New report from Centre for Policy Studies proposes new restrictions on migration, including abolishing post-study Graduate visa, higher salary thresholds and regular debate on visa-specific caps in Parliament
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My review of the BBC's migration coverage was published yesterday. It's quite long so here is the 6-point summary.
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Almost 300 people a year are refused entry to Ireland as a result of immigration checks near the Northern Ireland border, typically excellent stats sleuthing by Georgina Sturge reveals.

I FOI’d these same stats on asylum applications from visa holders a few months ago and was told by the Home Office “Such a dataset does not exist”.

And yet here it is… Frustrating.

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The UK’s asylum backlog started falling in 2023. The government hired more caseworkers and their productivity increased, leading to more decisions. We examine how this happened, why, and what it means for the asylum system in our updated briefing. 🧵(1/8)

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Nice piece from alan manning about how the econ benefits of migration are often exaggerated in public debate

(Same applies to the costs, of course)

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Not sure which demographic analysis supports this conclusion. if interested in migration and aging a few suggestions for serious reading ft.com/content/3e92cb… via @ft

ICYMI: New report from think-tank @UKOnward says govt should substantially reduce net migration to UK with:
- Visa caps
- Higher salary thresholds
- Preventing some universities from sponsoring foreign students
- Abolishing grad visa
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New monthly stats on work & study visa applications show numbers were already falling before the March/April restrictions came in
Particularly big drop in health & care main applicants may be related to HO crackdown on sponsorship in care sector late last year

Emergency laws will be brought to Cabinet on Tuesday to enable the Government to send asylum seekers back to the UK. Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is expected to discuss a new returns policy with her British counterpart in London on Monday | rte.ie/b/1446053

Some useful detail on the new Safety of Rwanda guidance

“Success is when the boats have been stopped,” Sunak tells Beth Rigby — setting himself a very high bar

I guess the people at London Elects haven’t read the literature about how negating a frame reinforces it…

The EU's new asylum regulation has an anti-Rwanda clause.

🚨 New language model for historical occupations 🚨
OccCANINE is a new tool, which turns occupational descriptions (in all their pesky variety) into standard HISCO codes. Accurate, multilingual and fast. Developed by Christian M. Dahl, Torben Johansen, and myself 🧵👇 (1/12)

The new income requirement for family visas comes into effect today. Our estimates suggest that 50% of employees don't earn enough to bring a foreign partner to UK under this initial phase. By 2025, when phase 3 starts, this figure could rise to 70% 👉migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/comm…

In the Times today I look at why government departments have stopped publishing the data we need to have a better debate on migration. I'm backing Robert Jenrick amendments to start fixing this.
thetimes.co.uk/article/ebb5d1…