2023-08-20 17:00:00
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INVESTIGATION. Revisited in 2021, the British immigration system is attracting a record number of skilled workers from outside Europe. But who to replace Europeans for low-skilled jobs?
From our correspondent in London, Laure Van Ruymbeke Brexit kept its promise by ending the free movement of Europeans on January 1, 2021. (Photo dated December 12, 2019) © BEN STANSALL / POOL/AFP / AFP Published on 20 /08/2023 at 5:00 p.m.
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A month before the Brexit referendum, the former mayor of London Boris Johnson takes up his pen to convince the British of the virtues of controlled legal immigration. European immigration figures are “out of control”, he laments. Economic migrants from the European Union (EU) put pressure on hospitals, schools, housing. The salaries are too low. The system is “unfair” and “discriminatory”.
On January 1, 2021, Boris Johnson, who became Prime Minister, kept his commitments. This date marks the end of the free movement of EU citizens. A so-called “points” system, already in force for non-Europeans, has been reviewed and extended to European workers. From now on, the rule is the same for everyone. Barring exceptions, no need to try…
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