UK Immigration News

BBC Radio 2 host, Jeremy Vine, launched a scathing attack on the EU after Brussels refused to renegotiate terms over a reciprocal visa between the UK and EU for touring musicians. During an interview on Channel 5, Vine said: “It’s their loss. The UK has the best music in the world.”

 

The Home Office officially opened the new UK BNO visa route on 31 January, exclusively for Hong Kong nationals. Following controversial security laws imposed on the Special Administrative Region in 2020 by China, the UK government opened the BNO visa scheme to provide some three million Hong Kong nationals with a pathway to UK citizenship.

 

According to a new survey by Ipsos Mori, the majority of the British public does not favour reduced UK immigration. The poll revealed that less than 50% of the UK public wants to see immigration levels reduced. 

 

NHS leaders have warned that post-Brexit UK immigration rules will make visas difficult to access for care workers, sparking a potential shortage of staff. The NHS Confederation has urged government ministers to show ‘flexibility and pragmatism’ across the new system to prevent the flow of international care workers from drying up.

 

A series of new surveys conducted by educations.com has revealed that Canada and the UK have moved ahead of the US as preferred international destinations for study among foreign students. Meanwhile, international students who had planned to study in Australia, have now switched to British or Canadian universities.

 

According to a report published by The Guardian, EU citizens are being offered financial incentives to leave the UK. The report claims that EU nationals are being added to a voluntary returns scheme with the Home Office offering to cover the cost of flights and hand out £2,000 for resettlement.