Visas: Migrant Workers

(asked on 29th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of migrants entering the UK under the Tier 2 (General) route in the planned new points-based immigration system that will be new entrants rather than skilled workers.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 7th July 2020

The Impact Assessment for the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill included an assessment of the potential number of skilled workers that may be eligible under the new points-based immigration system. This included two illustrative scenarios for a potential increase in non-EU nationals eligible under a lower skill and salary threshold over the next five years. Estimates were provided for all skilled workers and not split by new entrant and experienced workers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-bill-2020-overarching-documents

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