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He should be on the frontline of the pandemic response. Instead, he is facing deportation
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Few would envy Britain's embattled National Health Service workers over the past year. One of the world's worst Covid-19 tolls has meant grueling shifts, danger, and workplaces full of grief and trauma.
But Charles Oti would swap places with them in a heartbeat. A microbiologist by training, Nigerian by birth, Oti has spent four years working for the NHS honing a specialism in infection control. Oti's skills are in short supply and among the UK government's highest priorities for recruitment. But instead of taking a position on the front line of the pandemic response, he has been prevented from working and threatened with deportation.More Related News

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