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Britain sets out plan to toughen rules on migration, as Starmer combats surge in support for populists
CNN ^ | Mon May 12, 2025 | Rob Picheta

Posted on 05/12/2025 5:59:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Britain will toughen its requirements for legal migrants and extend the wait for newcomers to claim citizenship, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, announcing a slew of policy changes as he resists a political barrage from the country’s emboldened populist right.

Immigrants will now have to wait up to 10 years before they can seek to become British citizens – raised from five years – and requirements surrounding their skills level and proficiency in English will be raised, Starmer said, policies aimed at finally reversing a years-long increase in legal migration to Britain.

“This plan means migration will fall – that’s a promise,” Starmer said, declaring an end to what he called a “one-nation experiment in open borders.” He chastised the previous Conservative government for its record on migration, saying “the damage it has done to our country is incalculable.”

His intervention accompanied a long-awaited white paper on migration, but its timing was no coincidence; it comes less than two weeks after a round of local elections that were decisively won by Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party, an anti-immigration bloc, reflecting a sustained increase in support for the party in opinion polls.

Starmer adopted a tone more commonly associated with Farage during his Monday morning press conference in Downing Street, saying Britain risked becoming an “island of strangers” without tough reform.

More than 700,000 more people entered the UK legally than left it last year, according to government figures for the year up to June 2024, a figure strikingly higher than either dominant party in British politics had ever intended to allow. The increase has added to the already high demand for housing and on Britain’s public services, but it has also created an avenue for foreign workers to staff the country’s chronically undermanned health care system.

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1 posted on 05/12/2025 5:59:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’d hazard a guess most don’t care about citizenship but just being there for ‘benefits.’ Perhaps your healthcare is ‘undermanned’ because of so many refugees.


2 posted on 05/12/2025 6:02:08 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: MinorityRepublican
Germany and England are @ 7-8 years behind U.S.
Trump effect. :) Best of Luck my Kin.
3 posted on 05/12/2025 6:03:50 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !!)
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To: posterchild
Perhaps your healthcare is ‘undermanned’ because of so many refugees.

Somewhat true. And it's because it is socialist.

4 posted on 05/12/2025 6:05:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
> Immigrants will now have to wait up to 10 years before they can seek to become British citizens… <

Ha, ha, ha. So what? Illegals will still be able to cross the Channel, enter the UK, and then go on the dole. Free food and free housing.

And in their spare time (of which they’ll have plenty), they can still be able to assault native Brits with impunity.


5 posted on 05/12/2025 6:16:48 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

In between bumping lines with Macron and Fred Mertz.


6 posted on 05/12/2025 6:17:11 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Their internal polling must be devastating.


7 posted on 05/12/2025 6:17:54 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: posterchild

Exactly.


8 posted on 05/12/2025 6:20:35 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

You, Starmer, have greatly contributed to that damage. Step down.

And get all of the invaders out now.


9 posted on 05/12/2025 6:21:45 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Too late, the foxes are already in the chicken coop.


10 posted on 05/12/2025 6:59:53 PM PDT by Wuli (.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

i didnt see anything about not letting them in

or removing them

sounds like window dressing


11 posted on 05/12/2025 7:54:42 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: MotorCityBuck

Way too little, way too late.


12 posted on 05/12/2025 8:03:05 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: MinorityRepublican
More than 700,000 more people entered the UK legally than left it last year

That 700,000 is a net figure; the number of immigrants is probably around 800,000. Most of those leaving are native British or EU nationals, while those entering are mostly from other areas.
That figure also excludes illegals.
A very large number also enter the country "legally" on, for example, short term student or vacation visas, but then stay on illegally. Whether they ever get counted is debatable.
For the year before, 2023, the government admitted that the true total was above 900,000!
13 posted on 05/12/2025 10:14:27 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
“This plan means migration will fall – that’s a promise.”
Because politicians always keep their promises!
14 posted on 05/12/2025 10:28:15 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Quick. Shit the barn door. All the horses have escaped.”


15 posted on 05/12/2025 11:42:51 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's ey)
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To: posterchild

Exactly. Why would illegal aliens bpther with the responsibilities of citizenship. Free housing, free food, free education, free medical care, free free free. No taxes. No chance of getting drafted. No jury duty. You don’t have to obey laws. Plenty of whote girls to groom and rape. A police force that ruthlessly oppresses the native population to ensure your feelings are never hurt. An entire political apparatus to represent and lobby for you.


16 posted on 05/12/2025 11:45:56 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's ey)
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To: iamgalt

Y’all spout that nonsense everyday here.
Hell you say the same about this country.
🥱


17 posted on 05/13/2025 2:28:46 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Meanwhile, also from the UK...

Patient vomiting blood sexually assaulted by 'groaning' nurse who snuck into cubicle

The perp got probation. Guess why. Also note that the rag is not allowing comments on the article.

18 posted on 05/13/2025 2:46:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“requirements surrounding their skills level and proficiency in English will be raised”

America should’ve required that decades ago.

Sadly, even 100% American children — born and bred here — aren’t proficient in English.


19 posted on 05/13/2025 3:57:03 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: mewzilla

🤢


20 posted on 05/13/2025 5:34:31 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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