UK reimposes interim cap on non-EU migrants
LONDON: Within a week of a British justice distinguished down a halt top upon professionals from India as well as alternative non-EU countries, a Home Office done required changes to a magnitude as well as voiced which a top until Apr 2011 was 'legal as well as up as well as running'.
Last week, a tall justice had ruled which a halt top was 'unlawful' upon a ground which a magnitude has been introduced without parliamentary scrutiny.
In a statement to parliament after a ruling, Immigration Minister Damian Green confirmed which a halt extent upon learned workers from outside a EU was 'legal as well as back up as well as running' after changes had been done in light of a ruling.
Thus, in between right away as well as Apr 2011, Green voiced which a extent of 10,832 visas is in place for learned workers from India as well as alternative non-EU countries.
A permanent top will be in place from Apr 2011. "By categorically giving a figure to Parliament, a process right away satisfies a Court's judgement", official sources said.
The proxy top was introduced in July 2010 to control a number of visas postulated to learned as well as highly learned workers.
Defending a proxy extent following a judgement, Green said: "This statute is about routine not process -- a process of having a extent has not been found to be unlawful".
"The Court's statute rests upon a technicality, which you have set right today to safeguard which from right away a halt extent is back up as well as running," he said.
He pronounced a settlement does not affect a annual top in any way.
The halt extent was a proxy magnitude introduced specifically to plunge into a rush of applications ahead of a introduction of a annual limit.
"The Government remains firmly committed to shortening net migration to a tens of thousands," he said.
Green additionally voiced which a halt extent for highly learned workers (Tier One) has right away been reached.
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"As a result of a volume of applications perceived given a halt extent was introduced final July, no more Tier One visa applications from overseas will be supposed after twenty-two December," he said.
The authorised plea to a proxy top was brought by a Joint Council for a Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) as well as English Community Care Association.
The top was one of a initial measures of a bloc government which promised to move down immigrations from hundreds of thousands each year to "tens of thousands".
Last week, a tall justice had ruled which a halt top was 'unlawful' upon a ground which a magnitude has been introduced without parliamentary scrutiny.
In a statement to parliament after a ruling, Immigration Minister Damian Green confirmed which a halt extent upon learned workers from outside a EU was 'legal as well as back up as well as running' after changes had been done in light of a ruling.
Thus, in between right away as well as Apr 2011, Green voiced which a extent of 10,832 visas is in place for learned workers from India as well as alternative non-EU countries.
A permanent top will be in place from Apr 2011. "By categorically giving a figure to Parliament, a process right away satisfies a Court's judgement", official sources said.
The proxy top was introduced in July 2010 to control a number of visas postulated to learned as well as highly learned workers.
Defending a proxy extent following a judgement, Green said: "This statute is about routine not process -- a process of having a extent has not been found to be unlawful".
"The Court's statute rests upon a technicality, which you have set right today to safeguard which from right away a halt extent is back up as well as running," he said.
He pronounced a settlement does not affect a annual top in any way.
The halt extent was a proxy magnitude introduced specifically to plunge into a rush of applications ahead of a introduction of a annual limit.
"The Government remains firmly committed to shortening net migration to a tens of thousands," he said.
Green additionally voiced which a halt extent for highly learned workers (Tier One) has right away been reached.
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"As a result of a volume of applications perceived given a halt extent was introduced final July, no more Tier One visa applications from overseas will be supposed after twenty-two December," he said.
The authorised plea to a proxy top was brought by a Joint Council for a Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) as well as English Community Care Association.
The top was one of a initial measures of a bloc government which promised to move down immigrations from hundreds of thousands each year to "tens of thousands".
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