Keir Starmer unveils UK migration curbs

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British Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer announced a campaign of immigration in order to “honor” Brexiter recently “restore control”, warning that Britain had risked to become a “island of strangers.”

In the comprehensive reforms of the immigration system, immigrants to the United Kingdom will need to spend a decade in the country before applying for settlement unless they can show a “real and permanent contribution to the economy and society.”

The proposal to end the automatic settlement after five years is part of the planned restrictions on legal immigration, which will also restrict the ability of employers to employ workers abroad for low skills roles.

The White Immigration paper has also developed plans to cancel the visa path for social welfare workers, which was a major migration engine to Britain in recent years, and increased the qualification threshold for skilled workers x visas to the level of graduate studies.

Starmer told a press conference on Monday that Britain had witnessed a “one -country experience in open borders” under the last conservative government, adding: “This is not control, this is chaos.”

The Prime Minister said that the proposed changes, which the conservatives described as very shy, will end “a malicious chapter of our policies, our economy and our country” and will encourage the training and employment of UK workers.

Starmer did not specify a target of discounts in deportation, and he rejected the suggestion of the Conservative Party by a maximum annual, but he said: “I promised that it will decrease significantly.”

According to government accounts, the measure of measures will reduce the number of people who arrive in the United Kingdom by 98,000 a year, by between 82000 and 113,000.

This may mean that the net deportation in 2029-30 will decrease to about 240,000, down from the current budget responsibility office of 340,000.

One of the Ministry of Interior officials stressed that estimates should not be used to continue the general goal of Starmer for pure deportation, as there were other measures that were offered to reduce the flows that “can reduce clear immigration.”

The net immigration reached its peak 906,000 in the year until June 2023 under the last government of the Conservative Party, but it started to fall after the administration of former Prime Minister Rishi Sonak took visas for families and those who are miserable, and increased the salary threshold for many professions.

Starmer’s reforms and difficult rhetoric come after the Nigel Farage Party to combat immigration in the United Kingdom has scored great successes in the English local elections this month, and the reins of the great initiative in national opinion polls.

The Prime Minister said on Monday that he was not making changes for political reasons, but because “he is fair, and because I believe in him.”

The white paper has also made plans to increase the salary threshold for all visa holders who seek to bring theists, and raise the English language requirements for applicants and applicants.

Under pressure from reform and conservatives to go further, the Prime Minister added that he would be ready to take additional steps to reduce immigration, if necessary. He said: “On the occasion of my words, we will rise.”

It has been disposed of the suggestions that the campaign will undermine the slow growth rate of Britain, leaving employers with a shortage of employment and care homes that are struggling to find employees.

He said: “The theory that the high numbers of migration necessarily have been tested in the past four years,” saying that immigration has declined, but the economy has stagnated.

This claim is likely to be disputed by economists and employers, but Starmer insisted: “This link does not keep this guide.”