MIGRANT workers sang while posing as chained slaves in a Unison protest against Labour's visa reforms outside the party’s conference in Liverpool today.Britain’s largest union staged the demonstration to press Prime Minister Andy Burnham to drop plans to make it harder for foreign care workers to gain permanent residency in Britain.Low-paid migrants on jobs below graduate level would have to be in the country for 15 years before applying for settlement, instead of the current five, under proposals by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

MIGRANT workers sang while posing as chained slaves in a Unison protest against Labour’s visa reforms outside the party’s conference in Liverpool today.

Britain’s largest union staged the demonstration to press Prime Minister Andy Burnham to drop plans to make it harder for foreign care workers to gain permanent residency in Britain.

Low-paid migrants on jobs below graduate level would have to be in the country for 15 years before applying for settlement, instead of the current five, under proposals by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

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