Kemi Badenoch has opposed Labour’s reported plan to allow around two million migrants a five-year route to permanent settlement instead of the proposed 10-year requirement.
Badenoch Opposes 5-Year ILR Route For 2 Million Migrants
Kemi Badenoch has pushed back against Labour Party moves to exempt roughly two million migrants who arrived on work visas between 2021 and 2026 from a proposed 10-year settlement rule, according to Nairametrics.
In a July 13 letter to the Home Secretary, copied to Andy Burnham, Badenoch urged the government not to abandon its plan to double the ILR qualifying period from five to 10 years, warning that reversing it would strain public finances and undermine immigration controls.
She argued permanent residency should go only to migrants making sustained economic contributions. Official data shows UK net migration has fallen 48 per cent to 171,000, its lowest level since 2012, excluding pandemic years.
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