Migration Advisory Committee

Vialto Partners Statement on the UK Government’s Minimum Income Requirements for Overseas Families

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Monday, December 11, 2023

The minimum income requirement is already controversial and reports suggest that the new threshold will exclude 70% of the public from sponsoring a loved one.

Key Points: 
  • The minimum income requirement is already controversial and reports suggest that the new threshold will exclude 70% of the public from sponsoring a loved one.
  • In addition, long and drawn-out legal challenges seem inevitable, which could further add to the uncertainty that families face.
  • ‘The minimum income requirement already forces families to live apart for extended periods and, in some cases, permanently.
  • We do not believe that the Home Office would deliberately separate families already living in the UK, but we know that many families are worried.

Press release - MeToo: MEPs call for more to be done to tackle sexual harassment in the EU

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Friday, June 2, 2023

On Thursday, MEPs adopted the report by 468 votes in favour, 17 against and 125 abstentions.

Key Points: 
  • On Thursday, MEPs adopted the report by 468 votes in favour, 17 against and 125 abstentions.
  • Parliament calls on member states to pro-actively introduce legislation and policies that tackle sexual violence and harassment.
  • MEPs want a common EU approach, reiterating their call for the EU to identify gender-based violence as a new area of crime and for sexual harassment to be a criminal offence.
  • Sexual and psychological harassment cases in Parliament are still under-reported, MEPs point out, because victims do not use the existing channels for multiple reasons.

What does high immigration mean for the government's popularity? What data on voting habits tells us

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Friday, June 2, 2023

That said, more people have a favourable view of immigration than have an unfavourable view.

Key Points: 
  • That said, more people have a favourable view of immigration than have an unfavourable view.
  • This was apparent in a recent survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the think tank British Future.
  • The survey showed that 46% of respondents had a positive view of immigration and 29% had a negative view, with 18% not sure about the issue.
  • As the chart below shows, as the number of immigrants increases, so do voting intentions for the governing party.
  • People may be increasingly relaxed about legal immigration partly because it does not have damaging economic effects.
  • But without a credible plan to deal with illegal migration, they will face the same problem as the current government.