UK's new Non-EU immigration cap plans revealed

http://timesofearth.com/ A cap on non-EU immigration will be introduced from next month as the coalition seeks to avoid a last-ditch influx to Britain, it has been revealed.

Just 24,100 workers from outside Europe will be allowed into the country before April, with highly-skilled migrants having to meet tighter conditions.

Home Secretary Theresa May will announce the move on Monday, as she launches the consultation process for deciding the level of the permanent cap.

Aides played down reports of concerns among senior Tories over the effect of restrictions on businesses, insisting the policy was not being watered down.

Education Secretary Michael Gove and Universities minister David Willetts were both said to have expressed doubts in Cabinet discussions this week.

The Liberal Democrats opposed a cap during the General Election campaign, but signed up to the Tory idea as part of the coalition deal.

Ms May is understood to have decided interim limits were necessary after studying how immigration numbers "spiked" when Labour gave advance warning about restrictions.

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[ScottishCaledonian]

@rocktheworld62 You have no right to settle in the UK after your studies. We are restricting immigration. EU students have a right to stay because they are European. Indians are not.

[rocktheworld62]

y is the govt punishing all non eu students for this???i mean i agree there r many students studyin in bogus univs but then they should be the ones kept out. this new rules a pain in the ass for evry genuine student too?? and thats not fair. we spend more money on r education as compared to EU students. Even some of the genuine universities depends on the money non EU students bring in, this is crap.UK will suffer for this.

[04EUone]

the UK is dead without EU kids. 40years 're saying will go out i am wating this big moment then I'm going to drink from happiness.hahaha so stop breaking the balls and get out from EU if you can?

[04EUone]

@WhiteVoicesUK They are both shit jew.

[krystek2x]

@caddict69 do u speak english??

[caddict69]

europeans must get out in this country uk......uk is not full a pledge european union...uk is uk eu is eu....so get out...europeans..

[Silkie341]

The jobs aren't offered to UK workers as was the case in the UK food packing factory that only employed Polish speakers. UK workers aren't as easy for unscrupulous employers to bully into working for sub minimum wage levels.

[ilikebeertoo]

They are 20 years too late now, sorry. just let who you want in, wont make any difference.