a prime minister gearing up for good news in the week ahead the new migration strategy will announce this week will bring migration back to sustainable levels down from a predicted peak of more than half a million people in the last twelve months the highest in history putting pressure on infrastructure housing and the cost of living
prepare condemning net overseas migration boosted the population by almost two hundred and forty thousand people mid pandemic those numbers slowed then reversed due to border closures
post pandemic a catch up but one that's far exceeded expectations the numbers are unprecedented
we've never had net migration at these sorts of levels the majority here to learn sixty percent of the net migration
is students but not all are genuine in some cases
the system is being abused labour's strategy said to include a further crack down on dodgy education providers enhanced english speaking requirements for foreign students and the scrapping of student visas for some low end short courses outside the university sector
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