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Raab agrees to visa waivers for group of 200 but British Council staff still in limbo

Chinese spies are posing as refugees in an attempt to enter Britain through a resettlement scheme designed for Hongkongers, The Times can reveal.

MIGRANTS staying in hotels paid for by the taxpayer are not having their quarantine enforced, it has emerged.

Romanian workers, once demonised, stuck with Britain through Covid and are now helping to keep the economy afloat.

Refugees fleeing war who have the skills to fill job shortages in the UK will be offered five-year visas under a plan to be announced next week.

The search for a candidate to move into the American ambassador’s residence in Regent’s Park appeared to be over last night as President Biden’s choice became clear.

Agnieszka Bleka has had to work hard in past years to find compa­nies that need workers, spending much of her day reaching out to local busi­nesses in the northern English city of Preston, where she is based.

The number of Irish passports issued in Great Britain rocketed in the years following the Brexit referendum, according to figures. The data emerged as it was revealed that the celebrated British author John le Carré went to his grave as an Irish citizen.

Two million people have asked to stay in the UK after Brexit under the government’s EU settlement scheme, latest figures show. More than half a million applications (520,600) were received in September alone, Home Office data published. It is believed the continuing threat of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October has prompted the rush of applications, even though EU citizens and their families have until 31 December 2020 to apply even if the UK crashes out.

The U.K. now ranks as less politically stable than Greece or Egypt, and the U.S. isn’t far behind, according to an extensive global survey of expatriates.
Political turmoil over Brexit means the U.K. is now among the world’s least desirable destinations for expats. Out of 64 countries ranked by the InterNations Expat Insider survey, Britain ranks 57th for political stability and 58th overall, down 25 spots since the vote to leave the European Union in 2016.