{"id":383,"date":"2008-11-10T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/2008\/11\/10\/toughening-the-points-based-system\/"},"modified":"2008-11-10T17:20:54","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T17:20:54","slug":"toughening-the-points-based-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2008\/11\/10\/toughening-the-points-based-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Toughening the Points Based System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>With unemployment climbing fast, it is no longer acceptable that jobs which have never been advertised in Britain should be offered to economic migrants. Nor should migrants be admitted without a job to go to. The total of these categories is at least 75,000 jobs a year and probably a good deal more. These arrangements should be suspended while the recession lasts.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>It is not generally realised that a significant number of work permits are issued to foreign economic migrants without the job being advertised in Britain or in the EU and that a considerable number of economic migrants are admitted without a job to go to.<\/P><br \/>\nTo see the full text of this document go to Migrationwatch&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\/Briefingpapers\/employment\/3_5.asp\">Briefing Paper 3.5<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With unemployment climbing fast, it is no longer acceptable that jobs which have never been advertised in Britain should be offered to economic migrants. Nor should migrants be admitted without a job to go to. The total of these categories is at least 75,000 jobs a year and probably a good deal more. 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