Topic: Immigration & Asylum
Green
Candidate
Commit to push to abolish the Recourse to Public Funds and abolish the ten-year route to settlement. End detention for all migrants unless a danger to public safety. Visa holders to have right vote in all elections. Create a new Department of Migration, separate from Department of Justice. Simplify visa application system and charge application fees at cost. Free NHS access. Remove minimum income requirements for visa applicants inc. students and families.
Party Manifesto
Labour
Candidate
Commit to reducing net migration and Scrap the Rwanda scheme. Reform the points-based immigration system with appropriate restrictions on visas. Link immigration and skills policy. Bar employers who abuse the visa system. Strengthen the Migration Advisory Committee and establish a framework for joint working with skills bodies across the UK. end the long-term reliance on overseas workers in some parts of the economy with workforce and training plans in health, social care and construction sectors.End use of hotels for asylum accommodation.
LibDem
Candidate
Commit to ending investing in officers, training and technology to tackle smuggling, trafficking and modern slavery. Remove decision making on visas out of Home Office. Scrap the Rwanda scheme and Illegal Migration Act. Provide safe and legal routes for refugees and set up a dedicated asylum backlog unit. Allow asylum seekers here for more than three months to work. Exempt NHS and care staff from the £1,000-a-year Immigration Skills Charge. Negotiate with the EU to expand the Youth Mobility Scheme.
