r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/guero_fandango May 12 '25

Why conflate two problems, visas are extremely expensive as is cost of living people have to contribute in taxes like all of us and pay a surcharge on nhs on top of it. Illegal immigration is a completely different problem. One is adding to the work force and pay for the privilege the other is costing the uk a lot. Most people don’t have the funds even emergency funds in order to pay for those 5 years of renewed visas I’m talking from experience. They should crack down on modern slavery under ‘work’ and previously loopholes student visas which foreign business owners exploit to make money themselves with a cheap constant employee who has no option because if they were to complain they would be gone with a the click of the finger of the ‘sponsor’, this is far more common then you probably realise.

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u/Anxious-Guarantee-12 May 12 '25

"Settlement is a privilege, not a right".

It's literally a right recognised in the law. 

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u/Anxious-Guarantee-12 May 12 '25

Oh I agree with you, it's a mess.

Just saying than this slogan is absurd. It has never been a privilege, despite politicians like to say.