Immigration tax to be imposed on UK migrants
By Albert Smith | Sat, 01/17/2009 - 22:06
Migrants will have to pay a tax towards schools, hospitals, and other local services, according to the new Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill which was published yesterday in the Parliament. The tax is introduced so that any arrivals of UK immigrants do not put extra pressure on the community.
Migrants will have to pay a tax towards schools, hospitals, and other local services, according to the new Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill which was published yesterday in the Parliament. The tax is introduced so that any arrivals of UK immigrants do not put extra pressure on the community.
The bill also maintains that if immigrants contribute to the community in a positive way through community or volunteer work, then they will be fast-tracked to UK citizenship.
The bill also states that those immigrants who are not full citizens or permanent residents of Britain will not have complete access to services and benefits and social access, and this is being done to encourage more people to earn their citizenship. In addition, Parliament now requires that non-citizens who commit serious criminal offences should be deported.
Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said that the new bill sends clearly sends the message to immigrants that the Government wants them to earn their citizenship in the UK.
The Immigration Minister said in a statement that migration only works when it brings benefits and these measures will make sure that only those migrants will be able to stay in Canada who will make a positive impact on their local community.
The bill will also make sure that the rights of children are protected when dealing with the Border Agency of the UK. The bill allows children born in the UK to at least one parent who is a member of foreign or commonwealth of the British armed forces to automatically gain British citizenship, and also provides them the contravening rule to neutralize a situation wherein a father could pass on his British nationality to a child who is born outside UK before 1961 while a mother can not do so.
The bill is a part of the new system like the Australian points-based one, and it aims to control immigration to the UK so that only those people move to the UK whom the British economy need.
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