"migrant work" news and stories

Many Asian restaurant owners in the UK are fearful that they may no longer be able to staff their kitchens with workers from their homelands, according to a recent article in The Times. Pending restrictions from the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality bill would force the owners of Chinese and Indian takeaway (takeout to us Americans) restaurants to employ workers from eastern Europe over workers of their own nationalities. Troubled restaurant owners have cited language barriers and other cultural differences as the main obstacles in employing non-Asian cooks, claiming that a cultural background is necessary to prepare authentic food. The proposed bill would allow citizenship to some skilled workers of non-European origin, but many unskilled workers would be provided little in the way of rights to settle in the UK.