UK will not offer Indians more visas in post-Brexit trade talks Exclusive The government will not allow more Indians to come to the UK through new visa routes in any UK-India free trade deal. City A.M. understands the prospect of special Indian visas has not been discussed in the first two rounds of trade negotiations and that international trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has not put the issue [...]
Priti Patel hits back at criticism over Rwanda immigration deal: ‘My plans are bold and innovative’ Patel hits back Priti Patel has challenged those against her plan to send migrants to Rwanda to come up with a better idea to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel. Writing a joint article in The Times with Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta, the Home Secretary reiterated that her controversial plans were “bold and innovative” after religious [...]
UK grants 760 visas to fleeing Ukrainians with 22,000 applications ‘on their way through’ Ukraine war Some 760 visas have been granted for Ukrainians to come to the UK, Cabinet minister Grant Shapps said this morning. The Transport Secretary defended the UK’s record on providing an escape route for Ukrainians and insisted that the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky did not want his countrymen travelling too far from their homeland. Shapps told [...]
Johnson’s ‘restrictive’ immigration rules will not drive high wage economy, says think tank February 17, 2022 Prime minister Boris Johnson’s plan to impose “restrictive” immigration rules to drive a ‘high wage’ economy post-Brexit will fail, a leading think tank has warned today. The Resolution Foundation, in collaboration with the London School of Economics, expect the government’s policy to restrict work-related immigration to those with higher-wage jobs will force sectors such as [...]
Post-Brexit immigration ‘unlikely to move the dial on big-picture economic outcomes’ or wages February 17, 2022 A shortage of migrant workers alone is “unlikely” to increase wages in the longer term and the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system “will do little to change the UK’s economic trajectory”, according to the Resolution Foundation. The think tank said its research shows immigration has changed the size and shape of the UK’s workforce in recent decades, [...]
Army to take control as govt plans to order Royal Navy to stop Channel migrants and fly asylum seekers to Rwanda and Ghana January 17, 2022 The Prime Minister is planning to slow the flow of migrants into the UK by calling in the army and fly asylum seekers to a number of African countries, including Ghana and Rwanda, to process their applications there. According to a report in The Times this morning, Boris Johnson plans to give the Royal Navy [...]
Best and the brightest welcome? Home Office tells Canary Wharf couple to move to China January 17, 2022 The Home Office has told a British Canary Wharf computer expert that he should move to China and live with his PhD-studying girlfriend’s family in Shanghai, after rejecting her visa application. Robert Evans, 30, from Aberdeen met his girlfriend, Lisa Li, 31, from Shanghai, whilst studying for a master’s degree in computer science in the [...]
Turn around: Steep rise in EU nationals refused entry into UK as Brexit controls tighten with Romanians half of all who are stopped at border January 11, 2022 The number of EU nationals who have been prevented from entering the UK has risen by a third, according to new data shared with City A.M. this morning. As the Home Office is stepping up controls, the number of European nationals stopped at the border climbed to 5,266 in the third quarter of last year, [...]
Priti Patel’s new year resolutions: Home Secretary promises ‘relentless’ crackdown on eco-protesters, immigrants and asylum claims January 4, 2022 Home Secretary Priti Patel has promised to be ‘relentless’ this year as she intends to “crack down” on eco-protesters and end the “legal merry-go-round” of “spurious” asylum seeker claims in 2022. In a new year message posted on social media, Priti Patel said she was proud of many things the Government had achieved in 2021, [...]
Shock, shame and finger pointing after 27 migrants die: UK calls for joint patrols with France November 25, 2021 The UK government is urging France to agree to joint police patrols along the French Channel coast after a migrant boat capsized causing the loss of dozens of lives. The French regional maritime authority said 27 people had died. French officials had previously stated there were 31 deaths but the death toll was revised down, [...]