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March 26th, 2012 
Tushar Mathur Following UK Immigration Minister Damian Green’s comments that UK companies need to wean themselves off their ‘addiction’ to hiring overseas workers, UK Business organisation London First reiterated how important skilled immigrant workers are to the UK economy.
Although Green claims that UK Government immigration policies have not discouraged skilled immigrant workers from moving to the UK, some parts of the business community believe that UK immigration policies that lead to a decrease in net migration do exactly that.
Rob McIvor, London First’s communications director, said that immigrant workers are particularly important to the London economy.
“They are absolutely essential.
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MPs warn Immigration Minister on student visa curbs
A committee of MPs has urged immigration minister Damian Green not to move forward with the introduction of stricter rules for student immigration into the UK. The committee has warned that more stringent student immigration rules would be “potentially calamitous” to an industry worth £40 billion annually.
The home affairs select committee stated that student immigration is “not only economically beneficial to this country but also vital to the UK’s international relations”. The committee complains that the UK’s policy of reducing net immigration into the UK is based on “flawed” evidence.
The committee has also taken issue with contradictions in public comments made by the immigration minister:
In January, Green told Parliament that “taking action on students is particularly important as they make up roughly two thirds of non-European economic area immigrants, and the number of student visas issued has been rising in recent years”.
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