Archive for the ‘UK immigration’ Category

The UK immigration minister, Damian Green, yesterday announced that the United Kingdom would not be following in the footsteps of european counterparts France and Belguim in a banning on those wearing burka’s in public.

In what can only be seen as a public sign of support for the Muslim population living in the UK, Mr Green made the point that a ban would a ‘very unbritish’ thing to do, while also commenting on France’s style of democracy.

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The new UK immigration cap does not appear to be as straight-forward as first conceived. The temporary cap that will come into force next april and last until next year is a pre-spoiler for a review on UK immigration practices and an imminent reduction on the numbers, however, how far that reduction will be is yet to be decided, and the temporary limit will serve as an indication on how far they can go with it.

The news that intra company transfers will not be affected serves as an indication that the government are willing to be flexible in terms of allowing companies the right to explore the option of hiring foreign labour if absolutely necessary.

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Last week there were umms and arrs from various quarters about the Tory manifesto pledge to cap the number of non-EU migrant workers, it was widely believed – wrongly, that they were about to scrap the idea. However, as the saying went what a difference a day makes, and they have decided to stay true to the original plan of reducing numbers to tens of thousands – 20,000 to be exact.

Unhappy Boris

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Ed Balls, who is considered by most (most-some) as a fore-runner for the Labour leadership, yesterday wore his heart on his sleeve and reneged on any sort of loyalty he still had for the ex-prime minister, Gordon Brown, as he told the audience of a Sunday broadsheet that the Ex-PM was out of touch with voters feelings on UK immigration and had been for the last two-years.

Ed Balls is competing for the Labour Leadership

What was more striking about the musings of the ex-Financial Times employee was that he now feels that the European Union rules on allowing workers the freedom to move and work where they wish, within the community, to be outdated and detrimental to the now sprawling UK economy.

This was surely an attempt to fill the void left by the now collated Conservative government, for a cap on migration from within the EU must surely have been muttered within their quarters, however, any plans for such a scheme would have been royally scuppered thanks to the dithering voters of the United Kingdom and new bedfellows the Liberal Democrats.

Step forward Mr Balls, a confirmed Euro-sceptic having successfully helped navigate the country away from the joining of the Euro, with an insight those Gillian Duffy was referring to in her infamous besieging of Gordon Brown would agree with. It appears ‘that woman’ was right and Ed Balls has twigged that this will be a good line to appeal to those voters and the UK public.

Read the Ed Balls European Union story.

We reported today that the owner of a cab firm in Kent has been criticized for praising foreign workers while acknowledging that they often work harder than native UK citizens.

This has long been a widely held belief across the world, as in some parts of the world natives to which ever country in question just won’t do certain jobs. There are a few examples that spring to mind, the olive fields in southern Italy – where the workers are predominantly African, paid very little yet integral to the olive economy for example. Workers within this field, if they were to be ‘native’ workers, would be extremely despondent at such a job and as such would not do it to the fullest of their capabilities.

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A new champion of immigration has emerged in the unlikely form of Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. He recently spoke out against people who feel threatened by migration.

Following the new coalition government’s decision to put a cap on yearly levels of immigration to the UK, the Archbishop announced that migrants should be seen as a gift that help our “society both to learn and to teach”. His comments were taken as a dig at his predecessor, Lord Carey of Clifton, who believed that immigration threatens “the very ethos or DNA of our nation”.

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I will leave this as an open ended question and let you the reader come to your own conclusions in regards to the answer. What is clear is that the people of Gt. Britain do not want a Labour government – that is clear, or perhaps more specifically do not want Gordon Brown running the country any longer.

This I feel was a blunder on the part of the powers within the party to allow Gordon Brown to remain, never mind the hoop-la about Labour’s UK immigration protocol, any consultation of the general publics’ views would have gleaned the fact that his self-imposed appointment was not a popular one – even before the credit-munch. If Labour were serious about winning this election Gordon Brown should have gone a long time before.

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Yesterday, all across the UK, voters in their thousands flocked to their local polling stations to vote in both local and parliamentary elections. Already the ballot papers have been collected and the numbers are coming in. And at this stage, it seems a strong possibility that the Conservative party have gained the majority of votes.

Should the Tories take power, this could mean significant changes to the current immigration system. Their manifesto clearly stated that they feel immigration numbers are too high. Under a Conservative government, we can certainly expect to see caps on yearly immigration and more stringent criteria for entering the UK.

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As the nation wakes up to a bright and cheery Monday morning, the British public is confronted by another set of ‘revelations’ over the Liberal Democrats’ inept UK immigration policies. I reported on this last week (as did most of the ‘off-right’ British press), this was the sheer ferocity that certain tabloid/broadsheet fodder were attacking the Liberal Democrat party and their UK immigration policies over and beyond what would be deemed impartial reporting.

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As we are rapidly approaching D-day for the UK’s future Prime Minister and government for the next 4-years to be announced, we here at Global Visas wanted you to be aware of the immigration policies being peddled by the main political parties.

The election is on 6th May, so before you mark your card in one of the specially formed church-come-ballot booths, check out the main parties policies on UK immigration to make an informed decision rather than a knee-jerk reaction.

Labour 

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