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International Students: The Case for Refining their Visa Regime
Summary 1. The Tier 4 student visa should be divided into three visas, one for each type of study: University, Further Education, and English Language. This would allow for a better understanding of the international student sector and for greater flexibility in entry requirements that properly reflects the different risks
MW324 : A Liberal Democrat Recipe for the Abandonment of Immigration Control | Migration Watch UK
1. A Centre Forum paper published on 23 December contains 21 recommendations. Eighteen are relatively trivial. The other three seem designed to destroy the coalition government’s efforts to control immigration. 2. This intention is camouflaged by the claim that immigration policy should be structured to promote economic growth – a
Lib Dem immigration policy “vacuous“ | Migration Watch UK
Last night on the BBC2 programme “The truth about immigration“, Vince Cable was dismissive of the government’s immigration objective and suggested that it was time to be “practical“. As it happens, the Lib Dem think tank Centre Forum has just published a paper, sprinkled with quotations from Vince Cable, entitled
MW323 : Options for Romanian and Bulgarian migrants in 2014 | Migration Watch UK
Summary 1. The UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands are the four major countries opening their labour markets in January 2014. All four are likely to be financially attractive destinations for those wishing to migrate from Romania and Bulgaria but high unemployment might make France less attractive. There will also
Options for Romanian and Bulgarian Migrants in 2014 | Migration Watch UK
UK Wages and Benefits a Magnet to Two Million Romanians and Bulgarians in Spain and Italy Some of the two million Romanian and Bulgarian migrants in Spain and Italy may find the lure of Britain difficult to resist. This is the conclusion of a new report from the think tank Migration Watch
MW274 : Supreme Court Rules on the Powers of the Home Secretary | Migration Watch UK
1 Two recent decisions of the Supreme Court are an important source of guidance on the scope of the Home Secretary’s powers to exercise immigration control. The first case discussed below emphasises the necessity of including in the Immigration Rules (which have to be laid before Parliament) any requirements material
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