UK post-Brexit rules to 'turn off tap' of low-skilled foreign labour
16 February, 2020
Britain will "switch off the tap" of foreign, low-skilled labour and require all skilled staff desperate to come to the country to get a job offer and meet income and language requirements as it sets post-Brexit rules from next year.
Britain formally left europe by the end of January but a transition period is in place until Dec 31, during which time little changes.
At the moment, EU citizens have the ability to move freely between the member states, prompting some Britons to vote for Brexit in the 2016 referendum in a bid to lower the number of men and women arriving in the united states.
"Our new immigration system will switch off the tap of cheap, foreign low-skilled labour," interior minister Priti Patel wrote in The Sun on Sunday newspaper.
"From next year, all skilled personnel will need to earn enough points to work in the united kingdom. They'll have to speak English, have a company job offer, and meet the salary requirements."
Patel said "overall numbers" would are categorized as the plan.
Some opposition politicians have argued that restrictions on immigration can harm public services including the National Health Service which using areas depends on EU citizens who work as nurses and doctors.
The government said it would award additional points to those working in sectors where there's a skills shortage.
London and Brussels will spend this year negotiating the conditions of a post-Brexit deal that will enter into force on Jan 1 with the battlelines already drawn over how much Britain will diverge from EU regulations.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com