"People before passports"
20 January 2020
Speaking at the UK-Africa Investment Summit Boris Johnson has pledged to put “people before passports” after Brexit, as part of the UK’s new immigration system.
In an interview with Iain Dale on LBC radio, Sophie Barrett-Brown discusses what we understand about the proposed new immigration system and how this compares to the existing system.
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