UK Government Undercounted EU Migrants By Up to 55 Per Cent
The number of EU migrants who arrived in Britain under the Free Movement migration regime may have been undercounted by as much as 55 per cent.
The number of EU migrants who arrived in Britain under the Free Movement migration regime may have been undercounted by as much as 55 per cent.
The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended against a full replacement of EU free movement to a full points-based immigration system post-Brexit and said that the salary cap should be lowered by £4,000 — moves that Migration Watch UK warned would result in the UK losing control of immigration.
The European Parliament’s Brexit coordinator has said he will “never” allow the UK to control its borders, claiming a system based on allowing in professionals and people with the skills the nation needs amounts to “discrimination”.
Theresa May’s plans to prioritise immigrants’ skills, rather than their country of origin, in a post-Brexit shake-up of the visa system could bring numbers up, experts have warned.
Civil servants have told ministers that attempts to respect the referendum result and reform the UK immigration system after Brexit could cause a “Windrush-style” crisis.
Liam Fox, the leading Brexiteer and International Trade Secretary, has hinted the Tory government could drop their target to slash immigration below 100,000 a year and introduce a two-tiered immigration system with Brexit.
Brexit will shake Britain out of laziness, according to Gordon Ramsay, who argues that curbing the “influx” of migrants will give “homegrown talent” a chance to shine. The celebrity chef said ending access to a limitless supply of labour from
Debunking business leaders’ claims that Britain will continue to need unskilled EU workers after Brexit, a new study has shown that far from benefitting the UK taxpayer cheap migrant labour actually costs the exchequer more than £12 million a day, or £4.4 billion a year.
The Government does not expect to meet its commitment to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands within three years and could create a flexible immigration system after Brexit to protect migrant labour.
Labour MPs must take voters concerns on immigration and Brexit seriously or risk losing their seats to the UK Independence Party, former shadow minister Dan Jarvis has warned.
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