User:Balaam/sandbox

Articles what I do have vague plans of starting:


 * Miranda Grell
 * George Galloway
 * Chris Hurst
 * Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
 * Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
 * Al-Nadr bin al-Harith
 * Uqba bin Abu Muayt
 * Kab bin al-Ashraf
 * Abdullah bin Katal

Labour stuff

New Labour's immigration policy regarding skills of migrants combined the expansion of the work permit system with the creation of a points-based migration scheme. In October 2000, Labor loosened the work permit system - previously migrants needed a qualification and two years' experience, after the alteration the needed just the qualification. Exceptions to the Resident Market LAbour Test were also introduced.

The points-based system comprised two schemes: the Innovators Scheme, announced 25 July 2000 and intended to attract enrrepreneurs; and the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme or HSMP, introduced December 2001, which awards potential migrants points based on "human capital".

In 2005 a plane was laid out identifying five tiers of economic migration: Tier 1 contains the highly skilled, tier 2 skilled workers with a job offer, tier 3 low-skill workers, tier 4 students and tier 5 "youth mobility and temporary workers".