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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs I say, the occasions when a child will be removed will be very exceptional and the two cases that are envisaged are for family reunion, therefore reception facilities will not…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillClearly, this Bill affects every person who falls within the four categories described in Clause 2, and that is all people who enter by any illegal method. Of course, at the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDStudent VisasIt is clear that the students who have these visas are entitled to work for 20 hours a week, the dependants of students are entitled to work in an unrestricted way and they are…25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresI agree with some of what my noble friend has said. There is a measure of agreement across the House that the issue of salary discounts is very much in need of consideration. Of…25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresAs the noble Baroness knows, the Government are taking immediate action to eliminate the backlog of people waiting for initial asylum decisions by the end of 2023. The Home Office…25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasCertainly—it will start in January 2024.25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasThe noble Lord raises an issue with which I am familiar and there is much to commend in what he says. Certainly, it is something that I will look into.25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresMy Lords, I shall now repeat an Answer given to an Urgent Question in another place. The Answer is as follows: “Net migration to the UK is far too high. That was already clear…25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresClearly, the increase in net migration has been the result of global events, such as the world recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, and international events, as I outlined in the…25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasI thank the noble Lord for that question. The numbers are these. In March 2023, 477,931 sponsored study visas were granted to main applicants, which was 22% more than in March…25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasI am afraid that I must disagree with the noble Lord: it is a real problem, for the reasons I have just read out to the Chamber, with the statistics demonstrating the increase in…25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasI refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave some moments ago. It is worth saying, in relation to the first part of his question, that these changes will ensure that the UK’s…25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasThe two countries that send the most students with dependants are Nigeria and India. Our points-based immigration system prioritises skills and talent over where a person comes…25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasClearly, the purpose of the policy is to bring down net migration.25 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasI thank my noble friend for that question. She is absolutely right that it is a balanced question; that is why this package of measures is targeted to achieve the objective of…25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresI am not quite sure what the noble Lord suggests would result from such a negotiation. Of course it is right that the Government discuss international migration issues on a…25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresI am unwilling to engage in conjecture as to what the figures will be for the coming year, but it is certainly clear that the measures we have announced on the student route…25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresThe noble Lord neatly identifies the balancing act that needs to be performed by the Government on net migration. Clearly the Government cannot permit circumstances to arise where…25 May 2023HANSARDNet Migration FiguresThe whole point of the Illegal Migration Bill is to prevent dangerous and illegal journeys across the channel and by other routes. It is addressing a different, specific issue,…25 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs the noble Lord knows, the Prime Minister and President Macron have had regular discussions and there have been regular treaties and agreements in relation to the enhancement of…24 May 2023