Keir Starmer unveils immigration crackdown as PM promises to tighten 'every area of system'
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on May 12, 2025 in London a series of policies to sharply reduce immigration.
- The announcement came amid rising immigration levels, public concern, and growing political pressure from the anti-immigration Reform UK party.
- Starmer pledged to tighten rules on work, family, and study visas, increase English language requirements, lengthen citizenship qualifying time to 10 years, and scrap some special care worker visas.
- He announced plans to regain authority over Britain's immigration policies and cautioned that without stricter border measures, the country could become disconnected from its communities.
- The plan aims to cut immigration but faces uncertainty, with critics warning it may hurt sectors reliant on foreign workers and fail to stop illegal entries.
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United Kingdom to Overhaul Immigration After Reform Local Election Wins - teleSUR English
The government aims to reduce legal migration by tightening residency rules, raising visa thresholds, and closing work routes. The British government has unveiled one of the most sweeping overhauls of immigration policy in decades, in a move analysts believe was driven by the significant gains made by the right-wing Reform UK party in recent local elections. RELATED: Trump Pushes Self-Deportation with $1,000 Payment to Undocumented Migrants in t…
Starmer and anti-immigrant populism
The UK Labour Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, intends to reduce the numbers of immigrants entering the country with a new twist to the restrictions and a language that evokes that of his conservative predecessors. The London Government wants to double from five to ten years the time needed to acquire permanent residence. Control over temporary work visas will henceforth be much stricter. At least the school graduate will be required at the lowest …
U.K. Labour Party Admits: Mass Migration Is Not Beneficial
The desire to reduce mass migration is so undeniably popular in the U.K. that the left-wing government in power is flipping on the issue. ... The post U.K. Labour Party Admits: Mass Migration Is Not Beneficial appeared first on The New American.
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