"Racial comments when staff are out at work, staff frightened to get out of their cars until people pass by people of colour are beginning to feel unwelcome. She added: [Workers] have gone to a house to care for somebody, look out of the window and there's people standing by their car to intimidate them. We're giving advice that if you don't feel safe, don't leave the building. But of course there's somebody else who's waiting for that call."
"Providers have been saying that where they would send one person to a property, they're now sending two, but you're also trying not to send two black or Asian people together. We've got this very negative narrative from politicians, which doesn't distinguish between illegal migration, asylum seekers, and legal migration, and is almost encouraging people to intimidate. We're really keen to make sure that nobody's hurt."
Care workers recruited from overseas who support elderly and disabled people in the UK are experiencing a rise in racist abuse, including verbal assaults and spitting. Providers and charities report growing intimidation and threats against staff and beneficiaries. Employers are advising staff to travel in racially mixed groups, send two carers instead of one, and equip some workers with personal panic alarms. Incidents have increased in recent months, prompting concern among around 5,000 providers represented by the National Care Association and comparisons to hostile atmospheres seen during Brexit.
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