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KY Bok has announced her first policy as
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Tory leader focused on immigration the
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conservative party leader has said
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immigrants should face tougher hurdles
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to achieve British citizenship ahead of
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MPS debating the government's border
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security Asylum and immigration Bill
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next week she thinks that new arrivals
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to the UK should have to wait at least
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15 years before becoming eligible and
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she wants the government to include
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these measures in the proposed new law
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so what's the context well the
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conservative party has been talking
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tough about immigration for a long time
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more than years from David Cameron
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pledging in 2010 to cut immigration from
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252,000 arrivals a year to the 10 of
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thousands to Rishi sunak unveiling his
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stop the boats promise tough rhetoric
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has gone hand inand with ever increasing
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numbers despite some voters expecting a
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reduction in arrivals after brexit in
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November last year the office for
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National statistics revealed that
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between June 2022 and June 2023 net
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migration in and out of the UK reached a
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record high of 9 106,000 this is made up
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of lower migration from the EU and
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higher numbers from the rest of the
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world after the conservatives election
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defeat to labor in July reform UK have
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been snapping at the party's heels even
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coming top in a Sky News ugar poll this
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week and edging out labor and with
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reform delivering a strong message to
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voters of lower immigration proving
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popular bade knock has opted to weigh in
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on the subject in her first major policy
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announcement so what is she actually
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said badok has said immigrants should
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have to wait at least 15 years before
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they become eligible for British
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citizens ship she wants it to be harder
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to secure permanent residence or a UK
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passport arguing this should only go to
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people who have shown a real commitment
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to Britain people would have to wait 10
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years rather than five before applying
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for what's known as indefinite leave to
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remain they would then have to wait a
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further 5 years rather than one year
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before they could apply for British
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citizenship the Tory leader said she
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thinks the pace of immigration has been
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too quick and the numbers coming too
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high for Meaningful integration she also
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said that the UK needs to slow down the
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track for citizenship arguing a UK
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passport should be a privilege not an
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automatic right the conservatives also
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called for new conditions to be imposed
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on anyone applying for indefinite leave
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to remain including for applicants to
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show they've never claimed benefits used
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social housing or had a criminal record
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they would also have to show they would
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be a net contributor to the UK economy
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Bok thinks these measures would reduce
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immigration as people would be deterred
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from coming to Britain but she declined
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to give a specific figure when asked by
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the BBC however most work visas do
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include a clause known as no recourse to
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public funds which prevents immigrants
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on those visas from claiming benefits or
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using social housing what's the reaction
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been labor who also want to appear tough
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on immigration as they also take on
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reform UK came out in criticism of bok's
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move Minister for border security Dame
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Angela Eagle said the conservatives had
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lost control of our borders during their
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14 years in power she said many of the
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things they are saying already exist or
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are the reversal of policies they
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introduced themselves in recent years a
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sign of how chaotic they are beno's
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Shadow home secretary Chris philp has
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apologized for the conservatives record
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in office on immigration he told GB news
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the party wanted to regain voters trust
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and added the last government made
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mistakes we got it wrong and it
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shouldn't have happened but some critics
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of the tor's plan do point out that
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making a pathway to citizenship harder
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could end up making integration more
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difficult which is what benox says she
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wants to address what do you think of
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the conservative's plans on immigration
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