Explainer: What the Brexit deal means for UK nationals and EU migration January 8, 2021 | City Talk New immigration rules and pandemic travel restrictions are colliding to cause a bumpy start to 2021. Although the Brexit transition deadline has passed, individuals who are eligible can continue apply under the Withdrawal Agreement until 30 June 2021 in many cases. There is confusion in these early days and some airlines have reportedly refused boarding [...]
Brexit, people and the pandemic: Critical actions for business December 23, 2020 | City Talk The latest travel bans from the UK into Europe, induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, present real challenges for businesses in the final days leading up to the end of the Brexit transition period. How do these travel restrictions relate to Brexit? In two ways: Firstly, these restrictions particularly impact those in financial services who have [...]
Post-Brexit transfer rules: How they work and why legal experts believe they are good for English football December 9, 2020 Post-Brexit transfer rules will be “easier and better” for English clubs and “a good thing for football”, according to a leading immigration lawyer. From January 2021, all overseas signings will have to prove their eligibility via a points system that takes into account factors including how many games they have played. In addition, English clubs [...]
COVID-19, the perfect storm for women: Work, trade and immigration November 24, 2020 | City Talk The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound. Economies around the world are in a state of extreme distress, and businesses in all sectors and of all sizes, are to reimagine if not transform their traditional work practices. Many are struggling with changing regulations or reduced demand, whereas others are wrestling with remote-work and [...]
London brokers ‘charged £500’ to help smuggle migrants across Channel October 15, 2020 London brokers are charging £500 per person to help people smugglers illegally shift migrants across the Channel, according to an undercover documentary. Two brokers working at a currency exchange in Central London and a high street office in West London were found to have withheld funds paid by migrants in France, and only released the [...]
City urges government to rip up ‘fundamentally unfair’ immigration system October 6, 2020 The City of London Corporation has urged the government to shake up its “fundamentally unfair” immigration system to boost the UK economy’s post-pandemic recovery ahead of the Brexit transition period deadline. In a report released today in collaboration with EY, the City body called on the Home Office to “rip up the red tape” and [...]
UK 2021 Immigration System: details revealed September 4, 2020 | City Talk The Brexit immigration issue was already a complex one, implementing the biggest changes in the UK in almost five decades with new immigration rules to navigate, and impacting business travellers. In addition, now that 90% of the world’s population is living in countries with travel restrictions in place, the ability to travel is no longer [...]
Misnomers, uncertainty, and a need for compassion – how to get the UK’s future immigration system on the right path August 18, 2020 Priti Patel’s latest statement on immigration post Brexit quietly came and went last month. While it did not give anything new away, it was what was missing that was most interesting. The paper set out how the immigration system will work after Brexit, and it should do a decent job for larger businesses. The skilled [...]
The cost of the UK’s 2021 Immigration system to Financial Services February 28, 2020 | City Talk Recent research by IPPR suggests that 38% of EU workers currently employed in UK Financial Services (FS) firms would not be considered eligible under the UK’s new immigration system. The analysis also found that the rules disproportionately impact the immigration of EU women. Triggered by Brexit, the UK’s immigration system is going through its biggest [...]
Employers told to break reliance on ‘cheap EU labour’ February 18, 2020 Employer groups are already pushing back after being warned that the UK’s new work visa system will block them from relying on “cheap EU labour”. Home secretary Priti Patel will today add more detail to plans for expanding the points-based work visa system to include EU migrant workers — which will replace freedom of movement [...]