Despite Britain’s Brexit borders, immigration at record 1m a year to become ‘new normal’ in UK Britain must prepare for a new era of high immigration caused by UK domestic need and changes in global economics and politics, a new think-tank paper said today. The post-pandemic immigration rate of 1.1m arrivals a year could be the start of a trend towards historically high migration levels in the coming decades, according to [...]
Exclusive: Tougher Brexit transfer rules not helping English players in Premier League New research revealed Brexit has drastically shrunk the pool of footballers available to English clubs without having any clear benefit to the prospects of homegrown talent in the Premier League. The findings are revealed in a major new study by football consultancy Analytics FC and law firm Fragomen shared with City A.M. and due to be published this [...]
UK risks exodus of science firms with hard-line immigration stance visa limitations Science and technology businesses are bailing out of the UK amid strict limitations on visas for oversees talent. One in six firms have plans to relocate abroad over the next three years, according to research by consultancy Ridge and Partners, with nearly a third of businesses polled being hit by the government’s visa limits. Liz [...]
Channel migrants face ban from claiming asylum in Britain in new govt crackdown on illegal arrivals October 4, 2022 Under plans due to be announced by the Home Secretary, migrants crossing the Channel will reportedly face a ban from claiming asylum in Britain. At the Conservative Party conference, Suella Braverman will use her first major speech since taking on the role to set out the proposals, according to The Times. The new laws – [...]
Serco snaps up immigration services firm ORS for £39m September 1, 2022 Government outsourcing giant Serco has snapped up Swiss specialist immigration firm ORS in a £39m deal, the firm announced this morning.
Businesses’ needs forgotten as Truss and Sunak up anti-immigration rhetoric August 1, 2022 As ballots start to land on the doormats of Conservative party members this morning, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have entered into what has been branded an “arms race” to tackle illegal migration. Both are playing a game of one-up-manship on who will limit the most people coming into the UK across the Channel. The [...]
Travellers to the UK will answer ‘suitability questions’ and undergo ‘automated border screening’ in new immigration plans July 21, 2022 Travellers to the UK will need to answer a set of “suitability questions” and have “automated border screening” without speaking to border force agents as part of the Home Office’s new immigration plans. Home Secretary Priti Patel set out the plans today as part of the country’s new “contactless” digital border. The Permission to Travel [...]
America in shock as 46 bodies are discovered in a lorry in Texas, three suspects in custody June 28, 2022 America is in shock this a.m. as 46 bodies were found in a lorry trailer containing suspected migrants on the outskirts of San Antonio. Three people are in custody. Some sixteen people were taken to hospitals after the lorry was found on a remote back road near the south-west Texas city. A city worker at [...]
Priti Patel’s Rwanda deportations increasingly descend into chaotic mess as world jumps on UK plan to ship off asylum seekers to Africa June 15, 2022 The government’s plans to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda, which has become one of Home Secretary Priti Patel’s flagship policies, is rapidly descending into a chaotic mess, with legal proceedings piling up by the hour. Media around the world are branding the policy ‘racist’, ‘neo-colonial’ and ‘absurd’. Media across Africa and Asia are particularly critical, [...]
Supreme Court gives green light for asylum seeker to be deported tonight on first flight to Rwanda June 14, 2022 The Supreme Court just dismissed the first High Court application of the day from a person to not be removed to Rwanda on Tuesday evening’s flight. The man, an Iranian Kurd who had suffered PTSD in Turkey while travelling to the UK, had brought a claim asking not to be removed on the upcoming flight [...]