ICTs latest

[TimberWolf]

One thing is for sure, they have to get those numbers down, even if it means hitting 99,999 non-EU immigrants. Damien Green has put his career on the line with this one. I suspect that they will do something about the settlement rules and maybe limiting family members and other dependants coming over to the UK as these dwarf the ICT numbers.

99,000 isn't what I had in mind when he said 10s of thousands. Even that number is a million more per decade. The other alternative is to try to get people to leave.

[CheeseSlice]

Camoron seems to have a dilemma. Ignore the MAC recommendations or fulfil his promises to the Indians and the EU and continue with the line he's been giving parliament for weeks about not including ICTs in the immigration figures, i.e. lying about getting immigration down.

One thing is for sure, they have to get those numbers down, even if it means hitting 99,999 non-EU immigrants. Damien Green has put his career on the line with this one. I suspect that they will do something about the settlement rules and maybe limiting family members and other dependants coming over to the UK as these dwarf the ICT numbers.

[TimberWolf]

“It is difficult to see how a limit on Tier 2 can make a substantial contribution towards reducing net migration unless intra-company transfers are included,” warns today’s MAC report.

Camoron seems to have a dilemma. Ignore the MAC recommendations or fulfil his promises to the Indians and the EU and continue with the line he's been giving parliament for weeks about not including ICTs in the immigration figures, i.e. lying about getting immigration down.

[Incognito]

But Metcalf also made clear that while David Cameron has already exempted the 22,000 extra specialists and managers a year who came through intra-company transfers, their numbers would have to be strictly controlled instead by raising minimum salary level or qualifications to produce same effect: "There is more than one way to skin a cat," said Metcalf, who added that 2,500 skilled migrants were coming into Britain each month via this route.

Let's hope it's salary, we all know Bob's have a list of degrees as impressive as Minestrone's. I mean there must be some correlation surely.

[TimberWolf]

I should have written CBI above, not CPI.

[TimberWolf]

The Migration Advisory Committee's report was published today, which has prompted other press releases and announcements. Anyone fancy making heads or tails of it? On the surface it sounds as if it recommends cuts in numbers, 'tighter' than currently in force, but who knows. Especially odd as the CPI (anti-contractor and anti UK employee) welcomes it. The recommendations seem at odds with what Ca.moron and Vince want. What the government actually does isn't going to be known until 'before Christmas'.

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