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Report reveals UK immigration numbers expected to fall in 2012

January 10th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

A recent report by the Institute for Public Policy Research, an independent think-tank, predicted that the number of migrants coming to the UK from outside the EU will fall by about 10 per cent in 2012. The continuing financial crisis, in addition to the government’s attempts to reduce the number of immigrants coming into the UK, is expected to lead to the decrease in immigrant numbers.
Although UK immigration numbers were lower in 2011 than in 2010, the numbers far exceed the government’s original goal of reducing immigration to “tens of thousands”, according to the report.

The report also gave a critical assessment of the government’s approach to immigration numbers, stating that UK immigration’s strategy to lower immigrant numbers is likely to harm any prospect of economic recovery.

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The Guardian: David Cameron’s immigration promises were desperate and self-defeating

September 9th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

By Richard Seymour, published in The Guardian (a British daily newspaper) on 6 September 2011

Torn between his business allies’ enthusiasm for immigration and the Tory bedrock, Cameron has been left looking foolish



David Cameron delivering a speech on immigration in Woking in April. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA



David Cameron’s pledge to cap non-EU immigration was followed this year by a promise to Tory activists to reduce net migration to the UK to tens of thousands. This now looks as foolish as it does desperate.

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UK economy at risk from immigration cap

September 7th, 2011 Tushar Mathur
The UK Government’s own advisory committee, the Migration Advisory Committee, has stated that the British economy could suffer permanent damage if the Government continues to restrict non-EU skilled immigration.

In April of 2011, the current Government implemented a permanent cap on Tier 1 and Tier 2 skilled immigration. This followed on from the temporary immigration cap of the previous year. The popular Tier 1 (General) category no longer exists. There is a new Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category; However, hardly anyone meets the requirements for this visa category.

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Canada seeks public opinion on immigration

September 3rd, 2011 Tushar Mathur

It has long been a destination for people from all over the world, but now Canada is looking to find out what its citizens think of its approach to immigration.

Welcome to Canada: around a quarter of a million immigrants arrive in Canada every year


An online questionnaire has been launched by the Canadian government to try and gauge the public’s opinion on its immigration policies.

Nearly 2000 people have already signed up to answer the survey, which is part of an ongoing consultation into immigration carried out by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration (CIC).

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UK Tier 1 Exceptional Talent scheme to open 9 August 2011

August 11th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Tier 1 Exceptional Talent scheme to open 9 August 2011

Starting 9 August 2011, exceptionally talented leaders in the fields of science, humanities, engineering, and arts will be able to immigrate to the UK under a new Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) immigration category.

The new scheme will not only allow those who are already recognized as leaders in their field, but also those who potentially may become leaders in their field to emigrate to the UK. The scheme will be limited to 1,000 places during the first year of operation.

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UK Deputy Prime Minister criticises UK Prime Minister on immigration

April 23rd, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Nick Clegg the Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister has attacked the Conservative Party Prime Minister’s immigration plans. He says that reducing the number of immigrants to tens of thousands a year was not government policy. Immigration policy has been an ongoing source of friction between the Liberal Democrat members of the Government and the more anti immigration Conservative Party members of the Government.

It should be noted that under EU law the UK has to allow free movement of EU citizens and their families into the UK. In addition the limit on the number of tier 2 visas issued will only have a relatively small affect on overall levels of immigration.

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Study says Canada should increase immigration

April 14th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

A recent study by Canadian professor Tony Fang recommends that Canada should increase its immigration levels to bolster investment in housing and boost the nation’s gross domestic product.

Canada already has the highest immigration rate per capita out of all major countries. The country already has a number of skilled immigration programs to help deal with skills shortages in the labour force.

Fang says that Canada needs an additional one million immigrants; This would be an extra 100,000 immigrants a year during the period 2012 to 2021. This would also help the Canadian economy which is yet to recover fully from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.

“To study the impacts of large-scale immigration on the Canadian economy, the researchers took into account many factors including: immigrants’ participation in the labour force; associated spending on government services and infrastructure; funds brought by immigrants; and labour market differences between migrants (in order to capture the effect of large-scale immigration on Canadian-born workers),” a press release on the study said.

Fang, a professor at the University of York in Vancouver, said that adding 100,000 more immigrants a year to Canada’s population would increase the GDP by 2.3 percent. Moreover, the increase in population would create demands for goods and services, particularly housing.

Fang also said that increased immigration would add $14 billion in tax revenue for the government.

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UK removes 8 occupations from Tier 2 visa skilled occupation list

March 17th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The UK government has announced that it will remove 8 occupations from Shortage Occupation List (SOL). If an occupation is on the shortage occupation list it is easier for an employer to employ a migrant under Tier 2 of the UK’s points based immigration system.

If an occupation is on the shortage occupation list the UK feels there are not enough resident vacancies to fill the available vacancies.

“When the 8 occupations are removed from the list, the number of jobs available to migrants under the list will be reduced from 500,000 to around 230,000,” the UK Border Agency said in a statement.

The UK Government is also removing another 71 professions from the list of 192 qualifying Tier 2 visa occupations. These occupations have been deemed to be below “graduate level”.

According to the UKBA, new rules to be introduced in April will mean that anyone wishing to apply for a Tier 2 visa must be coming here to work in an occupation “at or above graduate level”.

The announcement follows recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a body setup by the Government to study immigration levels into the UK.

This announcement follows the government’s decision to accept all of the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendations following the publication of 2 reports looking at graduate-level jobs and the shortage occupation list for Tier 2.

“These changes to the shortage occupation list will ensure that only skilled workers are coming to the UK through Tier 2 of the points-based system,” said Immigration Minister Damian Green.

“It will allow firms to bring in people with necessary skills without migrants becoming the first resort to fill a wide range of available jobs,” he added.

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