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UK's New Plan For Overseas Students, Skilled Workers To Cut Migration
In a major step, the UK government today announced "radical action" to bring immigration down, including hiking the minimum salary that skilled foreign workers will need to earn if they want a visa to work in the UK. The move comes after official figures showed net migration to the UK hit a record high of 7,45,000 in 2022, piling pressure on Britain Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has vowed to reduce new arrivals.
Immigration is too high. Today we're taking radical action to bring it down. These steps will make sure that immigration always benefits the UK," Rishi Sunak posted on X, formerly Twitter.
The measures include banning overseas students from bringing family members to the UK, unless they are on postgraduate research degrees and increasing the salary threshold for foreign workers to 38,000 pounds (Rs 40,01,932).
Interior minister James Cleverly said that from early next year, skilled overseas workers will have to earn 38,700 pounds, up from the current level of 26,200 pounds (Rs 27,58,718.52)."Enough is enough," the home secretary told parliament as he laid out his proposals, which will take effect early next year.
"Our new immigration plan will mean we decisively cut net migration and create a system that works for the British people," the Home Office said in a statement. Stopping overseas care workers bringing family dependants and require care firms in England to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to sponsor visas.
- It is estimated this change with reduce arrivals on this route by more than 20 per cent by 2024-25.Increasing the earnings threshold by a third to 38,700 pounds from next Spring for those using the skilled worker route, in line with the median full-time wage for these kinds of jobs.Scrapping cut-price shortage labour from overseas, by ending the 20 per cent going rate salary discount for shortage occupations and reforming the Shortage Occupation List.
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