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Home Office was branded ‘institutionally racist’ in report into Windrush deportation policy – but the wording ‘was watered down before publication’ The review into the policy towards migrants has seen the claim edited out It was commissioned in 2018 after Caribbean migrants detained or deported The delayed report was expected to be published at the … Read more
Jobs bonanza for Australians seeking work in UK – tight new British immigration laws post-Brexit will favour native English speakers New UK immigration system touted as great news for Australian migrant workers The new laws will prioritise visas for skilled English-speaking migrant workers Government said it’s aiming to reduce the number of ‘cheap unskilled labour’ … Read more
Nearly 20 years ago, I set up the think tank Migration Watch UK to give a voice to many of us who were concerned, not about immigration itself, but about the sheer scale of it, which seemed to be running out of control. Indeed it was. Tony Blair’s ‘reforms’ at the turn of the century … Read more
New immigration laws could drive up food prices if they stop migrant workers coming to the UK to pick fruit and vegetables, farming leaders warned Priti Patel today. Leaders in agriculture, hospitality and the care system were among those who lashed out at the Home Secretary after she dismissed fears over staff shortages caused by … Read more
Priti Patel admitted today that the Government’s plans for a hardline immigration policy would have prevented her own parents from settling in the UK. The Home Secretary this morning published plans for an ‘Australian-style’ points-based immigration system as she said net migration will fall when it is introduced next year. But the 47-year-old, who was … Read more
Priti Patel has branded rapper Dave’s claims that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a ‘real racist’ as ‘utter nonsense’ and ‘highly inappropriate’. The Home Secretary, today appearing on Sky News and BBC Breakfast to promote the Government’s radical immigration-system overhaul, said that Mr Johnson was ‘absolutely not a racist’ and disagreed with Dave’s ‘generalisation’. Her … Read more
The post-Brexit shake-up to Britain’s immigration system, unveiled today by Priti Patel, should be welcomed on the grounds of politics, economics – and general fairness. I would go further. This new, points-based labour migration policy represents the re-establishment of a national social contract with the British workforce – a contract that was ripped up when … Read more
Migrants from the EU will have to speak English and have a job offer under sweeping reforms to end Britain’s reliance on cheap European labour. The measures are part of the biggest shake-up to border rules since this country joined the Common Market in 1973. Low-skilled immigration will be made virtually impossible under a points-based … Read more
The MAJOR visa change that means backpackers can stay in Australia longer without getting a job – and why it’s great news for fire-ravaged towns Backpackers will be able to count volunteering as work when applying to extend their working holiday visa Visa change is designed to encourage backpackers to help Australian farmers Construction work … Read more
Keir Starmer REFUSES to say whether immigration should come down as Labour leadership hopefuls dodge over free movement Government signed off a new points-based immigration system for next year Sir Keir Starmer refused to say whether he thought levels of arrivals should fall Labour leadership rival Rebecca Long-Bailey also dodged over her policy By James … Read more