Migrant Cap Ruling – High Court decides Government policy is Illegal
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Government caps on migrant workers introduced by the Home Secretary this summer have been ruled invalid by the High Court today in the first of several legal challenges to the attempt by the Government to stiffle immigration to the UK by highly qualified non-EU immigrants.
Two judges said Theresa May had unlawfully attempted to “side-step Parliamentary scrutiny” when setting the limits.
Lord Justice Sullivan and Mr Justice Burton declared that, as a result, no lawful limits were in place for two tiers of job applicants from abroad.
The ruling was a victory for the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and English Community Care Association ( ECCA), which was concerned over the position of immigrant care workers.
The interim cap on visas was introduced in the summer.