The Times UK edition carried a shocking headline - High-skilled foreign migrants entering Britain to halve, Jacqui Smith says - leaving me to turn my dentures into organic paper shredders while saying WTF whenever finger breaks came in between.
In brief, this is what was said, by the mighty Ms Smith, “All workers now coming to the UK from outside the EU have to meet the requirements of the Australian-style points-based system, which allows us to raise or lower the bar on who can come here. We recognise that migration continues to play an important role in the UK, at the same time as we are giving greater support to domestic workers so that we can all come through the recession stronger.”
She has also asked the Migration Advisory Committee to look at the economic contribution made by dependants of all migrants entering under the points-based immigration system.
Ms Smith confirmed that skilled jobs will have to be advertised for a minimum of two weeks in Jobcentre Plus branches before businesses can seek skilled workers from outside the EU. The rules are being changed after claims that some jobs were being advertised in obscure media outlets.
The officials have also added that the applicants will need to have a Master's degree and blah...blah...blah...Well, UK is no longer a viable option for me. Most of the taxi-wallahs and over-the-counter agents are Asians or people from EU, and if the UK is going to be tough on them, then may be its time for some other country to cash upon the easily available labour. After living in the harsh winters, I'm now even open to settling down in Russia/ Netherlands, where the govt is friendly and welcome to migrants.
Cheers
In brief, this is what was said, by the mighty Ms Smith, “All workers now coming to the UK from outside the EU have to meet the requirements of the Australian-style points-based system, which allows us to raise or lower the bar on who can come here. We recognise that migration continues to play an important role in the UK, at the same time as we are giving greater support to domestic workers so that we can all come through the recession stronger.”
She has also asked the Migration Advisory Committee to look at the economic contribution made by dependants of all migrants entering under the points-based immigration system.
Ms Smith confirmed that skilled jobs will have to be advertised for a minimum of two weeks in Jobcentre Plus branches before businesses can seek skilled workers from outside the EU. The rules are being changed after claims that some jobs were being advertised in obscure media outlets.
The officials have also added that the applicants will need to have a Master's degree and blah...blah...blah...Well, UK is no longer a viable option for me. Most of the taxi-wallahs and over-the-counter agents are Asians or people from EU, and if the UK is going to be tough on them, then may be its time for some other country to cash upon the easily available labour. After living in the harsh winters, I'm now even open to settling down in Russia/ Netherlands, where the govt is friendly and welcome to migrants.
Cheers
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