In the summer of 2020, the Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the UK was ready to "welcome the best and brightest global talent", in pursuance of the government's new "fairer, firmer, and skills-led" immigration system [1].
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On the important subject of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) on the grounds of 10 years' continuous residence, the Court of Appeal has held that the SSHD had erred in refusing an ILR…
With the Nationality and Borders Bill, the UK is choosing cruelty over morality
Immigration is currently dominated by the effects of the ever-growing number of individuals being displaced from their home countries across the world. For countries such as the UK, we have a responsibility to aid these people and offer support for the simple reason that we have…
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