| ID | 155542 |
| Title Proper | Minimum income required |
| Other Title Information | U.K. migration rules put a price on family unification |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Einashe, Ismail |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Britain’s “minimum income requirement” restricts citizens and legal residents who earn less than £18,600 ($24,000) from bringing their spouses from outside Europe to live with them. Journalist Ismail Einashe looks at the consequences of this threshold, advanced by now-Prime Minister Theresa May when she was home secretary, on parents and children. Einashe describes how the 2012 law has created thousands of “Skype families” who go years without seeing one another, and how its opponents warn it will lead to a brain drain from the United Kingdom. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Policy Journal Vol. 34, No.3; Fall 2017: p.21-25 |
| Journal Source | World Policy Journal 2017-09 34, 3 |
| Key Words | Migration ; Immigration ; United Kingdom ; Family ; Minimum Wage ; Theresa May |