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Immigration Information     Immigration cap on foreign staff will compromise patient care says NHSThousands of employers, for instance in the care sector which looks after the most vulnerable people in our society, are still being blocked from recruiting skilled migrants from outside the UK under the interim cap, even when the job is listed on the official shortage occupations list, such as Senior Care Workers. UK Minister Vince Cable says skilled Indian workers and students are welcomeWhilst this article and Vince Cable’s apparent assurance may bring welcome relief to migrants, his own coalition government’s policies, like their plans to abolish the Tier 1 Post Study Work Visa, do not mirror his views and appear to conflict with his earlier statements. 20 suspected illegal immigrants held in raid on London NHS hospitalsTwenty suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested in raids on Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals last week. Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 09 January 2011Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 09 January 2011 UK Border Agency to continue crackdown on illegal workingTwo major sources of confusion for employers are overseas students and Romanian and Bulgarian EU citizens.Employers are often unaware that Bulgarians and Romanians do not have the same rights to work in the UK as other Eastern European EU members, although they can set up a business or work and study under a Yellow Card issued by the UK Border Agency. London Mayor’s new attack on UK Immigration CapDespite the crackdowns and rule changes, everybody knows that the vast majority of immigration comes from within the EU. The UK has little control of millions of Eastern Europeans wishing to work in the UK, as well as migrants exercising EEA rights of settlement. In reality the only way the Government can reduce net migration below their target ‘tens of thousands’ is to tear up treaties and effectively pull out of the European Union. Immigration ‘unacceptably high’, and must be cut says British PMImmigration to Britain is “unacceptably high” and must be cut, but this can be achieved whilst ensuring businesses can still import talent, Prime Minister David Cameron said in remarks on Sunday. Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 19 September 2010Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 19 September 2010 from http://www.immigrationmatters.co.uk/category/news Vince Cable says immigration cap is damaging British industryThis week a cabinet minister, UK Business Secretary Vince Cable, unusually spoke out against official government policy. Former Immigration Minister Phil Woolas campaign ‘to make white folk angry’The BBC reports that the former immigration minister Phil Woolas set out to “make the white folk angry” in his election campaign, a specially convened court heard. Share                                                 |