By Sanwar Ali:
With the easing of restrictions and the huge reduction in red list countries many more migrants to the UK will find travel much easier. However, Scotland and Wales have different COVID-19 rules.
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Former US President, Donald Trump, has sparked outrage by claiming that immigrants from Haiti are likely spreading AIDS to the US. Speaking on Sean Hannity’s primetime show on Fox News, the controversial former President said: “We let everybody come in. It’s like a death wish, like a death wish for our country!”
During the show, Trump was questioned about COVID-19 testing protocols for refugees, prompting Trump to spout several unfounded claims about immigrants. He even claimed that other countries were conspiring against the US.
The UK government has been forced to extend an emergency UK visa scheme aimed at attracting foreign truck drivers amid low applicant numbers. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed that 127 EU workers had applied for the visa, only for the government to correct the number to 27 shortly afterward.
By Sanwar Ali:
Frequently you need a job to obtain a long term residence visa. This can be very difficult to do. Many employers say that they will not employ you unless you already have some type of visa that allows you to work. However, much of the time the only way that you can work for the employer is if they sponsor you for a work visa!
In reality in many cases, it may be too expensive and difficult to obtain some sort of visa to work in the destination country.
A federal judge has ruled that the US Department of State (DoS) must continue to issue US visas to eligible travelers during travel bans. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, travel bans have been used to prevent the spread of COVID-19, with a blanket visa ban also applied. However, the federal judge ruled that this action is unlawful.
Anti-immigration think-thank, Migration Watch UK, claims that the number of UK immigration enforcement staff assigned to tackling illegal entry into Britain has dropped from 5,121 in 2018-19 to 4,855 in 2020. Meanwhile, the Home Office has reportedly cut its UK immigration budget from £462 million in 2018-19 to £420 million in 2020-21.