Parents are facing either shelling out for nannies or leaving their jobs to care for their children as au pairs leave the country due to coronavirus. Since the first Covid-19 lockdown in March, hundreds of au pairs have gone back to their home countries. Dream Au Pair usually manages 600 au pairs around the country, but now only has 15 – all of which are expected to leave in the next few months. Leoni, her current au pair, will leave in September as she wishes to travel before her visa expires. “We have 500 [au pairs] with visas and flights ready to get in,” she said.

Source: Stuff August 25, 2020 16:52 UTC