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in immigration on record. but what would a cut of 300,000 mean for everything from care homes to construction? good evening. there s to be a tightening of restrictions on legal migration into the uk which will affect people on work and student visas, and their dependants. the government says it will mean a reduction in numbers of more than 300,000. at the moment, foreign workers must earn a minimum of £26,200 to get a skilled worker visa. that will nowjump to over £38,000. people working in health and social care who make up the bulk of visas will be exempt from the minimum salary rise. but those same workers will be banned from bringing dependants into the uk. the head of the union unison called the plans cruel and said they spelled disaster for the nhs and the care sector. the home secretary said immigration policy must be fair and sustainable. with a look now at the detail and at the political pressures on the government here s our political editor, chris mas ....
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has announced its plans to reduce legal migration, promising the biggest reduction in the number of people invited to the uk either on work or student visas, as their dependants, or for humanitarian reasons. the plans include raising the minimum salary for skilled workers, except for health or social care workers, which make up the bulk of visas. and the number of family members that can be brought here will be further limited. last year, overall net migration reached a record high of around three quarters of a million the difference in the number of people arriving and leaving the uk. that s a long, long way from the tens of thousands first promised when the conservatives came to power in 2010. the government claims its new plans will reduce the numbers eligible to come here by 300,000. the government s plan for a treaty with rwanda part of their approach to dealing with illegal immigration such as p ....
Hard to forget - those images of brutality, massacre and abuse perpetrated by Hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, on October the 7th - exactly 6 months ago. ....
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