Legal challenge to immigration cap
Friday, 24 September 2010
The Government faces a legal challenge over its temporary immigration cap, lawyers said today.
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) claims the Government side-stepped the proper parliamentary process when it brought in the interim cap in June and has launched a judicial review, asking judges to declare the cap unlawful.
The cap was brought in to prevent a "surge in applications" from skilled migrants from outside Europe while the Government considers the level for its permanent cap, which will be introduced next year...link
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