29 10월 2023
Overseas students and workers targeted in illicit UK visa trade
요약
보고된 날짜: 29 11월 2023
위치: 파키스탄
기업 페이지
Telegram - Other Value Chain Entity , VFS Global - Other Value Chain Entity , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 파키스탄 - 알 수 없는 업종 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 아프가니스탄 - 알 수 없는 업종 , Men , Unknown migration status )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist; Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited Telegram and Meta to respond to the article, and to outline how they monitor and remove brokers’ advertisements that charge migrant workers and students high fees for UK visa appointments. Telegram did not respond to the Resource Centre’s request for comment. Meta’s response can be read in full below.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 29 11월 2023
위치: 방글라데시
기업 페이지
VFS Global - Other Value Chain Entity , Telegram - Other Value Chain Entity , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 방글라데시 - 알 수 없는 업종 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist; Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited Telegram and Meta to respond to the article, and to outline how they monitor and remove brokers’ advertisements that charge migrant workers and students high fees for UK visa appointments. Telegram did not respond to the Resource Centre’s request for comment. Meta’s response can be read in full below.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 29 11월 2023
위치: 네팔
기업 페이지
VFS Global - Other Value Chain Entity , Telegram - Other Value Chain Entity , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 네팔 - 알 수 없는 업종 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist; Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited Telegram and Meta to respond to the article, and to outline how they monitor and remove brokers’ advertisements that charge migrant workers and students high fees for UK visa appointments. Telegram did not respond to the Resource Centre’s request for comment. Meta’s response can be read in full below.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 29 11월 2023
위치: 인도
기업 페이지
Telegram - Other Value Chain Entity , VFS Global - Other Value Chain Entity , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 인도 - 알 수 없는 업종 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist; Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited Telegram and Meta to respond to the article, and to outline how they monitor and remove brokers’ advertisements that charge migrant workers and students high fees for UK visa appointments. Telegram did not respond to the Resource Centre’s request for comment. Meta’s response can be read in full below.
출처: News outlet
UK visa appointments are being booked up by brokers and sold on for hundreds of pounds in an illicit trade targeting overseas workers and students.
… brokers in some parts of south Asia charging up to £800 for the biometric appointments, which are widely advertised on Facebook and the Telegram messaging service…
The underground market is thriving as agents exploit pressure on some consular services overseas, driven in part by increased visa applications from international students and healthcare workers…
But while direct booking of biometric appointments is typically free or between £30 and £85 for priority services, some people in south Asia are facing difficulties securing slots via VFS Global, the outsourcing company contracted by the Home Office to handle UK visa applications in the region…
“We take all attempts to misuse the visa application appointment system exceptionally seriously. We have not experienced this type or scale of abuse in any other UKVI [UK visas and immigration] locations and have been working closely with the UK Home Office to combat this abuse,” a VFS Global spokesperson said…
One applicant described finding a free appointment on VFS Global’s system as a lottery” and said that they had to check the website at various times during the night…