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  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    FT WealthStefan Wagstyl
    Why the UK is an attractive destination for economically valuable migrants

    A review says that is due mainly to abolishing quotas for highly skilled workers and for migrants’ success in getting jobs

  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    Brexit
    UK ‘failed to comply’ with post-Brexit deal on EU citizens’ status, says watchdog

    Monitoring authority calls out delays to issuing of interim papers to residency applicants

  • Monday, 5 June, 2023
    Sunak doubles down on plan to house asylum seekers on barges

    PM says government’s harsh approach is beginning to deter people from crossing Channel in small boats

  • Monday, 5 June, 2023
    Albanian leader praises Sunak for shunning ‘crazy’ migration policies

    Edi Rama says previous UK prime ministers failed to initiate police co-operation to stem migrant flows

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    EU immigration
    Sunak to urge European leaders to tackle irregular migration

    PM seeks unity on stemming flow of migrants but Moldova summit set to be dominated by Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    How reliable are the UK’s migration statistics?

    Analysts raise questions over the accuracy of latest official figures on which policymakers depend

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Labour stores up trouble over its plans to curb immigration

    Investment in skills is one part of the solution, but is unlikely to lead to meaningful reductions in numbers alone

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    ‘We are all thinking about how to contribute’: Hongkongers boost Britain’s suburbs

    Immigration influx brings a highly skilled workforce that is eager to integrate

  • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
    News in-depth
    Record migration is just one more broken promise riling Essex towns

    Attitudes have softened since Thurrock was one of the UK’s top Brexit-supporting districts

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Brexit
    UK decision to bill EU nationals sparks tension with Brussels

    ‘Deep concerns’ expressed over move to force European residents to pay back benefits after government records error

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Britain after Brexit
    The Tories are out of touch with voters when it comes to immigration Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: a new poll shows two-thirds of voters believe leaving the EU has been a failure

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Britain’s record-high immigration — in charts

    The ONS’s net migration figure of 606,000 reflects hiring of healthcare workers and opening of humanitarian routes

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    UK net immigration hits record high of 606,000

    Pressure mounts on Sunak but statistics agency says inflows are now stabilising

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Labour to tackle immigration by ending foreign workers’ lower pay

    Starmer accuses government of having lost control of surging net migration into the UK

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    OutlookCamilla Bell-Davies
    As jobless men flee abroad, Albanian women embrace new freedoms

    Facing the lowest wages and highest living costs in the Balkans, abandoned wives and mothers fend for themselves

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Partygate and a government crackdown on overseas students: old stories return anew

    Plus, UK net migration target is far removed from rest of government’s political aims

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The government must win trust on legal migration

    Rishi Sunak has to make the case for foreign workers where they are needed

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Home secretary to stop overseas students bringing family to UK

    Suella Braverman reveals package of measures aimed at reducing overall migration

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Reduced immigration demands do not align with realities of low funding

    The Conservative party needs to address issue of spending on skills and staffing

  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    News in-depth
    UK net migration has more than doubled from pre-Brexit levels, figures set to show

    Data for 2022 is due out in the coming week and analysts expect it to set a new record

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Sunak refuses to say what number of legal migrants would be ‘acceptable’

    Ministers signal they would put needs of the economy ahead of election manifesto commitment to cut total

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Sunder Katwala
    Taking control over migration will inevitably bring political pain

    Post-Brexit, the debate has shifted to distinct choices — on students, NHS workers and seasonal fruit-pickers

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    Sunak distances himself from Conservatives’ net migration pledge

    PM implicitly blames Johnson for government’s failure to meet immigration target

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    UK employment
    Make it easier to hire overseas workers, UK ministers told

    BCC head Shevaun Haviland claims labour shortages remain despite record net migration

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    UK and EU agree to collaborate over cross-Channel migration

    London to work with Frontex border agency in latest sign of easing Brexit tensions

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