General Election Countdown: Immigration – What's Next?

What’s going to happen to immigration in a post-Brexit era? That’s the million dollar question. Whilst there has been huge speculation as to what our immigration system and net migration figures are likely to look like going forward, little clarity has been provided as yet.

Following the leak of the draft Labour Manifesto, it has been reported that Jeremy Corbyn has agreed to toughen up his message on immigration. The Labour Party has acknowledged that free movement of workers is unlikely to be possible once the UK leaves the EU, but has stated that imposing new immigration controls will not be top of its list of priorities if it wins the election. It’s not really clear where that message leaves us when trying to predict what the new model is going to look like.