UK immigration - Page 5

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly preparing to introduce a “growth visa” to bring in more workers to Britain.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she that she wants to reduce net migration to the UK down to the tens of thousands to fulfill Brexit.

The cost of the UK’s asylum system has reportedly eclipsed £2 billion per year amid record numbers of boat migrants crossing the Channel.

Boris Johnson’s government failed to reduce migration after leaving the EU, with a record 1.1 million visas granted to foreigners last year.

The NHS has reportedly lowered its standards for “critical thinking” and English language proficiency for foreign nurses.

The British government has implemented a new exemption for “senior executives” to ignore coronavirus quarantines.

Over 100 planes from India have landed in Britain following the country being placed on the UK’s list of travel prohibited countries over concerns about the Indian variant of the coronavirus.

Actors and musicians who are “prestigious award winners” will be at the front of the immigration queue, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said.

A report from the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford has found that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) undercounted net EU migration to the United Kingdom by an average of 93,000 per year between 2012 and 2020.

Immigrants from the European Union will have to wait for five years before claiming benefits from the British government following the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31st.

Over 100,000 homes will need to be built in England every year as a result of mass migration, analysis from the Migration Watch UK think tank has found.

The Migration Watch UK think tank described the introduction of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s points-based immigration system as a “total surrender to big business”, warning that the despite leaving the EU, the UK will see a rise in migration. Starting

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is facing a ticking “time bomb” of public opinion if it fails to curtail immigration, warned a leading think tank.

The Home Office has been forced to scrap a computerised visa system after campaigners claimed it was “racist” for being more likely to refuse people from third world countries entry to Britain.

A poll has found that 62 per cent of the British public believe that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is performing “badly” in its handling of immigration, as illegal boat migrants in the English Channel soar to record levels.

An African asylum seeker is suing the government after he contracted coronavirus while staying in taxpayer-funded migrant accommodation.

Almost 835,000 acres have been concreted over in Britain, new data shows, while the so-called Conservative Party wants to build over even more green belt land to make way for new housing.

Migration Watch UK has criticised Boris Johnson for effectively offering citizenship to three million people in Hong Kong, saying that it “would directly break the government’s 2019 election pledge to reduce overall immigration numbers”.

Scotland needs mass, low-skilled immigration to “enrich” society and grow the economy, according to the country’s left-separatist government.

In the three months leading up to the financial crisis caused by the Chinese coronavirus, the number of foreign-born workers in the United Kingdom reached a record high.

Migration Watch UK has called for the government to impose age restrictions on foreign visitors to the United Kingdom during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic in order to reduce the strain on the National Health Service (NHS).

A convicted Somali gang rapist is to be released on bail after his deportation was blocked by airline passengers, who staged a revolt to block him from being sent back to his country.

Dozens of illegal migrants successfully reached the shores of Britain over the weekend, being brought to Dover by the Border Force after four “incidents” of migrant boats being intercepted within three days.

Britain must axe “cruel” rules restricting chain migration so that families won’t be separated at Christmas, the Scottish government has claimed, demanding Westminster grant Holyrood powers to throw open the border.

A recently closed legal migrant route encouraging “high skilled” individuals to come to the UK was “heavily abused” with huge numbers using it potentially lying about their incomes, a review by the Homes Office has found.

The government’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration are failing to reduce the number of people in the UK unlawfully, a report has found.

The government has been urged to reject ‘Windrush’-related pressure to dismantle migration controls, after a new study revealed Britain’s illegal immigrant population is seeing an annual net rise nearly equivalent to the size of the full-time British Army.

Reduced migrant inflow after Brexit could boost Britain’s economy by forcing businesses to improve productivity, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

A Conservative MP faced furious shouts of “disgrace” during a bid to stop a chain migration bill which he warned is not in the British people’s interests, and was likely to encourage would-be migrants to set out on dangerous trips

Pledging to “end family break-up through the immigration system”, the Labour Party is announcing it will scrap a number of laws holding back mass migration.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has argued that Scotland needs to open its borders because Scottish people in history have moved abroad.

The asylum process in Britain is “a lottery” where decisions often rest on the personal views of decision makers, whistleblowers have claimed.

The BBC has attacked Anglicans after a study revealed that nearly nine out of 10 want immigration levels “reduced”, claiming that Christianity demands support for open borders.

Rough sleeping has soared to record levels, with nearly 5,000 people estimated sleeping rough last year in England, while councils rolled out the red carpet for refugees.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced the government is working to ‘change the narrative around migration to persuade Scots that the nation needs huge numbers of people from abroad.

French officials have revealed there were more than 100,000 attempts on Britain’s border last year from Calais, where violence has risen along with the number of illegal immigrants returning to the port town since the ‘Jungle’ camp was cleared.