Immigration news

According to a report published by the New Scientist, not a single scientist has applied for a UK Global Talent Visa. The route, which was opened to Nobel Prize-winning scientists six months ago, has been described as a ‘joke’ by the scientific community.

 

The Global Talent Visa route was opened to award-winners in the fields of science, engineering, the humanities and medicine back in May, offering a fast-track route into Britain for overseas nationals wanting to work in the UK.

The US and China have reached an agreement to ease visa restrictions on each other’s journalists following a series of tit-for-tat expulsions. Following a virtual meeting between US President, Joe Biden, and Chinese premier, Xi Jinping, it’s understood that Chinese journalists will now be issued with one-year multiple entry visas by the United States.

 

UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has ripped into the European Union for ‘plunging Britain into a mass migrant crisis’ due to its open border policies. Patel claimed that France is ‘overwhelmed’ by the number of people heading to its shorelines to attempt the perilous journey across the Channel to reach England.

 

Speaking to reporters, Ms Patel admitted for the first time that Britain is in the grip of a ‘mass migration crisis’. She said: “The real problem on illegal migration flows is the EU has no border protections whatsoever.”

Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to the US, Gilad Erdan, claims that Israel will join the US visa waiver program by mid-2022. Workpermit.com has covered Israel’s quest to be included in the program extensively in recent months. Mr Erdan claims that Israel has been denied entry into the US visa waiver scheme amid ‘confusion over the Israeli lifestyle’.

 

Senior Tory MPs are urging the Home Office to stop unfairly excluding young Hong Kong nationals from its flagship BNO visa scheme, according to a report published by The Independent. Former UK immigration minister, Damian Green, said: “The UK has a ‘moral obligation’ to Hong Kong citizens born after 1997, who cannot benefit from the BNO visa.”

 

The outgoing boss of the UK immigration department’s Border Force, Paul Lincoln, has sparked a political row after saying that Britain’s borders are a pain in the a***. Mr Lincoln’s comments came amid a record 23,500 migrants crossing the Channel in 2021. The former Border Force boss left his post in October following a shakeup by Home Secretary, Priti Patel.