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Restoring Control over the Immigration System White Paper Summary

This report examines the British government's strategy to reduce net migration and overhaul immigration policies. Released in May 2025, it addresses the surge in migration since 2019, driven by policy changes during Brexit, which quadrupled net migration to over 900,000 annual arrivals. High migration levels strain public services, housing, and the economy, leading to distortions, exploitation, and social fragmentation.

Key recommendations include:

• Raising Skill Thresholds: Increasing the required qualification level for skilled work visas from RQF 3 to RQF 6 (graduate level) and adjusting salary thresholds.
• Closing Unregulated Routes: Ending the Health and Care Worker route to curb overseas recruitment in sectors with exploitation risks.
• Strengthening Enforcement: Implementing digital identity systems like eVisas, enhancing border security, and intensifying efforts to combat illegal working and smuggling gangs.
• Promoting Integration: Requiring English language proficiency for most visa holders and dependants, raising language and settlement thresholds to encourage better social cohesion.
• Reforming Student Visas: Tightening sponsor compliance standards and reducing Graduate route durations from 2-3 years to 18 months.
• Fair and Consistent Controls: Establishing the Labour Market Evidence Group to inform policy decisions and reviewing family migration rules to prevent abuse.

The overall goal is to create a fair, points-based system with a focus on domestic skills and training, reducing reliance on overseas labor and restoring control over migration to sustainable, manageable levels.