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| Migration settlement rights to be cut says Home Office | Migration settlement rights to be cut says Home Office |
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| Proposals to cut the number of migrants allowed to settle permanently in the UK have been published by the Home Office. | Proposals to cut the number of migrants allowed to settle permanently in the UK have been published by the Home Office. |
| In future, only a "tightly controlled minority" from outside the European Union will be allowed to stay for more than five years. | In future, only a "tightly controlled minority" from outside the European Union will be allowed to stay for more than five years. |
| Ministers say they are also considering stopping wealthy business people staying on after five years. | Ministers say they are also considering stopping wealthy business people staying on after five years. |
| The move is part of the government's pledge to cut net migration to tens of thousands by the end of the Parliament. | The move is part of the government's pledge to cut net migration to tens of thousands by the end of the Parliament. |
| Ministers have already announced an immigration cap affecting skilled workers from outside the European Union and has announced plans to restrict the number of students. | Ministers have already announced an immigration cap affecting skilled workers from outside the European Union and has announced plans to restrict the number of students. |
| The government also says dependents of visa applicants who are applying to stay in the UK may have to pass an English test. | The government also says dependents of visa applicants who are applying to stay in the UK may have to pass an English test. |
| In a written parliamentary statement, Immigration Minister Damian Green said: "We intend to break the automatic link between coming to the UK to work and settling here permanently. | |
| "In 1997, there were fewer than 10,000 employment-related grants of settlement; by 2010, that number had risen to over 84,000. | |
| "We need to be more selective about who we allow to stay. The consultation considers how we do that. | |
| "Its starting point is that we need to be clearer in our labelling of temporary and permanent migration routes to enable migrants and the public to better understand the immigration system." | |
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| The proposals include a plan to stop non-EU domestic workers from coming to the UK - people who come to work in private homes in jobs such as cooks or nannies. | |
| Workers from some poorer Asian and African countries have been recruited into these jobs for many years, particularly around London. | |
| But Mr Green said that the ban would mean that anyone wanting to employ domestic staff would need to look to the British labour market "with the rights and protections that affords". |