India, May 12 -- The UK government is planning to introduce significant changes to visa and immigration laws in an effort to cut migration and tighten control over who can live and work in the country.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government says the overhaul is necessary to end what it describes as a "failed experiment" of mass immigration and to bring down the number of people entering the UK through legal routes. The announcement was made on Sunday, May 11, ahead of the official unveiling of the government's Immigration White Paper in Parliament on Monday, reported AFP.

The changes are part of a wider plan to reduce net migration, which stood at 728,000 in the 12 months to June 2024. Starmer, under pressure from growing public conce...