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When Dr Nazia Hussein spent six months researching class and gender identity in Bangladesh for her PhD at Warwick University in 2009, she had no idea that, a decade later, the Home Office would use this to refuse her application for permanent residency. From The Guardian. * Britain received the highest number of immigrants from outside the European Union since 2004 in the year to the end of September. From Reuters. * After officially leaving the European Union last month, the United Kingdom’s Home Office has now shared new regulations that will require EU musicians to apply for Tier 5 visas in order to tour once the transition to Brexit ends in December of 2020. From Hypebeast. * By 2030, British businesses will run out of university graduates who can become highly skilled workers, should the Government’s new immigration policies be put into practice, a report has found. From iNews. * Small business leaders are warning of a 15-year shortfall in social care staffing unless the government introduces a special visa for carers. From Yahoo. * What’s a skilled worker? And other immigration questions. From BBC.

The UK is introducing a points-based immigration system from 2021. Visa application process New immigration routes will open from autumn 2020 for applications to work, live and study in the UK from 1 January 2021. Skilled workers The points-based system will include a route for skilled workers who have a job offer from an approved employer sponsor. From January 2021, the job you’re offered will need to be at a required skill level of RQF3 or above (equivalent to A level). You’ll also need to be able to speak English. The minimum general salary threshold will be reduced to £25,600. Low-skilled workers There will not be an immigration route specifically for low-skilled workers. International students and graduates Student visa routes will be opened up to EU, EEA and Swiss citizens. A new graduate immigration route will be available to international students who have completed a degree in the UK from summer 2021. You’ll be able to work, or look for work, in the UK at any skill level for up to 2 years. Visiting the UK EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and other non-visa nationals will not require a visa to enter the UK when visiting the UK for up to 6 months. From gov.uk

A 101-year-old Italian man who has been in London since 1966 was asked to get his parents to confirm his identity by the Home Office after he applied to stay in the country post-Brexit. From The Guardian. * MIGRATION NATION Unskilled migration will plummet by 90,000 under Boris Johnson’s plans for Aussie-style points based migration. From The Sun. * Boris Johnson to ignore government’s own experts and launch ‘pointless’ Australia-style points-based immigration system. From Independent. * ‘At home I feared the war. Here I feared the Home Office’: the female refugees left destitute in the UK. From The Guardian. * Couples forced to live thousands of miles apart by cruel immigration rules brought their fight for family rights to the Home Office today. A group of campaigners and partners took part in a “Valentine’s Day lobby,” to submit a 40,000-signature petition demanding that the minimum income requirement (MIR) be scrapped. From Morning Star.}

The EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill gives effect to the Withdrawal Agreement in domestic law. This will ensure that individuals can rely directly on these rights in the UK courts, and will implement the rights to equal treatment and non-discrimination for EU citizens living or working in the UK. Protection of UK nationals living or working in the EU will be provided for by Member States. The timeline of EU citizens’ rights in the UK: EXIT DAY UK leaves the EU and implementation period begins IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD (UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2020) During the time limited implementation period EU citizens will have the same rights in the UK as they did before the UK left the EU GRACE PERIOD EU citizens will be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme for a minimum of six months after 31 December 2020 EU citizens will be able to rely on their rights under the Withdrawal Agreement during the grace period, or until their application is complete POST-GRACE PERIOD EU citizens will have secured their rights under the Withdrawal Agreement and can continue living their lives broadly as they do now EU SETTLEMENT SCHEME The Withdrawal Agreement provides EU citizens and their family members living in the UK at the end of the implementation period with the right to continue to stay in the UK. EU citizens and their family members can apply for residence status through the EU Settlement Scheme. The EU Settlement Scheme has been set up via the Immigration Rules because they are already the mechanism for granting leave to enter or remain in the UK. The EU Settlement Scheme has been fully open since 30 March 2019 and is designed to give effect to the UK’s commitments under the Withdrawal Agreement. From Gov.UK Image: Free.Pik.com

The prime minister’s Withdrawal Agreement Act was signed off by the Queen on Thursday after completing its journey through parliament. From Sky News * Low-skilled migrants are likely to be banned from moving to Britain at the end of this year after the Government moved forwards its plans for a new immigration system. The UK will have the power to end free movement and set its own rules on migration at the end of the Brexit transition period, which runs until 31 December. From iNews * While at least 1,890 foreigners reached British shores in small boats last year, the Home Office says only about 125 were returned to European countries during the same period. From BBC * Boris Johnson has promised that the UK’s new immigration policy will put “people before passports” as he used his first set-piece speech of 2020 to extol the benefits of trade with post-Brexit Britain to a major gathering of African leaders. From The Guardian * Theresa May’s £30,000 salary cap on migrants is to be scrapped to meet demand for skilled workers into Britain after Brexit, under proposals to be published next week. From Telegraph * The Migration Advisory Committee will produce a report, commissioned by the Home Secretary, next week on what level of migration would suit the British economy best. From iNews * Boris Johnson has said the UK has “crossed the Brexit finish line” after Parliament passed legislation implementing the withdrawal deal. The EU Bill, which paves the way for the country to leave the bloc on 31 January, is now awaiting royal assent. From BBC

MPs have given their final backing to the bill that will implement the UK government’s Brexit deal. The Commons voted 330 to 231 in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and it will now pass to the House of Lords for further scrutiny next week. From BBC. * The European parliament will express its “grave concern” about the attitude of Boris Johnson’s government to the 3.3 million EU citizens living in the UK following threats of deportation made by a British minister. From The Guardian. * Brexit timetable: here’s what happens next as the UK prepares to leave the EU by 31 January. From iNews. * Australia has ruled out a post-Brexit trade deal involving visa-free travel and work arrangements with the UK. The country’s trade minister, Simon Birmingham, said he “can’t imagine full and unfettered free movement” would be on the table during negotiations. From The Guardian. * A Conservative campaign for Big Ben to bong specially to “celebrate” the moment Brexit goes ahead on 31 January appears to have been dashed. From Independent. * In the months since my visa denial, I have cycled through shame, anger, and despair. I lost a permanent job which would have seen me forge a career in academic skills consultancy, changing my career trajectory completely. From Huffington Post. * EU teachers are likely to face fees of £4,345 to work in the UK for five years after Brexit in a move that will worsen an existing recruitment crisis, ministers have been warned. From Independent. * New research estimates that more than 100,000 children are living in London without secure immigration status, despite more than half of them having been born in the UK. From The Guardian.