Conservative Party ‘Promises’ to Increase UK Skilled Immigration in 2010

What would look like a famous party ‘stunt’ is even more intriguing than that. To get maximum number of votes in upcoming UK elections (2010), the Conservative Party mentioned in its election plans that if they are the winning party in 2010 elections, they would be increasing the intake of skilled UK migration to attract many high potential immigrants to live and work in the UK. Speaking on the same Mr. Damian Green, the shadow minister stated, "We want to attract more than our fair share of the brightest and the best” at the party’s annual conference in Manchester about UK Immigration. In other words, the conservatives would launch a drive to get more highly qualified migrants to come to the UK, as quoted by the shadow minister Damian Green.

Mr. Green further explained that the party also wants to achieve a similar system for UK immigration in comparison to the Australian immigration system. In Australia, there is a pre-provided list of the most demanded skilled occupations of which the country is in dire needs and also the country allows immigrants to migrate to Australia based on those professions. Apart from that Australia also has appropriate measures to attract the most highly skilled professional from other countries. The same strategy would be introduced to the UK Visa systems by the Conservative party.

The minister further argued that in order to maintain its position as a global trading nation, UK would need to attract more skilled and qualified professionals and entrepreneurs to work in the country as compared to their rival economies like Japan or USA. He stated that the UK was “really lucky as a country” that the influx of immigrants moving to this country with UK visas from Eastern Europe over the past few years have been “hard working and respectable." However, he also said, “it was important that British people feel that their community services are not being threatened by increasing UK immigration and that newcomers can settle well into their new communities”. He said Britain was a global trading nation and it was vital for future prosperity to attract more entrepreneurs and highly qualified graduates to the UK.
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written by Varsha Negi
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