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Does Immigration Policy Need To Change?
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It has emerged that Theresa May has personally overuled pleas by cabinet ministers - including Amber Rudd and Jeremy Hunt - to permit more foreign doctors into the country under skilled work visas.
Furthermore, 7000 foreign students who are here legally have been instructed in error by the Home Office to leave the country under the accusation that they faked English language results. The majority of these people have been denied right of appeal, and some have been detained.
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This surely cannot be dismissed as an oversight by a few bad bureaucrats, can it? One of these is a direct example of the PM putting her obsession with arbitrary targets above the interests of UK citizens; the other is an example of immigrants to the UK who have played by the rules and been punished anyway as a direct result of May's beloved "hostile environment."
Could it perhaps be that immigration policy isn't as simple as "Less than 100k"? That perhaps we need a more measured, less hysterical policy that follows due process and treats people fairly? How would you feel if you were an immigrant to the UK?
It has emerged that Theresa May has personally overuled pleas by cabinet ministers - including Amber Rudd and Jeremy Hunt - to permit more foreign doctors into the country under skilled work visas.
Furthermore, 7000 foreign students who are here legally have been instructed in error by the Home Office to leave the country under the accusation that they faked English language results. The majority of these people have been denied right of appeal, and some have been detained.
From the FT:
https:/
Non-paywalled (but lower quality) link:
https:/
This surely cannot be dismissed as an oversight by a few bad bureaucrats, can it? One of these is a direct example of the PM putting her obsession with arbitrary targets above the interests of UK citizens; the other is an example of immigrants to the UK who have played by the rules and been punished anyway as a direct result of May's beloved "hostile environment."
Could it perhaps be that immigration policy isn't as simple as "Less than 100k"? That perhaps we need a more measured, less hysterical policy that follows due process and treats people fairly? How would you feel if you were an immigrant to the UK?
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There is clearly a serious problem with following due process and completing investigations in the home office. This could be anyone.
Remember, the priority outlined by May in parliament was "deport first, ask questions later." You have a direct example in the OP of May, personally, refusing to admit doctors when there is a clear and obvious need. How people can look at this and insist that this is all just a few bad bureaucrats is extremely confusing.
This is all part of the same problem: a target-obsessed culture within the department that is a long-term result of bad policymaking.
There is clearly a serious problem with following due process and completing investigations in the home office. This could be anyone.
Remember, the priority outlined by May in parliament was "deport first, ask questions later." You have a direct example in the OP of May, personally, refusing to admit doctors when there is a clear and obvious need. How people can look at this and insist that this is all just a few bad bureaucrats is extremely confusing.
This is all part of the same problem: a target-obsessed culture within the department that is a long-term result of bad policymaking.
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