Michael Knowles
Home Affairs and Defence Editor at Daily Express
Home Affairs and Defence Editor - Daily Express. Views my own.
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express.co.uk | Michael Knowles
More than 12,500 migrants have crossed the Channel this year (Image: PA)The French may not start intercepting migrant dinghies during the peak crossing months, Yvette Cooper hinted. The Home Secretary said Paris will finally stop boats leaving “in the next few months” and admitted “we need that French action in the water” to end the Channel crisis.
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express.co.uk | Michael Knowles
Yvette Cooper wants to reform the immigration system (Image: Getty)Industries addicted to cheap migrant labour have made staff shortages even worse and fuelled an “ever greater reliance” on foreign workers, the Home Office has concluded. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wants companies to stop relying on the immigration system to plug gaps in their workforces and boost pay, conditions and training for domestic workers.
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express.co.uk | Michael Knowles
She also insisted that critics should focus of the substance of the migration plans, telling Today: "I think we do actually have to be able to have a serious conversation about the policies. "You're right. Everybody always gets caught up in focusing on different phrases, but we do have to be talking about the policies."Ms Cooper had earlier suggested to BBC Breakfast that the Prime Minister values the contribution of migrants to the UK.
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express.co.uk | Michael Knowles
These are the key policies in the Immigration White Paper:- Migrants will need to wait 10 years rather than five to apply for settlement or citizenship, although workers who significantly contribute to society, such as nurses, doctors and engineers, could be fast-tracked. This will lead to 18,000 fewer arrivals, the Home Office believes. - Increasing the threshold for the Skilled Worker Visa to graduate-level roles.
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express.co.uk | Michael Knowles
Sir Keir Starmer's immigration plans were slammed on Monday (Image: Getty)Sir Keir Starmer’s immigration plans have been branded “a recipe for disaster” as critics warned of more mass migration in the years ahead. Speaking on Monday as 600 asylum seekers crossed the Channel, the Prime Minister warned the UK is at risk of becoming an “island of strangers” because integration has failed.
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As Westminster digests the local election results, chaos continues in the Channel. More arrivals today. Yesterday, a boat carrying a 76 people left Dunkirk before breaking down. Rescue teams also raced to a boat carrying 68 people which began sinking off the coast of
