• Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Home secretary Javid promises to review immigration cap blocking Indian doctors

Sajid Javid is expected to make a statement on the English test scandal before parliament’s summer recess.

By: Sarwar Alam

UK home secretary Sajid Javid today (3) promised to review the country’s immigration system to overcome a monthly immigration cap preventing professionals such as Indian doctors from being brought in to tackle shortages in the state-funded NHS. “I see a problem with that and it is something I am taking a fresh look at. I hope to think about this more carefully and see what can be done,” Javid told the BBC in reference to the Tier 2 visa cap that has hit doctors and other highly-skilled professionals from outside the European Union (EU). His remarks came as a new…

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