UK Immigration News

‘The disastrous consequences of Brexit are becoming clearer every day’. That’s the damning verdict of Article 50 author, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, who drafted the clause as part of the Lisbon Treaty in 2003. Fears of a mass exodus of EU migrants, the uncertainty surrounding the single market, combined with other unknowns, led to Lord Kerr’s shocking admission.

Volunteers coming to the aid of stricken Grenfell Tower survivors say that fears over their migration status continues to prevent people from coming forward to seek help. It’s understood that the UK government has faced calls to grant UK immigration immunity to undocumented migrants of the ill-fated, high-rise block of flats in North Kensington, London.

The NHS will recruit 2,000 foreign doctors to meet UK government targets. Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England, announced that four times the planned number of 500 extra doctors are needed to combat skills shortages.

In the midst of political and economic woes in their homeland, more South Africans are targeting the UK’s Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa in a bid to invest their way to UK citizenship. According to Sable International managing director, Gary Kockott, there has been a surge in demand for the visa.

‘UK immigration will be managed, but not shutdown post-Brexit.’ That’s the message from Chancellor Philip Hammond, who vowed that ‘jobs would come first, following Britain’s exit from the European Union. Brexit talks got underway on Monday, 19 June with Brexit Secretary, David Davis saying that ‘things looked promising’ after day one.

Tech City UK, the government body that processes applications for the Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa, has reported that the number of successful applications has more than quadrupled in the last 12 months. In the last fiscal year, 260 applications were endorsed.