November 26th 2010 - "UK Immigration Plan to Unveil, Student Visas May be Slashed
Source - BBC By Jade Coleman
The government’s proposed immigration cap is due to be revealed later today but already there is speculation about the number of visas that will be issued
and the effects it will have on the British economy. In a report by the BBC they have revealed that the British Government will limit the number of non-EU skilled migrants
allowed to enter the UK to about 43,000 next year. This cap of 43,000 is due to commence from April 2011. The new limit is 13% lower than the number of visas that
were given to non-EU skilled migrants in 2009.
The new cap is the highest figure that has been recommended by the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) who recommended that the number
of migrant workers coming to the UK from outside the EU should be cut by 13 and 25 per cent, but even then it would only contribute to the government’s target by
20%.
Non-EU students must make up 60% of the cut with the final 20% coming from family visas and their dependants.
Students and family visas will also have to be slashed if the Government is to fulfil its pledge to bring net migration down from 196,000 to the tens of thousands by 2015.
The number of students coming to Britain from outside the EU is estimated to be cut to around 87,000.
Home Secretary Theresa May is due to make an announcement to the members of parliament today about that official figures that have been decided by the coalition
government.Mrs May has already announced that she would crack down on non-EU students coming to privately-funded colleges and to study courses that were below
degree level as she seeks to make eligibility criteria for visas more selective.
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