TUC general secretary Paul Nowak says Burnham must overhaul migration reforms
“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tony Tagliatelle11Anyone worried about a *future* far-right govt is neglecting their basic moral duty to pay attention to what's being done around them in their name.
DazBev8It's an incredibly stupid, unfair and counterproductive approach to migration just to gain likes from racists. Labour should be ashamed.
Paul6How can he reform them when he appointed the home secretary that introduced them?
Guy Baily1Labour's immigration policy has nothing to do with what's right for the country - its all performative cruelty to appeal to people who will never vote for them anyway
Nezaroo. I'm not an ism or an ist.1Burnham will do nothing to upset the small-c conservatives that he needs to stay high in the polls. That is why there is no move on Europe other than the ones that were already in place. The Israel ruling is one small glint of light in an otherwise lacklustre do-nothing approach.
Colin Yeo108Exactly! And in that time your employer, to whom you are tied for the entire time, feels the same way (hard to invest in training you etc) and you have to pay huge Home Office fees every 2.5 years, meaning your family is very materially worse off than your co-workers and peers.
Jonathan Kingham18This is all good stuff from the TUC. And he is not talking just about transitionals.
András Forgács W13What makes any of you think they *want* us to integrate?
Neal Hockley6The focus on rigid timescales seems particularly damaging. I think we should require e.g. a more demanding English level (B1 is too low), but that is a productive thing ppl can work on that directly aids integration. But simply stringing out the process over long and uncertain timescales is nuts
Excellent by @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social on Mahmood's settlement proposals “You end up with Reform claiming a woman born in Somalia who's lived here most of her life, worked hard and contributed to our society,somehow isn’t fit to hold elected office.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE7Yes I agree ...... if migration numbers is the problem you are trying to solve, stopping people who are already here and contributing from settling and integrating is not the answer. Not only does the proposed 15 yr wait create uncertainty, it also imposes crippling costs on migrants too.
Keith Fagandini1What is Mahmood doing apart from trying to disadvantage and deport people of colour? No word at all about pursuing masked thugs who are endangering people working for one of our best charities, as well as breaking into hotels and threatening members of a cricket team over here on tour.
Will Reid-Tong29Really good stuff from @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social here - more Labour MPs should be saying the same. Mahmood's ILR reforms are unfair, will undermine migrant integration and only embolden the far right's attack on the world's best and brightest who want to contribute to the UK 👏
Dr Matilda Fitzmaurice18Really glad Nowak has come out with this.
