US EditionKeir Starmer unveils immigration crackdown as PM promises to tighten 'every area of system'
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a set of immigration crackdown measures at a press conference in London on May 12, 2025.
- Starmer introduced these policies to respond to rising public concern and Reform UK's growing anti-immigration support after their local election gains.
- The plan includes tighter student visa rules, doubled residency requirements for citizenship to 10 years, raised English language standards, and ending low-skilled work visas including social care recruitment.
- Starmer declared, “We will take back control of our borders,” pledging a controlled and selective system while refusing to set specific immigration reduction targets.
- The announcement aims to reduce legal immigration significantly and regain voter support but risks alienating Labour’s liberal base amid criticism and sector concerns about labor shortages.
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United Kingdom to Overhaul Immigration After Reform Local Election Wins - teleSUR English
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 …
U.K. Labour Party Admits: Mass Migration Is Not Beneficial
The desire to reduce mass migration is so undeniably popular in the U.K. that the left-wing government in power is flipping on the issue. ... The post U.K. Labour Party Admits: Mass Migration Is Not Beneficial appeared first on The New American.
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