Home Office figures show 180 visas were issued to family members of Cameroon migrants for just 12 workers

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It's also absurd that the article is illustrated with a picture of people on a dinghy type boat!

You are free to look at the same news from other sources.

I have no idea why they chose that photo but this case was featured on TV last week. The couple were also from Cameroon and it was later discovered (although Lord knows why it took so long) that they had been living here illegally for 18 years! He claimed to be paraplegic but was caught on CCTV walking perfectly well, no stick, nothing.

Our system must be so weak if people whose first language is not English can get round it and claim £1 million in benefits. Not only that but they were given a council flat which they never lived in after they were able to buy two other properties in London.

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It's also absurd that the article is illustrated with a picture of people on a dinghy type boat!

Err the Cameroon care workers and dependants are probably laughing all the way to the bank😀 I'm certainly not laughing I feel like crying at what a joke the UK has become.

The headline deliberately stokes up anger saying Cameroonian workers brings over 15 people. In reality, the overall national average for the care sector—before the rules were changed—was about 1.5 dependants per worker (usually just a partner and a child, or just a partner).

Now the rules are changed - as Cossy explained.

Who is laughing at the UK please?

Exactly Sunshinegirls. We know how badly paid care workers are, there's no way someone could financially support an average of 15 dependant family members on that wage.

I sometimes see posters saying our country is a laughing stock and when I see things like this, I'm not surprised . Whoever thought that was a good idea must have s..t for brains.

I think they were care workers I saw on TV. How can they support all their dependants err they probably can't and they will be on top up or full benefits for life what a shambles.

I'd have preferred it to have never been allowed in the first place. 180 dependants for 12 migrant workers!!!

I agree, these figures are high, however these show “transitional” claims which can no longer be made as the law has already been changed.

It’s a real catch 22 situation for both our country and these workers. They came here legally to work, mainly it seems in our care industries, on the understanding they could apply for their dependent family workers to join them.

This is no longer the case and, as I stated earlier, these figures are high per worker, but hopefully many of these dependents will ultimately find legally obtained paid work with their legally obtained visas.

What would you prefer to see happen?

All of them, including those already working here and all being here totally legally, returned to their countries of origin?

I did read the entire piece and do understand it’s more than just the 180 in the headlines.