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| Britain set to curb working visas for people from Commonwealth |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-06-06 20:59:12 |
LONDON, June 6 (Xinhuanet) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to limit the number of people from Commonwealth countries applying for working holiday permits, which allow people to come to Britain for two years and subsidize their stay with casual work,the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.
A leaked government
memo suggests the prime minister was reacting to the dramatic rise in
applications for the Commonwealth Working Holiday Maker scheme from countries as
India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Bangladesh.
Under the new proposals, the British government will
introduce quotas based on the historical take-up of the scheme.
It will also introduce new restrictions to make the scheme
only available to people from Commonwealth countries with satisfactory return
arrangement.
The prime minister has already ordered that the new restrictions should be made within weeks, according to the newspaper. Enditem |
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