Migrants have faced to the United Kingdom since 2020, an additional waiting for a period of 5 years to obtain a settlement

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Hundreds of thousands of people who have moved to Britain since 2020 with a possible path to a permanent settlement within five years have now been at risk of waiting for another half a decade under the migration of Mr. Kiir Starmer.

One of the pillars of the Prime Minister Reform packageIt was appointed on Monday, the hypothetical period that migrants must spend living and working in the UK before they can apply to an indefinite time.

The “settlement” state opens this eligibility to obtain advantages and the road to citizenship, and it takes five years for most immigrants at the present time, but in the future it takes up to 10.

Under the current plans, the Minister of the Interior Vitt Cooper This policy intends to apply to the people already in the United Kingdom, according to the people who have been aware of its thinking – despite the concerns among government officials about possible legal challenges.

Experts also warned that this policy was Showed in a white paperIt will not help in integration and will only enhance the revenues of home office offices from the extended period that migrants must pay their fees.

the Home office On Sunday, the Times Financial told that this policy will not be retroactively applied to the people already in the United Kingdom, where this court is likely to rule illegal.

But the person close to Cooper said on Wednesday that, according to the current plans, any requests for settlement were submitted after the point in which the most restricted policy enters into the framework of the new rules “regardless of when the individual came for the first time to the country.”

Settlement requests are usually submitted at the end of the five -year period in which the immigrant lives in the United Kingdom.

The person added, however, that the Ministry of Interior has not yet confirmed when the new rules will become valid, indicating that people who approach the deadline for five years may be rescued soon.

Madeleine Sombon, Director of the Immigration Observatory at Oxford University, said that the proposals mean that about 1 million people could have expected a settlement in the next few years, instead, it will have to have another half a decade.

This number, which depends on rough accounts, consists of people on skilled workers ’visas, although it also includes refugees and those on specific visa methods of Hong Kong.

Starmer allies said that the new rules will be applied to people from the moment they are presented, but there will be a consultation to ensure their “somewhat”, with some dilution of people approaching the deadline.

The ministers realize that some families may make plans for a permanent life in Britain – for example, to submit school requests – which can be suspected by change.

One of the Prime Minister’s ally said: “Perhaps there was someone here for four and a half years and started organizing his life,” said one of the Prime Minister’s ally. “We need to make sure that this was done fairly.”

Between 2020 and 2024, 605,000 people were granted a stable position in the United Kingdom, including 162,000 people in the last 12 months, according to the Ministry of Interior data.

The government plans to consult later this year on the details of the new requirements, including how migrants can qualify for a faster road to settlement based on their contributions to the economy and society.

Starmer reforms and difficult rhetoric-warned that Britain had occurred to become an “island of strangers” without work-comes after the Nigel Farraj party to combat immigration in the UK has made great gains in the local English elections this month.

Reform is now greatly advanced to both the Labor Party and the conservatives in opinion polls, about 29 percent.

Cooper told Parliament on Monday: “We will determine more details about the settlement reforms and the acquired citizenship later this year, and we will refer them to,” Cooper told Parliament on Monday.

Immigration lawyers said they are receiving floods of inquiries from individuals and employers who are concerned about what change might mean.

“The general rule is that it is allowed to do so.”

He said that the result of the challenges depends on whether immigrants who receive certain methods have been granted clear promises to the conditions that are allowed to apply for a settlement at that time.

This was despite the fact that it was “primarily” that immigrants who were often highly skilled, with options to work in many countries, have taken an enlightened option to come to the United Kingdom only to find the rules that changed under their supervision.

Professor Brian Bell, Chairman of the Government Migration Consulting Committee, said that there is no clear benefit in expanding the path of settlement for the people who were already in the country and is likely to remain because it will make it difficult for them to succeed in their career.