How the Home Office is profiteering off migrants
Sajid Javid’s department is charging an effective tax rate of nearly 400% on families’ right to live together.
Sajid Javid’s department is charging an effective tax rate of nearly 400% on families’ right to live together.
Fees for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) – affecting hundreds of former servicemen and women – have risen by 1,441% since its introduction in 2003.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival (pictured) and many others risk losing out on the world’s top talent, due to harsh Home Office rules. A taste of things to come?
Pandering to anti-migrant sentiment is hurting the British economy.
The government’s decision to impose an income requirement suggests that the true motivation is simply to reduce numbers, as every British family ‘stuck’ abroad, or separated, helps to reduce net migration.
Much like the assertion that nobody can talk about immigration without being accused of being a racist (if anything immigration is talked about too much relative to its impact), the idea that public concern about immigration is related to the numbers of migrants settling in the UK appears also to be a myth.
In two weeks time the daughter of one of my friends will get married. This happy occasion will be marred by the fact that soon after the wedding her new husband may have to leave the UK. Despite his high earning potential, new rules about family migration, introduced in July 2012, will exclude him from obtaining a spouse’s visa.
Boris Johnson says Indian students should have their visa applications to study in the UK processed far quicker – but can he persuade his Tory colleagues?
Coupled with the recent changes to visa rules for international students, the government is creating an increasingly hostile environment for all young migrants.