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The government argued that the existing visa options are sufficient for international students in Scotland, and noted that, "Applying different immigration rules to different parts of the UK would complicate the immigration system, harming its integrity, and cause difficulties for employers with a presence in more than one part of the UK." [39]
On 5 July 2023, the government confirmed that they would go ahead with the bill, despite defeat in the House of Lords. [10] On 11 July 2023, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick confirmed the government did not support what he described as “little short of wrecking amendments” to the bill. [11] On 20 July 2023, the bill received royal assent.
The Act amended the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 (that had stripped most citizens of Commonwealth countries of the rights of entry, abode and employment in the United Kingdom), further reducing rights of citizens of the Commonwealth of Nations countries (as of 2024, comprising approximately 2.5 billion people [2]) to migrate to the UK.
Research conducted by the Migration Policy Institute for the Equality and Human Rights Commission suggests that, between May 2004 and September 2009, 1.5 million workers migrated from the new EU member states to the UK, but that many have returned home, with the result that the number of nationals of the new member states in the UK increased by ...
British home secretary Priti Patel (left) and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta (right) sign the policy on 14 April 2022. The UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership [a] was an immigration policy proposed by the governments of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak whereby people whom the United Kingdom identified as illegal immigrants or asylum seekers would have ...
The visa policy of the UK also applies to the Crown dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, which each operate their own immigration enforcement and have separate work permit systems. [1] [2] [3] The visa policy does not apply to any of the British Overseas Territories, who generally apply their own visa policies.
From 1920 to 1970, the Immigration Branch of the Home Office managed government policy towards migration. This became the UK Immigration Service, but was disbanded in 2007. The Immigration and Nationality Directorate became the Border and Immigration Agency in 2007, and then became the UK Border Agency from 2008. Now it is split in two ...
The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom proposed in July 2021 relating to immigration, asylum and the UK's modern slavery response. [1] The Act also deals with British overseas territories citizenship and registration of stateless citizens.