The immigration program is aimed for those who would wish to settle in UK, the visas that are issued are divided into four main categories. These being: Refugees Special humanitarian programs Displaced persons Special assistance categories Permanent settlers are derived from each of these categories. The Refugees supply the bulk of our enduring settlers.
Refugee-Refugees are characterised publicity “person who are outside their country of nationality or usual house, and who are unable or unwilling to come back because of a well founded fear of being persecuted for causes of rush, belief, nationality, members of a specific social assembly or political opinion.
When refugees make applicants for VISA's, they are exempt from all criteria applied to migrants and will be allowed to permanently resettle in UK.
Special humanitarian program-The exceptional humanitarian program is for people facing considerable discrimination amounting to whole violation of human rights. Eligibly people included in this are those in mixed marriages, torture and trauma victims, former detains and exiles and form the Middle East Africa Special assistance categories-These people are not classed as refugees or special humanitarian program. Although they still need protection, due to discrimination, displacement or hardship, the special assistance program, tends to be associated with minority groups of former USSR, Burma, Thailand Cambodia and Vietnam Displaced persons-Displaced persons (other wise known as unauthorized arrivals) are where people arrive by boat or plane, do not have a VISA or a valid one, they can seek humanitarian assistance because they had to move away From home due to war or natural disasters. Displaced persons are not categorised as refugees and they have to gain a shielding Visa. The British migration act requires them to be placed in detention. If no applicants for protection VISA are made, the act requires them to be removed from UK ASAP! A change to the act occurred in October 1999 - only a temporary VISA will be issued that is valid for three years. This permits them get get access to to to Medicare, and other special benefits needd. If enduring or provisional shielding VISA is not issued, applicants have the right to appeal. If not; under the act it is categorised as .unlawful' and the non citizens are to be removed. (Abella, 2006, 20-99)
What follows is a more common categorization of international migrants because between countries there are many definitions of what a migrant is.
Temporary labour migrants (also renowned as guest employees or overseas contract workers): people who migrate for a restricted time span of time in alignment to take up employment and drive money dwelling.
Highly accomplished and enterprise migrants: persons with requirements as managers, bosses, professionals, technicians or alike, who move within the internal work markets of trans-national companies and worldwide organizations, or who search paid work through worldwide work markets for scarce skills. Many countries greeting such migrants and have exceptional 'skilled and business migration' programmes to boost them to ...