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The Illegal Migration Bill has passed through Parliament ending a long stand-off between MPs and Lords. The bill is part of the government’s plan to tackle small boat crossings after record numbers arrived in the UK this way in 2022. What is the government’s plan to tackle migrants? Under the Illegal Migration Bill, which eventually passed …

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The solicitors’ watchdog in England and Wales has confirmed it is investigating law firms accused of helping clients make false asylum claims. It comes after a Daily Mail reporter, posing as an economic migrant, asked law firms for help applying for asylum. Two companies allegedly agreed to help devise fictional backstories aimed at increasing the …

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The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in the Lords. The legislation is central to the prime minister’s pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Under the bill, the home secretary has a legal duty to detain and remove anyone entering the …

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that “stopping the boats” bringing migrants to the UK is a key political priority.Record numbers of people have crossed the English Channel in recent years, and the government has proposed a number of measures it hopes will tackle the issue.How many people cross the Channel in small boats?Small boat …

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It could cost an estimated £63,000 more to send a migrant to a “safe country” such as Rwanda than to keep them in the UK, the government has said.An economic impact assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill, which is going through Parliament, found a gross cost of £169,000 to relocate an individual.But the estimated £106,000 …

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UK net migration hit 606,000 in 2022 – the highest figure ever recorded, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rise is driven by people arriving from non-EU countries on government-issued visas to study, work or join family members. The figure includes Ukrainian and Hong Kong citizens for whom …

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There have been some changes to student visas announced recently. Here are the key points: 🎯 International students will no longer be able to bring dependents to the UK on student visas. This includes spouses, partners, and children. There are a few exceptions, such as for students who are studying at a postgraduate research level. …

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Foreign postgraduate students on non-research courses will no longer be able to bring family members to the UK, under new immigration curbs. The announcement has been made two days before official statistics are expected to show legal migration has hit a record 700,000 this year. Last year, 135,788 visas were granted to dependants of foreign …

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The prime minister has refused to explicitly commit to a Conservative promise to get net migration levels below where they were four years ago. The Tory manifesto before the general election in 2019 promised that “overall numbers will come down”. Net migration – the number of people moving to the UK minus the number who …

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