London - Suella Braverman, the UK Home Secretary, is expected to crack down on net migration by raising the salary barrier for admittance into the UK after the Home Office admitted that the "points-based system has not worked." With Britain facing a record number of arrivals, the Home Secretary is thought to be planning a new crackdown on migrants before the next general election. Ms Braverman is understood to be campaigning for a wage raise as part of a package of initiatives.

Skilled workers are eligible for visas under existing criteria if their job in the UK pays £26,200 per annum, which is 20% less than the national average wage of £33,280 per annum. According to reports, the Home Secretary will also be stricter on dependants coming to the UK, especially families of unskilled employees.

'Our points-based system hasn't actually operated in the way that we promised in our manifesto,' a Home Office insider admitted to the media. The prime minister acknowledges that net migration is excessive. He's been working with the Home Office on it.' Former Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the points-based immigration system in 2020. The post-Brexit strategy was carried out so that EU citizens would be treated more equally with those from the rest of the globe.

Mrs. Braverman is said to want to make her announcement before the 'Office for National Statistics' releases the most recent set of immigration figures next month, however, no agreement has been reached with No10. The Conservative Party promised that 'overall numbers will fall down' in the 2019 general election, but data released in May revealed that net migration reached a record high of 606,000 last year. That was significantly higher than the 488,000 figure for 2021, which had been raised by 91,000 in the most recent official publication.

Arrivals from outside the EU fueled the increase, with the majority coming to study or work, as well as to flee the unrest in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong. Although much lower than some had predicted, the staggering figure - nearly equivalent to adding the population of Bristol or Glasgow in a single year - ignited a furious political debate over the Conservative manifesto commitment that 'numbers will drop down' from 226,000 in 2019.

There was a pledge under David Cameron and Theresa May to bring long-term net migration rates into the tens of thousands, and one of the selling points for Brexit was "regaining control" of borders. According to a Home Office source, it is unclear whether the influx of migrants from Ukraine and Hong Kong has peaked, leaving the door open for net migration to expand much more.

Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, declared in May that most overseas students will be prevented from bringing family members to Britain with them. According to the recommendations, only a limited number of students who come from overseas to study in the UK will be able to bring their partners or children to the country beginning in January 2024. Those permitted to bring dependents must be enrolled in postgraduate research programs.

486,000 student visas were given in 2022, up from 269,000 in 2019. Last year, 136,000 student visas were granted to dependents, marking a significant rise from 16,000 in 2019.

Mrs Braverman and immigration minister Robert Jenrick are thought to have wanted to go further, but were stopped by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, who raised worries about the economic consequences of a harder crackdown. Mrs Braverman warned last month that unrestricted immigration is an 'existential' threat to the West today while criticizing 'absurd' international refugee regulations. She also stated that if immigration is not controlled, British culture would disappear.