The fee, which is separate from visa and Home Office fees, is set to increase from £200 to £400 per person.
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Following unexpected opposition and disagreement between MPs, a vote on a potential increase of the Immigration Health Surcharge has been postponed.
MPs are divided about whether to double the surcharge that long-term, temporary migrants pay to use the NHS.
The fee, which is separate from visa and Home Office fees, is set to increase from £200 to £400 per person.
Campaigners say the NHS is making a profit from young migrants and that healthy workers don’t need too much care.
Let Us Learn is a London organisation of young migrants who have been living and working in the UK since they were children, but are still awaiting citizenship rights.
They argue that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) is effectively a double taxation: they already pay tax on what they earn, yet still pay the IHS.
Young migrants who have been living in the UK but are still having to pay this NHS surcharge
“We are branded as temporary migrants, but we have been here for over a decade, we belong here.” Said Chrisann Jarett, founder of Let Us Learn.
The Royal College of Nursing Union, who defend the rights of nurses, argue that migrant nurses should not be paying for the service that they work to support.
17% of London nurses are from outside the EU, meaning they’re paying for the NHS whilst working for it. The Nursing Union say this could have detrimental effects on the future of the medial workforce.
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HeadlineProposal to double Immigration Health Surcharge awaits vote from House of Commons
Short HeadlineImmigration Health Surcharge vote delayed indefinitely
StandfirstMPs are divided about whether to double the surcharge that long-term, temporary migrants pay to use the NHS.
Following unexpected opposition and disagreement between MPs, a vote on a potential increase of the Immigration Health Surcharge has been postponed.
MPs are divided about whether to double the surcharge that long-term, temporary migrants pay to use the NHS.
The fee, which is separate from visa and Home Office fees, is set to increase from £200 to £400 per person.
Campaigners say the NHS is making a profit from young migrants and that healthy workers don’t need too much care.
Let Us Learn is a London organisation of young migrants who have been living and working in the UK since they were children, but are still awaiting citizenship rights.
They argue that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) is effectively a double taxation: they already pay tax on what they earn, yet still pay the IHS.
Young migrants who have been living in the UK but are still having to pay this NHS surcharge
“We are branded as temporary migrants, but we have been here for over a decade, we belong here.” Said Chrisann Jarett, founder of Let Us Learn.
The Royal College of Nursing Union, who defend the rights of nurses, argue that migrant nurses should not be paying for the service that they work to support.
17% of London nurses are from outside the EU, meaning they’re paying for the NHS whilst working for it. The Nursing Union say this could have detrimental effects on the future of the medial workforce.
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