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Yes, there definitely is. The difficulties of getting non-EU nationals into the UK to work are already pretty much top of the complaints list of folk I know wh
by thenomad 10y ago
Yes, there definitely is.
The difficulties of getting non-EU nationals into the UK to work are already pretty much top of the complaints list of folk I know who run significant IT companies.
I don't know about the academic sector, but in general UK immigration law is already very harsh, and the exit from the EU was largely driven by a desire to limit immigration.
- mattmanser 10y agoIn 2014 the net migration into the UK was 318,000. Half of that was from outside of the EU. That's .5% increase in our population per year. Per year! The net migration to the UK has gone mental since 1996. It's simply not sustainable. House prices are crazy, council services and the NHS are struggling as we cut funding due to austerity and you're complaining about how hard it is to get into the UK when we've actually been letting in massive amounts of people. Unbelievable. http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/statistics-net-migration-statistics http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/statistics-net-migration-sta...
- d4rti 10y agoThings can be both difficult and common The immigration process is not easy for Non-European nationals. It requires sheafs of paper documentation and significant fees.
- thenomad 10y agoInteresting stats - thanks, I'll look into them. (I should say: this should neither be taken as "I now believe everything you say" nor "and now I will find reasons, no matter how arbitrary, to dismiss everything you've presented".)
- thenomad 10y agoOne question - why do you say it's not sustainable? I agree that an increase in population requires an increase in funding to the NHS (or at least keeping the funding stable per capita) and more housing. But I don't see why those things are impossible, given the political will to make them happen.