Jonathan Thomas
@jtmigratory.bsky.social
Senior Fellow & the Migration Researcher at the Social Market Foundation.
Many Interests but only post about migration. You have to draw the line somewhere.
Many Interests but only post about migration. You have to draw the line somewhere.
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3. Social care visa developments: small window now – in both space and time (until July 2028) – to enter UK social care jobs through graduate route
But other factors may push against. Like the huge recent depreciation of the Nigerian currency.
Can intl students afford the UK?
We shall see.
3. Social care visa developments: small window now – in both space and time (until July 2028) – to enter UK social care jobs through graduate route
But other factors may push against. Like the huge recent depreciation of the Nigerian currency.
Can intl students afford the UK?
We shall see.
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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3. Social care visa developments: small window now – in both space and time (until July 2028) – to enter UK social care jobs through graduate route
But other factors may push against. Like the huge recent depreciation of the Nigerian currency.
Can intl students afford the UK?
We shall see.
3. Social care visa developments: small window now – in both space and time (until July 2028) – to enter UK social care jobs through graduate route
But other factors may push against. Like the huge recent depreciation of the Nigerian currency.
Can intl students afford the UK?
We shall see.
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1. Relative attraction of UK vs US craziness & uncertainty + Canadian and Australian numerical restrictions - UK graduate visa remains in place & no cap on numbers +
2. Lower tariff unis = increasingly struggling for domestic students; finances of many remain v dependent on intl students
1. Relative attraction of UK vs US craziness & uncertainty + Canadian and Australian numerical restrictions - UK graduate visa remains in place & no cap on numbers +
2. Lower tariff unis = increasingly struggling for domestic students; finances of many remain v dependent on intl students
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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1. Relative attraction of UK vs US craziness & uncertainty + Canadian and Australian numerical restrictions - UK graduate visa remains in place & no cap on numbers +
2. Lower tariff unis = increasingly struggling for domestic students; finances of many remain v dependent on intl students
1. Relative attraction of UK vs US craziness & uncertainty + Canadian and Australian numerical restrictions - UK graduate visa remains in place & no cap on numbers +
2. Lower tariff unis = increasingly struggling for domestic students; finances of many remain v dependent on intl students
2 - and it keeps getting pushback from BBC Verify who argue - half fairly - the Govt is over-stating its achievement, taking credit for returning people who have left the UK without any intervention by the Govt. This makes the Govt look disingenuous.
Maybe the Govt should rethink this approach?
Maybe the Govt should rethink this approach?
July 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
2 - and it keeps getting pushback from BBC Verify who argue - half fairly - the Govt is over-stating its achievement, taking credit for returning people who have left the UK without any intervention by the Govt. This makes the Govt look disingenuous.
Maybe the Govt should rethink this approach?
Maybe the Govt should rethink this approach?
4/ 5. The risk though =
- the pilot doesn’t expand any further
- = not large enough to ‘break the model’ of the 'people smugglers'
- has insufficient deterrent effect for the Govt to be able to claim political success on the Channel flows.
And then what ...?
- the pilot doesn’t expand any further
- = not large enough to ‘break the model’ of the 'people smugglers'
- has insufficient deterrent effect for the Govt to be able to claim political success on the Channel flows.
And then what ...?
July 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
4/ 5. The risk though =
- the pilot doesn’t expand any further
- = not large enough to ‘break the model’ of the 'people smugglers'
- has insufficient deterrent effect for the Govt to be able to claim political success on the Channel flows.
And then what ...?
- the pilot doesn’t expand any further
- = not large enough to ‘break the model’ of the 'people smugglers'
- has insufficient deterrent effect for the Govt to be able to claim political success on the Channel flows.
And then what ...?
3/ that = the swift return of all irregular Channel arrivals (save for exceptional cases) in return for taking in asylum claimants from France and/or elsewhere in the EU with a clear connection to the UK.
4. Today’s deal is not that deal, but it’s a start.
4. Today’s deal is not that deal, but it’s a start.
July 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
3/ that = the swift return of all irregular Channel arrivals (save for exceptional cases) in return for taking in asylum claimants from France and/or elsewhere in the EU with a clear connection to the UK.
4. Today’s deal is not that deal, but it’s a start.
4. Today’s deal is not that deal, but it’s a start.
2/ ...has increased pressure on the Govt for tangible progress on Channel returns/migrant swap deal.
3. the best deal = a deal which undermines the incentives and economics of movement across the Channel ...
3. the best deal = a deal which undermines the incentives and economics of movement across the Channel ...
July 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
2/ ...has increased pressure on the Govt for tangible progress on Channel returns/migrant swap deal.
3. the best deal = a deal which undermines the incentives and economics of movement across the Channel ...
3. the best deal = a deal which undermines the incentives and economics of movement across the Channel ...
