the United Kingdom has always been a hot
spot for immigration but recently
there's been a change the dawn is
breaking on an independent United
Kingdom immigration was one of the key
factors driving debate around the UK's
referendum on the European Union with
opponents complaining that uni rights of
freedom of movement the cost an influx
of migrants in the UK I have been
calling today in my remarks for a fair
immigration policy the UK joined what
would eventually become the European
Union in 1973 and EU citizens gradually
migrated to the UK over the coming
decades but it wasn't until the EU ate
the Czech Republic Estonia hungry Latvia
Lithuania Poland Slovakia and Slovenia
joined the EU in 2004 that those numbers
exceeded a hundred thousand per year
Bulgaria Romania Sentri in 2007 provided
an additional boost but those numbers
peaked at 269 thousand and 2015 the year
before the referendum in 2016 that trend
reversed the number of new immigrants
coming to the UK dropped off despite
still having the right to live and work
there at the same time non-eu immigrants
began to increase the fall of the pound
made UK wages less valuable relative to
European wages economist Jonathan portes
researches the changing relationship
between the UK and EU he says a lot of
those non EU immigrants come from South
Asian countries like India Pakistan and
Bangladesh because fewer Europeans are
coming here gaps have opened up that
previously might have been filled by
European migration and are now being
filled by Indians
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just look at 2018 more people from South
Asia migrated to the UK than from the EU
8 but some industries these changes have
been really good for business but for
other business owners brexit has really
hit them where it hurts so let's go and
meet one of them I am Saha that opto are
hard
he's a curry house owner in London he
says the brexit leaves campaigners
promised he would be able to hire more
migrants from countries like India after
the UK left the EU I wasn't convincing
because of the promise of help resign
just to do employ South Philly's ships
but so far those promises haven't come
through hospitality businesses all
across the country are facing major
staffing shortages of low-skilled
workers it's estimated that there will
be a recruitment gap of more than a
million workers by 2029 and despite the
increase in immigrants from South Asia
they're not helping to fill the gap left
behind by EU citizens that's because
only highly skilled migrants like
doctors nurses and IT workers are
benefiting from brexit related policies
this is because of a UK government
policy which only grants work visas to
none EU migrants if they earn more than
30,000 pounds dr. ramesh mehta says the
National Health Service has reached out
to him asking for his help in recruiting
more Indian doctors the reason for that
is the way indian sub-continent doctors
are trained are similar to UK system
also the medium of instruction is
English which makes Indian doctors lot
more easier to be absorbed the UK
government actually took it one step
further in 2018 it temporarily lifts the
cap on the number of visas that were
handed to doctors from non EU countries
there was no choice for the Home Office
they need more medical workforce and the
nursing workforce from non EU country
experts are saying this trend could
actually
continues apparently he knew my friends
don't need a visa to work in the UK but
in theory as to directed they will which
means that EU and non-eu migrants will
be on the same level playing field the
UK government says it will scrap an
immigration system that favors
nationality and will create one based on
skills
so now highly-skilled workers from
around the world will be favored over
lower skilled migrants regardless of
nationality and while that helps fill
some big recruitment gaps in the UK that
doesn't stop a problem being phased by
Abdul Ahad and others as they prepare
for breakfast we have a lot of time and
money invested into our businesses and
we want to make it better and worse plan
for the future thank you so much for
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