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Sponsor licence applications increase following Brexit
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Sanwar Ali: Additional comments and reporting Following the UK’s exit from the European Union and the end of the transitional period, there has been an increase in demand among British employers for sponsor licences, which allow organisations to hire employees on Skilled Worker visas, intra-company transfer visas and temporary visas.
New UK immigration watchdog appointed
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A new Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has been appointed for a three-year term it has been announced. David Neal will replace David Bolt and will begin his appointment on Monday, 22 March. UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, welcomed Neal’s appointment.

 

UK immigration policy will cause another Windrush scandal
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Top NHS officials have warned that UK immigration policy will lead to another Windrush scandal as rising numbers of foreign senior doctors are being forced to quit their jobs. Senior clinicians are being forced to leave the UK and return home to care for parents who are prohibited from coming to Britain by strict immigration rules.

 

UK immigration technology failures result in huge costs
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The failure of technology used by UK immigration at British borders have resulted in huge costs, according to MPs. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) blasted the Home Office after a plan to upgrade computer systems was delayed by three years. The PAC said: “The Home Office has a miserable record of failing to deliver on hugely expensive digital programmes.”

 

“These programmes fail to deliver for the taxpayer or border security because of a lack of effective leadership, management and oversight,” the PAC added. 

EU Settlement Scheme extension bid rejected by high court
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A legal bid to extend the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) has been blocked by the high court. Judges dismissed claims made by campaigners that EU residents living in the UK who fail to apply to remain in the country before the 30 June deadline could face ‘devastating consequences’, similar to those suffered by the Windrush generation.

 

UK immigration data sharing fears over COVID vaccine
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Despite reassurances from the Home Office, there are increasing concerns that undocumented immigrants will shun the COVID-19 vaccine amid UK immigration data sharing fears. Last month, Workpermit.com reported that the undocumented status of more than one million immigrants in the UK would not affect access to the COVID jab.