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The Government has announced its new approach to immigration for skilled workers to be introduced from 1 January 2021. The announcement includes altering the existing system for Tier 2 skilled workers, introducing points that applicants will need to accrue in order to be eligible to enter the UK. After the end of Freedom of Movement for EEA Citizens on 30 June 2021, this system will apply to prospective immigrants from all over the world.
The announcement focusses only on one small area of immigration policy, leaving most of the system – enforcement, rights to bring dependents, settlement criteria, asylum system, and more – unchanged. The Government has promised that these questions will be addressed “in due course” and that the new system will be introduced with an overall view to streamlining and tightening the existing system.
The Government claims that overall migration numbers will be reduced through th…