From
January 28th 2002 highly waged people will be given freedom to move to
the UK, under the new, Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP).
High
earners with exceptional skills, abilities or experience will be able
to come to the UK to seek work The applicants will be assessed on a
'Money' - based system of qualifications and experience. To be considered
for the scheme an applicant will need to obtain a minimum of 75 points
from the five following areas:
*Past
earnings - Educational qualifications - Work experience - Achievement
in chosen field - suitably qualified doctors.
The
scheme will initially be run as a concession outside the current Immigration
Rules.
*Past Earnings
Workers
who earn less than, 25,000 pounds a year from, Poland, Brazil, South Africa,
Libya, Hungary, Chile, Mexico, Estonia, Turkey, will not be eligible.
The average
income per person in these countries:
Poland, 2,701.85 pounds
Brazil, 2,296.07 pounds
South Africa, 2,038.87 pounds
Libya, 1,022.65 pounds
Hungary, 2,875.10 pounds
Chile, 2,958.73 pounds
Mexico, 3,267.47 pounds
Estonia, 2,193.32 pounds
Turkey, 1,344.30 pounds
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Workers
who earn less than, 20,000 pounds a year from, Jamaica, Russia, Iran,
Morocco, Peru, Tunisia, Thailand, Algeria, Romania, will not be eligible.
The average
income per person in these countries:
Jamaica, 1,569.29 pounds
Russia, 1,067.63 pounds
Iran, 1,048.32 pounds
Morocco, 758.903 pounds
Peru, 1,350.59 pounds
Tunisia, 1,344.21 pounds
Thailand, 1,292.75 pounds
Algeria, 1,022.69 pounds
Romania, 1,074.15 pounds
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Workers
who earn less than,15,000 pounds a year from, China, India, Pakistan,
Nigeria, Sudan, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Bangladesh, will not be eligible.
The average
income per person in these countries:
China, 540.320 pounds
India, 295.890 pounds
Pakistan, 302.335 pounds
Nigeria, 167.249 pounds
Sudan, 205.852 pounds
Ukraine, 450.302 pounds
Zimbabwe, 308.778 pounds
Kenya, 231.593 pounds
Bangladesh, 244.459 pounds
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HSMP, is just
the latest piece in a long history of racist *immigration rules. The vast
majority (if not all) of immigration detainees, presently held in detention
centres and prisons in the UK, come from the countries mentioned above.
Very, very few of them would earn the sums quoted.
HSMP, not only discriminates against these people but depletes these countries
of badly needed skilled workers.
At
present there over 100,000 vacancies in the London area for unskilled
workers, which the government admit can only be filled by economic migration,
yet they won't let people into the UK to take these jobs.
*Fiona
Mactaggart: . . . . . . (Hansared 5th November) I have been campaigning
against racism in immigration and nationality law for almost the whole
35 years that these measures have existed,
