subjected To "Modern Slavery"

United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean lawyer Lloyd Msipa has advised Zimbabweans going to the UK on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa">carer visas</a> to “take it easy” saying “times have changed.”
In a Twitter post seen by Pindula News, Msipa who is also the nephew of the late former Midlands governor and cabinet minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Cephas_Msipa">Cephas Msipa</a> posted advised Zimbabweans to sell their properties or other belongings to go to UK. Reads the post:
<blockquote>
Heads up fellow Zimbos coming to UK on carer visas, take it easy, times have changed! Don’t sell your house to buy air ticket. You will not replace it! Don’t overwork yourself, unofa (you die). Build your credit slowly. A former banker who arrived recently died in his sleep due to exhaustion!
</blockquote>
In recent years, there has been an upsurge in the number of Zimbabweans going to the UK on carer visas.
A <a href="https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa">Health and Care Worker visa</a> allows medical professionals to go to or stay in the UK to do an eligible job with the NHS, an NHS supplier or in adult social care.
To qualify for a Health and Care Worker visa, one must be a qualified doctor, nurse, health professional or adult social care professional. Many have been doing Nurse Aid courses with Red Cross.
Individuals also need to be working in an eligible health or social care job. 
They must be intending to work for a UK employer that’s been approved by the Home Office.
They also need to have a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ from their employer with information about the role they’ve been offered in the UK.
Another requirement is that they must be paid a minimum salary which depends on the type of work they do.
Application:
They can apply for a visa up to 3 months before the day they are due to start work in the UK. This date is listed on their certificate of sponsorship.
As part of their application, they’ll need to prove their identity and provide their documents.
They may need to allow extra time if they need an appointment to do this. They’ll find out if they need one when they start their application.
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