U.K. Wants U.S.-Style Immigration System? It Will Look Like This
- Limited public disclosure but foreign-staff lists do surface
- Lack of visa options for lower skills has bred illegality
More than 2.000 Cuban migrants are in the country after Panama closed the border with Colombia last May 9 to stop the flow of mainly Cuban migrants in a desperate bid to reach the United States / AFP / RAUL ARBOLEDA (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the words of one minister, the U.K.’s early sketched immigration proposals for a post-Brexit Britain went down like a bag of vomit. The government has walked back the more controversial elements, but on one thing is clear.
“What we are going to consult on is whether we should bring ourselves in line with countries like the United States,” Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers. She stressed there would be “no naming and shaming, no published lists of foreign workers."