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The story of extreme sacrifices of the “Martinez” & “Cortez” families and why migrant workers move abroad from the developing world for a “better” life
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The answer of course starts where they are from. The family sizes are large, 4-9 siblings are not uncommon. Most of the workers come from rural villages where jobs are scarce or poorly paid. Overpopulation plays a big part: India has 1.3 billion people, and The Philippines has at least 100 million people. Insane corruption/cronyism/nepotism comes into play where you may need contacts or money to “buy” a job. Having travelled to many 3rd world places and re-visiting them, I do not see them improving quickly - corruption is a cancer. Lastly is obvious gender and age discrimination which may exist in the United Kingdom, but it is seldomly shown on job ads.
Let’s look at the last reason above. I took the below photo on a recent trip to East Luzon, Philippines and I spotted a similar ad on a shop in North Luzon (Vigan to be precise). It seems if you are 29 years and one day old you suddenly become stupid! Many people did not ever finish high school let alone college or university. Many jobs require a high school or college diploma to work as a cashier in a petrol station. Clearly such a job does not require such education. This means if you are 30 or 40 plus in The Philippines it is tough to get a job and many just go abroad.
Home Office, should it cost £319.20 to update a person’s name and do PCI-DSS rules not apply to you?
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Very swiftly I filled out what I thought was the right online form and paid them £38.20. This figure sounded fair to me till it said you need an appointment with Sopra Steria, one of the governments many profiting outsourcers. £139 was the cheapest appointment and they sell extras like luxury lounges & special assistance.
There is no choice but to pay £139-£400 plus optional extras and all they do is take your photo again, scan fingerprints and take a copy of your new passport. £139 is very excessive for a five-minute appointment in my view.
Three weeks past and the Home Office emailed saying we do not understand your application. Perhaps I used the wrong form. I replied explaining what we wanted and another 2-3 weeks past. Another email came saying the same thing and I replied with the same reply as before. Below is the reply:
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