After Brexit, Whom Will the Brits Let In?
From the BBC:
The Home Office originally promised to publish its plans for a new immigration policy before Christmas. Then it said the spring. Now ministers say it’ll be in the autumn.
Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes told me: “There isn’t any dithering. What I’m committed to doing is making evidence-based policy. And so we will bring an immigration policy forward when we’re ready.”
They were, she said, waiting for the expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee, an independent public body which advises the government on migration issues.
Why the delay? Very likely it’s because they’re caught in the middle, between the demands of British business and the expectations of many of the voters who backed Brexit.
Pressure is now mounting on Theresa May from a growing number of businesses who fear that they will not be able to find the workers they need after we leave the EU.
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