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The Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, argues in the paper that immigration needs to be properly controlled and managed and that for too long it has not been.  The premise is that, as a nation, we need to be able to control our borders, control who is lawfully in the country, who is entitled to work or use public services and the terms on which people can bring family into the UK.  As part of this plan for change, the Government wants to bring down net migration and restore control and order to the immigration system.

What are the concerns with the student visa? In recent years, there has been an increase in students staying in the UK following their studies, as well as an increase in sponsored study visas for law and banking education institutions. The Government believes there has been exploitation of student visas, and that too many graduates are allowed to stay in the UK following the successful completion of their studies, despite not moving into graduate level roles for which the graduate visa route was created.

On the first day of his second term of office, President Donald Trump issued ten Executive Orders and Proclamations seeking to change the face of US Immigration Law and Policy.

Kuwait has long grappled with issues surrounding nationality, particularly the exclusion of the Bidoon community, a stateless population that has been denied citizenship for decades.

The Convention In many European countries, the number of asylum applications and illegal migration continues to rise, as does the popularity of right-wing parties.

Since 31 January 2024, victims of transnational marriage abandonment can apply for a visa to return to the UK. 

The New Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal (IAC) was published on 1 November 2024.