To immigration infinity and beyond

To immigration infinity and beyond
Michael Wood's immigration announcement was politically clever. (Image: Getty)
Iain MacLeod
On Oct 12, minister of immigration Michael Wood finally announced what the future of the skilled migrant residence category might look like. Politically, it was very clever. The government has rightly attracted nothing but negative headlines about immigration, from both migrants and employers, for years. The location, audience and accompanying press release were clearly designed to achieve two goals: to win back support from migrant communities that a historically migrant-friendly Labour party has trashed since 2017, and to appeal to...

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