LONDON: Britain’s embattled Conservative government unveiled a raft of measures Monday aimed at cracking down on…
LONDON: Britain’s embattled Conservative government unveiled a raft of measures Monday aimed at cracking down on record levels of regular migration, including raising the minimum salary threshold for a skilled worker visa.
Immigration is set to be a key issue in a general election expected next year, which the main opposition Labour party is currently favoured to win.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to reduce new arrivals but statistics released last month showed that net migration to Britain hit a high in 2022.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of people who arrived in Britain last year was 745,000 more than the number who left.
UK PM Sunak committed to bringing net migration down ‘significantly’
Interior minister James Cleverly said his plan would result in 300,000 fewer people coming to the UK in the coming…