UK migrant workers wear chains, sing Asa’s ‘Jailer’ to protest proposed visa reforms
“Under plans from Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, care staff, NHS employees and lower-paid public service workers will have to wait 15 years to qualify to settle in the UK, instead of the current five,” UNISON noted on its website.
Migrant workers in the United Kingdom wore chains and sang Nigerian singer Asa’s ‘Jailer’ during a protest against proposed changes to immigration rules that could make workers wait up to 15 years before qualifying for permanent settlement.
Videos posted by UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, showed protesters wearing chains and singing ‘Jailer’, which was released in 2007 by Nigerian singer Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa, as part of her self-titled debut album.
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