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Sophia

/ əʊˈڲɪə /

noun

  1. Sophia16301714FHanoverianPOLITICS: royal family member 1630–1714, electress of Hanover (1658–1714), in whom the Act of Settlement (1701) vested the English Crown. She was a granddaughter of James I of England and her son became George I of Great Britain and Ireland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Sophia - not her real name - said she paid more than £2,000 in fees to a South Yorkshire care company that sponsored her visa to come to the UK from Zimbabwe to work for them in 2023.

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Sophia came to the UK on a health and care worker visa, designed to help plug staffing gaps in the sector.

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Sophia added that she was threatened with having her Certificate of Sponsorship terminated - a document provided by an employer that is required for the visa to be valid.

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"You're supposed to be quiet, so we had to suffer in silence," Sophia said.

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Sophia said she was often out of the house for 16 hours a day for work, without any days off.

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