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BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoSo… Many factors but definitely not “just letting anyone in”.
It definitely looks like policy was loosened.
AFAIK UE has draconian requirements on work immigration from outside. Yet the amount of migration to UK not only replaced those who left after Brexit but resulted in big net increase of immigrants.
BigTwerp@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
You are correct in the sense that rules for non EU nationals were relaxed under the last government but you still need to be in the occupational shortlist to get in, find a sponsor etc. You also have to remember that being in the EU meant zero barrier to movement or working so in a sense we have replaced no rules for rules.
The current government has closed a lot of loopholes that made it easy to bring spouse or family members on the same visa and are clamping down on student visas generally (because they are being abused) and student visa overstay (because they kind of turned a blind eye to it if former students found a job that would sponsor a visa eventually, even if it took years).
…I also forgot to mention the circa 150000 Hong Kong born British Citizens who had to flee Hong Kong after the purges in 2022 who have settled here.