Government asks committee to look into post-Brexit immigration

To continue reading please register or login to your OHW+ account.

The Government has commissioned an in-depth report into how immigration will be managed after Brexit. Home secretary Amber Rudd has asked the Migration Advisory Committee to carry out a “detailed assessment” of the costs and benefits of UK migrants and the impact of a drastic cut in numbers. Rudd said this would be a “major step in ensuring we create a system that works in the best interests of the country”. The committee will consider the regional distribution of EU migration, which sectors are most reliant on it, and the role of temporary and seasonal workers. The post-Brexit immigration report will also look at how migrant work benefits the UK, its impact on competitiveness, and whether or not there would be benefits to offering special dispensation for highly-skilled migrants. The Conservatives have historically promised to bring total net migration – the difference between the number of people moving to the UK and the number leaving – from the EU and the rest of the world to below 100,000. It was 248,000 last year, down 25% from 2015, and many industry bodies have raised concerns that reduced migration will lead to skills shortages across a number of industries. A survey by the CIPD recently found that almost three-quarters of HR professionals think competition for skills will increase over the next three years due to the decision to leave the EU. Last month’s Queen�