Brexit immigration

[ClothCap]

So listening to Farage and co it seems that they aren't against immigration, just EU immigration.

In fact all brexiteers seem hell bent on reinstating commonwealth immigration, in particular from India.

Sure they mutter things about points-based systems, but we know how those types of controls can be fiddled with.

So is an 'out' vote really just a vote for fast-track visas and intra-company transfers a la 2003?

[BlasterBates]

Yes the Leave campaign is promising more non-EU immigration it seems:

https://next.ft.com/content/94adcefa...c-ee846770ec15

Vote Leave is hoping to secure the backing of British Asians by telling them that if Britain quits the EU, it will mean more immigration from elsewhere in the world.

but it will be "controlled immigration"

You have to differentiate between uncontrolled immigration and controlled immigration.

[GB9]

You have to distinguish between immigration we want and immigration we don't want. Ethnicity and creed don't come into it. Just how useful you are. A bit like a contractor to a pimp.

[DimPrawn]

You have to distinguish between immigration we want and immigration we don't want. Ethnicity and creed don't come into it. Just how useful you are. A bit like a contractor to a pimp.

It's this. At the moment Europeans of all races and creeds (though mostly white I suspect) can enter, stay, claim benefits, with no checks on "usefulness" or economic benefit to the UK.

Once out of the EU, we can pull useful people from all over the World, this will mean more Africans, Asians etc as the EU numbers are restricted by the same immigration points system.

That's the theory anyways.

I suspect in practice it will be the usual shambolic, uncontrolled entry of whoever is cheapest from wherever to keep the big tax dodging companies happy...

[ClothCap]

You have to distinguish between immigration we want and immigration we don't want. Ethnicity and creed don't come into it. Just how useful you are. A bit like a contractor to a pimp.

Have you no recollection of how contracting was hammered under the FTV scheme? Rates plummeted

[DimPrawn]

Have you no recollection of how contracting was hammered under the FTV scheme? Rates plummeted

and never recovered (and never will).

HTH BIDI

[northernladuk]

You have to distinguish between immigration we want and immigration we don't want. Ethnicity and creed don't come into it. Just how useful you are. A bit like a contractor to a pimp.

And how much baggage you bring with you. 1 skilled contractor with 15 dependants isn't going to work either.

[shaunbhoy]

You have to differentiate between uncontrolled immigration and controlled immigration.

Exactly. Think of it like changing to a healthy diet. You will still need to eat, it is just that you will be eating things that are good for you rather than being force-fed a "Greggs" supersize regime.

[VectraMan]

You have to differentiate between uncontrolled immigration and controlled immigration.

Because controlled immigrants don't put pressure on schools, the NHS or other public services; don't put pressure on housing because they don't need places to live, don't clog up the roads, etc. etc. Those are the complaints Brexiters have about immigration, not how qualified everyone is.

I wonder if Vote Leave announced that they planned to increase immigration over what it is now how much support they'd have by the end of the week? As it is they keep very quiet on numbers.

[DimPrawn]

Because controlled immigrants don't put pressure on schools, the NHS or other public services; don't put pressure on housing because they don't need places to live, don't clog up the roads, etc. etc. Those are the complaints Brexiters have about immigration, not how qualified everyone is.

I wonder if Vote Leave announced that they planned to increase immigration over what it is now how much support they'd have by the end of the week? As it is they keep very quiet on numbers.

Immigration should fall after Brexit as the millions of EU loafers are told to get out......yeah right, even I don't believe that will happen.