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UK Adopts Point System

By immigrationprof

Jamaica-Gleamer.com reports on the immigration point system Britain is about to adopt.

The new five-tier points system aimed at regulating workers who will compete with British workers for unskilled jobs will become effective in the New Year based on a timetable revealed by Immigration Minister, Liam Byrne, this week. The system, copied from an Australian model, will only allow workers with skills needed in Britain to enter and remain in that country.

The system is being implemented alongside other measures that will make it more difficult for immigrants to enter Britain or those there to gain British citizenship.

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