Sophie Barrett-Brown comments on immigration announcement by new Prime Minister
26th July 2019
Senior Partner and Head of UK Practice Sophie Barrett-Brown, has provided comments to LexisNexis analysing new Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest announcement on UK immigration reform. Sophie welcomes the ‘long overdue’ abolishment of the net migration target but she remains sceptical over how an Australian-style points-based system could introduce all the necessary reforms to the UK immigration system.
While awaiting the commission of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), Sophie remains ‘cautiously optimistic’ that the new Prime Minister’s announcement represents a positive policy change for UK immigration in the wake of his predecessor’s ‘hostile environment’.
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