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Interim cap on non-EU migrant workers coming to UK


A temporary limit on the number of migrant workers from outside the EU allowed into the UK is to be introduced ahead of a planned permanent cap.

Home Secretary Theresa May will limit the number of workers to 24,100 - down around 5% - between now and April 2011.

The Conservatives' election pledge to curb immigration survived the coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.

Labour said that the introduction of an arbitary immigration cap "is fraught with difficulty".

The temporary cap is aimed at preventing a rush of applications before a permanent cap is set next April.

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It's very important that we allow businesses a free choice to bring in overseas nationals

Julia Onslow-Cole
Price Waterhouse Coopers,
Ms May will announce the move on Monday, as she launches a consultation process for deciding the level of the permanent cap.

According to the BBC's Mark Easton, the latest official immigration figures available are for 2008 and suggest 258,000 EU and returning British citizens - about 48% - came to the UK out of a total of 538,000 immigrants.

Julia Onslow-Cole, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, told the BBC that every overseas national brought by firms into the UK cost them three times as much as hiring a resident worker.

"They are not spending this money for nothing, they really need that expertise.

"Particularly in these economic times, I think it's very important that we allow businesses a free choice to bring in overseas nationals," she said.

The Bangladesh Caterers' Association - which represents 12,000 Asian restaurants across the UK - says a cap on immigration will have a serious effect on their ability to recruit skilled chefs from outside the EU to work in the UK.

A spokeswoman for the sector said it contributed £30bn to the UK economy and the planned temporary limit would hinder economic recovery and growth.

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), which represents the UK's £27bn private recruitment industry, also said it was concerned the cap would lead to greater skills shortages and would affect the delivery of social care in some areas.

'Tough but fair'
A spokesman for the Confederation of British Industry said the organisation would wait until an announcement by the home secretary on Monday before making any comment.

A spokesman for the Labour Party said they would wait until Monday to make a full response, but added: "It seems that senior Tories are also doubtful about the proposals.

"The tough Australian-style points system introduced by Labour has already had a big impact on bringing down migrant numbers and closed the door to unskilled workers from outside the EU.


Do we really want to have restrictions on foreign students at a time when the higher education sector is facing funding cuts and is going to rely on the fees that those students bring in?

Tim Finch

"We remain committed to an approach that will help our economy and which is tough but fair."

During the election campaign David Cameron said he wanted to reduce net annual migration - the number of immigrants minus the number emigrating from the UK - from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands. The figure currently stands at 163,000.

The Liberal Democrats opposed a cap during the election campaign in May but signed up to the Tory idea as part of the coalition deal.

However they won agreement to end the detention of children in immigration centres.

Alp Mehmet, of MigrationWatchUK, said the introduction of a temporary limit was "a welcome sign that the government is starting as it means to continue".

He said: "We need carefully to consider how net immigration will be brought down to tens of thousands - we believe about 40,000 is a realistic target - rather than the hundreds of thousands of the last 10 years, and is therefore good news for all our people, including immigrants and future immigrants.

"Immigration at the levels of the past decade is in no-one's interest."

Language skills
Tory MP Peter Bottomley, a member of the cross-party campaign group, Balanced Migration, said the cap was needed.

"Clearly you need to have people you need. If for example, you have Canadian graduates with teaching diplomas, those are the sorts of people we need.

"For many others, we actually have 8% unemployment. It's not the employment thing that matters most to most people, the biggest thing is the effect on environment and on planning."

Tim Finch from the Institute of Public Policy Research, said the measures were just a stopgap and would have a detrimental affect on the higher education sector.

He added: "Do we really want to have restrictions on foreign students at a time when the higher education sector is facing funding cuts and is going to rely on the fees that those students bring in?"

The new government has also axed the national identity card scheme. It was brought in by Labour to tackle fraud, illegal immigration and identity theft but was often criticised for being too expensive and an infringement of civil liberties.

Ministers are also bringing forward to the autumn measures requiring many immigrants marrying UK citizens to prove they have a command of English.

The plans, which Labour had planned to introduce in July 2011, will apply to partners coming to the UK from areas outside the EU, such as South Asia.

laggchick:
It aint al about bootie hun. .i c d look on ma boi's eye when we c mo. .he doesnt have dat same luk on his face when we see kel. .#foodforthought

oh i see,your judgement is based on the lust in your b/frnd's eyes when he sees mo.So much for tastes

laggchick:
ma gurl mo-chedda has got mor swag. .her flow is tighter and d amount of fuckn kel has been up to m sure ma girl mo's kitty is tighter 2 . .lol

Ok i get the picture,mo'cheddah's ur friend,cool.

eldee:
Actually . . . I saw Mo'chedda and I started noticing that she's not as fat as Sasha and Kel

Kel is not fat,she's well proportioned ,and like i said earlier she's a lot prettier,i presume we can all agree on that.In short,she out of Cheddah's league.

Please how can i lay my hands on Barely 13,i'v heard so much about that cologne

Amodu juju don fail am

^^^^ on top of that,there's nothin interesting about mo cheddah.Kel is much prettier & head & shoulders above her in all ramifications,geddit?

It is not a nigerian thang & shld not be made to look so.The world over paparazis sneak in on celebrities & wannabes & dish out unpalatable stories as well as splash their pictures for all to see.The US eavesdrop on practically everybody's convo with the help of the Patriot Act,same with the UK from GHCQ.
If you leave traceable info abt you,of course pple wld want to rch out to you,either to scam you,become frnds, for bizness purposes etc.

Bottomline:you need privacy,remain in solitude & you wont have to bother about who's stalking/sneaking/eavesdropping/taking pictures etc of you.

ladi02:
which one of the two is andoaaka??,

Aondoakaa is a man & those are his kids

US Impose Visa Ban On Former Nigerian Attorney General Michael Aondoakaa


President Barack Obama has signed an order banning Nigeria's former Attorney general, Michael Aondoakaa from entering the US. The order was signed last week, making Aondoakaa the first Nigerian former public official sanctioned since the return of democracy in 1999.  The US government had warned at the United Nations on Monday that several corrupt officials in Africa faces travel bans and visa revocation as a way of combating corruption. Saharareporters had reported that during the dying days of the Yar'adua regime several members of his kitchen cabinet were listed for visa ban by the US government. Also last week , Saharareporters revealed that Aondoakaa was facing investigations by the Serious Organized Crimes Agency of the United Kingdom over money laundering activities.

US state department surces told Saharareporters that the travel ban on Aondoakaa would also be extended two of his children or relative who were granted student visas. We could not confirm if these two are currently in the US. However, we could confirm three  of Aondoakaa's daughters are currentliving in London with his second wife Susan.

Two of them are attending college in London while a third one attends a private school.
Elizabeth Aondoakaa attends  City University Of London and Anna Aondoakaa is a student at the University of  Surrey, the youngest daughter Susan Nwese Aondoakaa is at private primary school in Lonodn.

Our sources further revealed that two boys Akugha Aondoakaa and Samuel Aondoakaa and another daughter from his second wife, now lives in London with Aondoakaa's first wife, Susan. The second wife lives in a secret mansion in the Rayfield GRA area in Jos where Aondoakaa mostly hid exotic cars he received from various extortion schemes while he was AGF are kept.

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ElRazur:
Omo speak for yourself.

I have fished from a rvier that is considered as sacred in my village.

I have kept Okete (Big white giant rats) as pets. Apparently, it can bring bad luck and untimely death etc.

I have put my feet on the stone representing God of Iron - and am still alive.

I have looked into and dance in front of the mirror when it is raining

ETC.

These so called "do not do this or this will happen to you" means poo to me.

All these things you just mentioned is as petty as they come.On top of that it's easy to sit behind your pc lyk so many peeps here  & act all tough (thnx to the internet) when in all honesty,you're all hollow on the inside.

I'v never had any rzn to go fetish,i don't bliv in its efficacy,nonetheless,i wont be foolhardy & say to myself 'let me give it a try'.

Richy Black claims he is a firm xtian,& his siggy says somthin abt principalities & powers.What are these powers & wat are they capable of?Talk abt tongue in cheek argument.

Wish i cld stay up & follow up the rejoinders but alas i'v got bills to pay.

A lot of folks here bliv juju is fraud.Fine but i bet you if you were told in some remote part of Ijebu that 'cross this line maq i see weda you go wake up tomoro',nobody wld dare cross for fear of the unknown.My point;i don't take issues bordering on juju seriously but then again neither i nor anyone else here wld want to test the waters with both feet.

Same rzn you wldn't jump into a lion's lair lyk the proverbial Daniel based on your firm belief in God.

A professor once got into a boat & a convo ensued btw him and the boat owner:-
Professor:young man,did you go to school?
Boat boy:no prof i cldn't afford it
Professor:ah!Half your life is gone.

Suddenly a storm hit & the boat swung dangerously,threatening to capsize

Boat boy:prof can you swim?
Professor:no i can't!
Boat boy:ah!All your life is gone

Make your deductions.

Interesting thread,@ poster do you also treat 'Excessive Erectile Function' (EEF)?

Why are these CE members/followers/apologists so fanatical in their allegiance to P.Chris?The op asked a very straight fwd question (albeit sinister) & instead of providing cogent answers they immediately lunge for his jugular.

For yrs after watching a crusade conducted by pastor Oritsejiafor where he swung his arm and it was lyk a hurricane what with pple falling,some yelling,chairs goin in evry direction-i kept asking myself are these not the folks God said we shld be wary of,that wld even command fire to fall frm heaven-even the very elect wld be deceived?

Surely there's something fundamentally wrong with the teachings of today's funky pastors.@ op,verily i say unto you,do not harken to the doctrines of these false preachers lest you be led astray.

Nuff said,tym to go watch Germany-Ghana

Rooney still hasn't found his footing yet in this game.I wonder what it will taq  

Is it me or nairaland just crashed?

It wld hav been another robert green moment for slovenia

This argument can go on 4eva,the truth is the UK is a spent force,end of thread.

Arg scores again.Obinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,What just happened there

There's just that lil glimmer of hope

Argentina has scored

Still 0-0 btw Arg & Greece.If it stays lyk dis,even if the SE eventually win we'll still be at the bottom of the table

Goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.It shld hav been 3-2

Yakubu is uselessssssssssssssssssssss

Nigeria joins SA & Cameroun,so,so sad

2-1 S/korea moves ahead  

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh,2nd half wan start o.In fact e don start

MUZBO:
Abeg wetin be Yakubu phone number make I send am death threat!

no blame hin no dey 100% fit,na lagerbeer u go blame.

Obasi should be taken out immediately,the guy is too selfish for his own good

At this rate Anyila is likely to pik up a red b4 the end of this game

Obasi gets a yellow-He shld get out
S/Korea scores again as usual.Hisssssssss