The British government has announced a package of measures to cut net migration to the United Kingdom, including plans to raise the <a href="https://news.ad-astra.icu/increase-in-salary-threshold-for-visas-of-foreign-workers-announced-by-uk.html" title="Increase in salary threshold for visas of foreign workers announced by UK”>minimum salary required for foreign workers to be eligible for a work visa.
The measure aims at raising the minimum salary migrants to the UK must earn in a job by a third after record net migration in 2022 piled pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to act.
High levels of legal migration have for more than a decade dominated Britain’s political landscape, and Sunak has promised to gain more control after lawmakers in his Conservative Party criticised his record ahead of an election expected next year. Successive Conservative-led governments have promised to cut migration – once targeting a net figure of less than 100,000.
Interior Minister James Cleverly said on Monday the government would raise the minimum salary threshold for foreign skilled workers to 38,700 pounds ($48,800), from its current level of 26,200 pounds ($33,000), reform the list of jobs where exceptions are made due to shortages, and toughen rules on whether workers can bring their families.
“Migration to this country is far too high and needs to come down, and today we are taking more robust action than any other government before,” Cleverly told lawmakers.
“This package of measures will take place from next spring.”
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