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United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a migration blow to “obtain control of our borders” more than five years after Brexit came into force.
In comprehensive reforms in the British immigration system, UK migrants will have to spend a decade in the country before applying to be resolved if they cannot show “a true and sustainable contribution to the economy and society”.
The proposal to end the automatic solution after five years is part of the curves planned for the legal migration that will also limit the ability of employers to hire abroad workers for low -capable roles.
Starmer said Britain had seen an “experiment with a nation at the open borders” under the last conservative government, saying to a Downing press conference on Monday: “This is no control, this is chaos.”
The prime minister said his proposed changes, described by Toria as very timid, would end a “wild chapter” for Britain’s society and economy and would have an emphasis on the training and employment of workers in the UK.
Yvette Cooper, a home secretary, said on Sunday that overseas recruitment of care workers would end within months as a result of changes, which would be completely defined in a white letter at 9.30am on Monday.
Other changes will limit the capable visas of workers in graduate level affairs, with employers giving them only temporary visa access to lower capable roles, where there are lack of staff and plans in the country to train and recruit workers in the United Kingdom.
Cooper said changes to capable work visas would shorten the arrivals by 50,000 a year and its broader plans would lead to a significant “decrease” of net migration, but did not set a numerical target.
Net migration reached a peak of 906,000 a year until June 2023 under the last conservative government, but began to fall after the administration of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was hit in family and dependent visas.
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