① THE TRUTH ABOUT MIGRATION: Britain has more jobs than Britons to fill them. That, in a nutshell, is why we need migrants and millions of them.
② The country has a chronic skills shortage and without migrants helping to fill that gap, Britain – and Britons – would be poorer.
③ Currently, Britain has around 860,000 job vacancies, but not enough skilled - or low-skilled - Britons to do them all.
④ Of course, none of this is any consolation to around 750,000 long-term unemployed in the UK.
⑤ The government, of course, should be spending billions in upskilling our workers, and especially the unemployed.
But even if that happened (as it should) there would still not be enough Britons to fill all the millions of jobs in Britain.
But even if that happened (as it should) there would still not be enough Britons to fill all the millions of jobs in Britain.
⑥ Our country has an ageing population, and a low birth rate.
So, the truth is that we have to import young people and skilled (and many low-skilled) people to do the jobs that we don’t have enough Britons to do.
It really is that simple.
So, the truth is that we have to import young people and skilled (and many low-skilled) people to do the jobs that we don’t have enough Britons to do.
It really is that simple.
⑦ The government, of course, knows this only too well.
But nevertheless, they pandered to the racist cries that Britain is full-up and doesn’t want more migrants, thereby fuelling the Brexit vote.
But nevertheless, they pandered to the racist cries that Britain is full-up and doesn’t want more migrants, thereby fuelling the Brexit vote.
⑧ Consequently, many EU citizens here (let’s call them citizens, not migrants; this was their home) have left the country.
⑨ Employers are finding it difficult to hire all the staff they need, in a wide range of sectors, including construction, catering, farming, transport, hospitality, hospitals, schools and scientific fields.
⑩ So, what will the government do?
They are planning to replace those hard-working, high-skilled EU citizens by inviting people from Hong Kong and Australia to come here instead.
They are planning to replace those hard-working, high-skilled EU citizens by inviting people from Hong Kong and Australia to come here instead.
⑪ And if there’s a new free trade agreement with India, that’s also likely to involve free movement of people here from that country.
So despite Brexit, we’ll still have - and need - migrants and millions of them because Britain has millions more jobs than Britons to do them.
So despite Brexit, we’ll still have - and need - migrants and millions of them because Britain has millions more jobs than Britons to do them.
⑫ If you voted for Leave and now feel cheated, you should. You’ve been had, as has the entire country.
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