He British government has announced a series of restrictions and limitations on the hiring of workers residing abroad in order to reduce legal net migration, which has tripled since Brexit came into force. The new measures will lead to a reduction of some 300,000 people in the total number of immigrants who entered the United Kingdom through official routes, according to estimates made by the new head of the Interior, James Cleverly, in the Westminster Parliament.
“Enough is enough,” said the minister after remembering that Migration peaked in December 2022with a annual net of 745,000 migrants. The acceleration has slowed down this year and 672,000 were registered in the 12 months to June, but it is still well above the 240,000 officially estimated before the departure of the European Union, when Community nationals had freedom of residence and work in United Kingdom.
He Brexit gave way to an immigration policy based on a points system in correspondence with the situation of the labor market in the different professional sectors, from doctors to cooks, fruit pickers, truck drivers or graphic designers. He then lowered the number of entries from the UE and arrivals from the rest of the world skyrocketed.
Cleverly outlined in the House of Commons the guidelines of a “five-point plan”, which restricts the options and rights of foreign companies, workers and students, including their respective dependent family members.
The minimum salary for qualified professionals is raised from the current 30,000 euros gross per year to a new ceiling of 45,000, which will apply from spring 2024. A similar level of salary must be declared by the foreign resident who requests to bring to the country a dependent.