British Home Secretary Swella Braverman said she intends to reduce the overall migration rate to tens of thousands. She stated this at a conference of the Conservative Party on Tuesday, October 4. The Minister’s speech is available on the website The Times.
“We have to stop boats crossing the English Channel. This has gone on too long. But I have to be direct with you, there are no quick fixes,” Braverman said.
According to her, one of the measures to reduce the number of migrants could be to reduce the number of visiting students and people who use work visas.
“I think that we should definitely significantly reduce the number of students, the number of work visas and, in particular, the number of dependents on these types of visas,” the minister said.
Swella Braverman said it was her “ultimate ambition” to meet the goal set by former Prime Minister David Cameron, which successive Conservative governments have failed to achieve.
On October 1, Braverman said the country’s migration crisis was out of control and vowed to take decisive action. The Minister pointed out that one of the reasons for this was the law on modern slavery, which was passed by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May.
On July 1, it was reported that in June over 3,000 migrants arrived in the UK across the English Channel by boat. According to Sky News, at least 12,700 people were able to reach the UK by boat in 2022.
On June 19, it became known that the UK government plans to electronically mark part of illegal migrants.
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