Global Immigration Crackdowns in 2025: How Five Major Western Nations Tightened Their Borders

Dec 09, 2025 06:08 pm CST

In 2025, five major Western nations implemented significant immigration restrictions in response to growing political and social pressures. From Trump's expanded travel ban and deportation efforts in the US to Canada's visa rejections targeting international students, and from Australia's pivot to skilled migration to the UK's settlement requirement changes and the EU's growing focus on deportation policies, these immigration crackdowns represent a fundamental shift in global migration management approaches.