Radical reforms to reduce migration
- The UK government published an Immigration White Paper on 12 May 2025 outlining radical reforms to reduce record-high net migration and restore border control.
- These reforms address the surge in net migration that nearly quadrupled, reaching around one million from 2019 through 2023, largely due to increased recruitment of overseas workers since 2020.
- Key measures include doubling the citizenship qualifying period to 10 years, raising skilled visa thresholds to graduate level, ending new overseas social care recruitment, and introducing stricter English language requirements.
- Home Secretary Yvette Cooper emphasized the need for effective oversight of migration to ensure fairness within the system, while the Prime Minister promised a decisive departure from the previous government's disorganized immigration framework.
- The reforms aim to reduce migration by boosting domestic skills, limiting lower-skilled visas, tightening employer requirements, and ensuring removal of foreign offenders to promote economic growth and public confidence.
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Immigration White Paper: Skills-First Immigration?
Radical reforms to Britain’s immigration system, restoring control to our borders and reducing record-high levels of net migration have been set out.White Paper raises skill thresholds to graduate-level (RQF 6) with higher salaries required, abolishing the immigration salary discount list entirely. The government is establishing a new labour market evidence group to make informed decisions about workforce needs, rather than defaulting to migrati…
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