James Bowes
- Reposted by James BowesIt's not that hard. We don't have to let workers or students come here in the first place - as long as we are willing to bear the economic, tax and other costs of not doing so. But if we do let them in, we should treat them decently. And their children!
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- This was particularly bad in 2023. The Home Office have clamped down hard on visa applications from abroad, so this is becoming less common. However, it sounds like there's still a big problem with this when people apply for a visa in country (something we have very little data about).
- Very interesting graph here from the Migration Observatory. @migobs.bsky.social
- Canada has beaten us to having negative net migration. It’s likely to be the same story in the U.K. by the end of this year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Whilst immigration restrictions are the main reason for the fall in net migration, they’re not the only reason. There has been a huge drop in demand for most high skilled jobs since 2022. Only financial analysts and (not for much longer with the new training rules) doctors have broken this trend.
- Prioritising British medical graduates for training posts is likely to result in a significant fall in immigration of doctors. Most that come are taking up training posts. Some doctors will still come to train of course, as not all places will be filled, just not as many as currently.
