The United Kingdom is seeing a significant rise in migrant settlement applications as new government reforms are set to extend waiting periods for indefinite leave to remain.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The number of migrants applying for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in Britain, roughly equivalent to permanent residency in the U.S., has reached a 16-year high, with 199,628 applications in the year to June 2026. This marks a 24 percent increase from the previous year. KEY QUOTE: “The Home Office granted settlement to 199,628 people in the year to June, up 24% from 161,585 and the highest annual total since June 2011. A further 245,520 grants of British citizenship were made, and naturalisations remained more than 45% above their 2010–19 annual average.” – Raheem Kassam, The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief DETAIL: This surge under Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Labour government comes as migrants…Open
Mass migration continues to sap the UK’s social and economic capital. The post The Costs of British Immigration Keep Rising appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The Costs of British Immigration Keep Rising Mass migration continues to sap the UK’s social and economic capital. UK Special Coverage photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Images Whether immigration is good for a country’s economy and public finances is a subject of intensifying debate in Britain in recent years. The most consequential domestic policy issue of the year is whether the government goes ahead with its plans to extend the qualifying period for new migrants to receive permanent settlement, welfare entitlements, and eligibility for citizenship from five to 10 years.…Open
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering an exemption for more than half a million recent migrants to stay in the country.
The British government under new leader Andy Burnham is considering exempting foreign care workers from proposed changes to permanent residency. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: On Wednesday, it was reported that Prime Minister Burnham was considering an exemption for foreign-born social care workers who arrived during the “Boriswave,” an influx of roughly 1.6 million foreign workers and their relatives under former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. During Johnson’s premiership, between 2022 and 2024, 612,226 migrants arrived on Health and Care Worker visas, sometimes to “work” for care homes that did not exist . The rumored exemption would apply to reforms being pursued by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood,…Open
The U.S. State Department has announced that the maximum number of EB-5 investor visas for Indian migrants has been issued.
The U.S. State Department has announced that all available EB-5 visas for Indian nationals have been issued for the current fiscal year, pausing new issuances until October. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The State Department has announced that the maximum number of EB-5 investor visas for Indian migrants has been issued. DETAIL: On Wednesday last week, the State Department announced that, as of June 5, 2026, all visas available for Indian nationals under the Employment-Based Fifth Preference (EB-5) program have been issued. Consequently, visa issuances have been suspended. U.S. embassies and consulates are barred from issuing additional visas. The suspension will be lifted on October 1, 2026, at the start of the new fiscal year. The EB-5…Open
But details remained scant after officials said last week that, with “extraordinary” exceptions, people seeking permanent residency must first leave the country.
Migrants will no longer be able to wait in the United States for green cards under new guidance issued by the Trump administration.
The Trump administration has issued new guidance mandating that most Green Card applicants complete the process from outside the United States, closing a long-standing legal loophole. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Migrants will no longer be able to wait in the United States for Green Cards under new guidance issued by the Trump administration. DETAIL: On Friday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would close a loophole allowing migrants applying for Green Cards to wait in the U.S. Instead, the agency will align its rules with the original intent behind Section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows adjustments from temporary to permanent status on the basis of being “inspected…Open