UK Authorities Say New Draft Bill set to Ease Migration Procedures
A new 386 page document aiming at the simplification and streamlining of UK Immigration Policy is currently set to be tabled as the UK’s new immigration bill if it is accepted in its draft form.
According to UK authorities the draft bill consolidates nearly forty years of British legislation and will see the country’s Parliament, as opposed to static case law, determine matters related to immigration.
Despite the changes, the shift evidently forms part of the Home Office’s consistent attempts to keep control of easy changes to immigration policy. During a recent press statement authorities reaffirmed the use of the points system as a way to ensure migration continues to “benefit the UK” by allowing the Home Office to raise and lower the bar depending on the types of skills the country requires at any given time.
“We need to ensure that the law which underpins our work is in the best shape to support a fair and effective immigration system,” according UK Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, Phil Woolas.
“The draft bill also proposes a new streamlined power of expulsion replacing the current powers of deportation and removal,” according to an official press statement from the Home Office.” Individuals who are issued with an expulsion order will be required to leave the UK and will not be able to re-enter while the order is in force.”
Minister Phil Woolas announced that the Migration Advisory Committee’s shortage occupation list is a powerful tool in making the points based system work for Britain’s economic benefit.
“The MAC can respond quickly to changing economic needs, making sure we only get the foreign workers we need.”
According to the UK’s official Parliamentary news source, parliament.uk, the “immigration appeals system has been simplified to improve its clarity and speed for those who need to use it,” adding that the new measures will also “reduce the number of cases where repeated challenges create obstructions to enforcement”.