US EditionKeir Starmer unveils immigration crackdown as PM promises to tighten 'every area of system'
- On May 12, 2025, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a comprehensive immigration crackdown in London to reduce net migration and tighten border control.
- Starmer declared an end to the previous government's 'experiment in open borders' amid rising net migration that peaked near one million in 2023 and pressure from the anti-immigration Reform party's electoral gains.
- The government published an Immigration White Paper with plans to limit lower-skilled worker visas by 50,000, double residency requirements for citizenship to 10 years, strengthen English language rules, and reduce student visa durations.
- Starmer announced that all aspects of immigration—covering employment, family reunification, and education—will be subject to stricter regulations to enhance government oversight. While recognizing the valuable contributions of migrants, he cautioned that without tighter measures, Britain could become an unfamiliar place to its residents.
- The measures aim to curb legal and irregular immigration, counter rising far-right support, and encourage domestic employment, but critics warn these could harm sectors reliant on migrant workers and alienate Labour's liberal base.
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The government aims to reduce legal migration by tightening residency rules, raising visa thresholds, and closing work routes. The British government has unveiled one of the most sweeping overhauls of immigration policy in decades, in a move analysts believe was driven by the significant gains made by the right-wing Reform UK party in recent local elections. RELATED: Trump Pushes Self-Deportation with $1,000 Payment to Undocumented Migrants in t…
The UK Labour Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, intends to reduce the numbers of immigrants entering the country with a new twist to the restrictions and a language that evokes that of his conservative predecessors. The London Government wants to double from five to ten years the time needed to acquire permanent residence. Control over temporary work visas will henceforth be much stricter. At least the school graduate will be required at the lowest …
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