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- The UK government published an Immigration White Paper on May 12, 2025, proposing major reforms to the country's immigration system.
- These reforms respond to a quadrupling of net migration since 2019, which reached around one million by 2023, driven mainly by increased overseas recruitment since 2020.
- Key measures include raising skilled visa thresholds to graduate level, doubling residency requirements for citizenship to ten years, ending overseas recruitment of social care workers by 2028, and strengthening English language standards.
- Home Secretary Yvette Cooper highlighted the need for effective management and regulation of migration to maintain fairness within the system, and she stressed that new policies will lead to faster removal of offenders.
- The government intends these reforms to reduce migration significantly, restore border control, support domestic skills investment, and maintain access for highly skilled talent to boost economic growth.
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The British Labour government of Keir Starmer announced on Monday a road map to 'radical measures' to reduce immigration, as the UK saw the extreme right climb in polls and settle in the country.
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varmatin.comLondon - Keir Starmer's Labour Government unveils Monday, May 12, a road map to "radical measures" to reduce immigration, as the UK sees the far right climb in polls and settle in the country
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