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The UK government announced on Monday new reform policies to tighten immigration rules, in a White Paper titled “Restoring Control over the Immigration System,” which was presented to parliament. The new rules focus on reducing international recruitment, visa and asylum rules, and citizenship.
The new rules have raised the requirements for skilled worker visas, citing that “overseas recruitment” and a “shift toward lower-skilled migration” can be attributed to steep increases in UK migration. It linked this to a “significant” increase in “visas for dependents” between both skilled workers and international students.
In its press release, the government addressed “over complex family and private life immigration arrangements,” and noted its intention to establish a new family policy that will, among other things, ensure that only “genuine subsisting relationships” qualify for family migration and protective measures against domestic abuse and forced marriages are included. The government also aims to create legislation to clarify the parliament’s decision-making role in cases where Article 8 of the ECHR — the right to family life — is raised to prevent deportation.
The government also announced stricter policies around asylum. It says that “tighter visa controls, restrictions, requirements or scrutiny will be applied” to prevent abuse of the asylum system. Notably, new rules will apply where the situation in an applicant’s home country has remained materially unchanged, “particularly where they have claimed asylum after arrival.”
One of the more notable changes is the change to settlement and citizenship rules. Prior to the new measures, migrants could apply to “settle” in the UK after five years. However, this has now been doubled to 10 years. The government also announced further plans to “expand the points-based system to both” “settlement and citizenship rules” so that an individual’s “contribution to the UK” is considered.
These policy changes come as part of the UK government’s plans to reform immigration and address the asylum backlog. Immigration has been a contentious topic for some time, highlighted in the UK’s exit from the EU. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says in the White Paper foreword:
This supplements the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which is due for its first reading at the House of Lords on 13 May 2025.
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The new rules have raised the requirements for skilled worker visas, citing that “overseas recruitment” and a “shift toward lower-skilled migration” can be attributed to steep increases in UK migration. It linked this to a “significant” increase in “visas for dependents” between both skilled workers and international students.
In its press release, the government addressed “over complex family and private life immigration arrangements,” and noted its intention to establish a new family policy that will, among other things, ensure that only “genuine subsisting relationships” qualify for family migration and protective measures against domestic abuse and forced marriages are included. The government also aims to create legislation to clarify the parliament’s decision-making role in cases where Article 8 of the ECHR — the right to family life — is raised to prevent deportation.
The government also announced stricter policies around asylum. It says that “tighter visa controls, restrictions, requirements or scrutiny will be applied” to prevent abuse of the asylum system. Notably, new rules will apply where the situation in an applicant’s home country has remained materially unchanged, “particularly where they have claimed asylum after arrival.”
One of the more notable changes is the change to settlement and citizenship rules. Prior to the new measures, migrants could apply to “settle” in the UK after five years. However, this has now been doubled to 10 years. The government also announced further plans to “expand the points-based system to both” “settlement and citizenship rules” so that an individual’s “contribution to the UK” is considered.
These policy changes come as part of the UK government’s plans to reform immigration and address the asylum backlog. Immigration has been a contentious topic for some time, highlighted in the UK’s exit from the EU. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says in the White Paper foreword:
This supplements the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which is due for its first reading at the House of Lords on 13 May 2025.
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