The UK need never make immigration a crisis-level problem again. A full-blown time-limited work permit system – strictly monitored and controlled – would satisfy labour market needs and guard against mass immigration without integration. This would not be like previous work permit schemes the UK has rolled out. Instead we are talking about a comprehensive policy which would be the ‘only’ means of legal migration.
Coupled with removing rules which permit unlimited illegal immigration, this could solve the running sore of Britain’s immigration crisis for good. It would meet the needs of the economy, while guaranteeing that long-term settlement was strictly regulated and granted to the privileged few.
If this sounds too good to be true it is pretty much what the first world countries of Asia do: Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
No long-term drain on welfare, no long-term strain on national cohesion and no long-term erosion in trust of the system.
Why the morons and pillocks who have led the UK for the last few decades didn’t do this before is anyone’s guess.
Reform UK could make this party policy, satisfying the needs of business, directly answering critics who cry racism (after all the door wouldn’t slam shut) and bringing order back to the chaos. Job done!
The UK could couple this with a post-Brexit tilt towards those countries with which Britain shares a king: Australia, Canada, Jamaica and New Zealand, among others.
Call it “Commonwealth preference” if you will, a system which could start with the so-called ‘CANZUK’ countries. Britain is already on the road to this with youth visa schemes with Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
With fresh policies in place, it could soon be morning again in the UK, with the uniparty and its failed project rejected by a frustrated and failed British public.
Work permits and Commonwealth preference – alongside repeal of laws which prevent swift turnarounds and removals of those illegally in the UK – is just what the doctor ordered.
If Asia can do it then why can’t the Brits?
