Nigeria, May 13 -- The UK government has formally presented to parliament its long-awaited White Paper, "Restoring Control Over the Immigration System." The paper outlines a total overhaul to reduce net migration and tighten rules across all visa routes.

The document, released by the Home Secretary on Monday, comes amid growing public discontent over record-high immigration figures, with net migration hitting 906,000 in the year ending June 2023, four times the level recorded in 2019.

While announcing the major immigration changes on Monday, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, described the plan as a "clean break from a broken system," asserting that settlement in the UK would no longer be a time-bound right but a privilege to be earned....