British Government announced Will tighten the conditions to submit visas It is aimed at foreign students and workers in order to reduce the arrival of immigrants into the country. The target is to reduce the number of net migration, which reached a new record of 745 thousand people in 2022. 300,000 people. “People are understandably worried living spacefor appointments with him doctor, school places and access to other public services in communities with rapidly growing populations,” the Home Secretary said. James WiselyIn his speech to Parliament on Monday.
cleverly announced almost 50% increase Minimum wage that foreign workers must receive to access a work visa: from the current 26,200 pounds (30,567 euros) per year 38,700 pounds (45,150 Euro) from next year. An increase that will not affect healthcare workers or carers, who represent almost a third of work visas issued between June 2022 and June 2023, but will affect other professions. In addition, the list of “labor shortage” sectors will also be reduced, where until now foreign workers could be hired for up to 20% less than the average wage in their profession.
addicted family members
The British Administration will also reduce their arrivals dependent family members. International students starting next spring They will not be able to bring their families To the United Kingdom, except for postgraduate students on research programmes. In the new model, relatives of care workers will not have the right to a visa, and those who have permission to stay in the country legally will have to increase their visa rights. Contributions to the National Health Service (NHS). “We increased the annual health surcharge for immigration by 66%, from £624 to £1,035 to raise an average of $1.3 billion for healthcare,” Cleverly said.
With these measures, the government aims to reassure the world’s most challenging sector. Conservative PartyHe harshened the criticism against the Prime Minister Rishi Altar, after the release of the latest migration data. Among its representatives is the former Minister of Internal Affairs. Suella BravermanHe harshly criticized Sunak for not responding to his so-called demands after he was sacked and for contributing to an increase in migrant arrivals despite tackling immigration being one of the main promises of the ‘conservatives’ in the 2019 election. “These measures are a step in the right direction, but let’s be honest: they came too late and could go further,” the former minister said in a statement following the announcement. said.
Counter polls
With only a few months to go before elections scheduled for next year, Sunak is trying to achieve his goal. difficult balance Between tough anti-immigration talk aimed at attracting the most loyal Brexit voters and projecting a moderate image to please voters closest to the liberal centre. It’s a strategy that’s not working for now. The Reform UK party, the successor to Nigel Farage’s UKIP, will be the third-most vote-getting force at the next election, according to a recent poll by BMG Research. 11% of votesThat’s four points higher than in a survey published by the same company last summer. The Conservatives, on the other hand, lost 3 points and came in second place with 27 percent of the votes, far from Labor’s 43 percent.