EXPOSED: Kebab shops handing out HUNDREDS of skilled visas | Documentary

Halal butchers and kebab shops have issued hundreds of skilled worker visas in recent years, with one butcher alone sponsoring 87 visas, GB News can reveal.

A Freedom of Information Request, submitted by the Centre for Migration Control (CMC) and seen by this broadcaster, found several examples of halal and kebab shops sponsoring dozens of skilled worker visas between 2021 and 2023.

One butchers in Preston sponsored 91 visas alone, with 87 of them being used.

According to the government’s website, butchers and chefs are eligible professions to acquire a skilled worker visa.

Call centre supervisors, bar managers, personnel managers, and gym instructors are among other jobs which can qualify as skilled under the government’s visa scheme.

Robert Bates, research director of the Centre for Migration Control, told GB News: “The Home Office has allowed businesses to act as visa mills, turning their back on Brits and bringing in low-skilled individuals from outside Europe.”

“There is no economic reason for us to import overseas chefs, butchers or call centre staff, and the social costs of us doing so are huge.”

“Five years working in their friend's business and these individuals then qualify for benefits and are put on the fast-track for citizenship. The whole process has become a racket.”