30 July 2019

Senior Partner and Head of UK Practice Sophie Barrett-Brown discusses new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent announcement that he will scrap the net migration target and seek the implementation of an ‘Australian-style’ points-based immigration system. Mr Johnson also made a commitment to protect EU citizens’ rights.

Sophie supports the ‘long-overdue’ scrapping of the net migration target and the commitment to protect EU citizens’ rights through primary legislation. While the announcement lacked much detail, Sophie expressed some caution over whether adopting an Australian-style points-based system will address all the faults within the highly complex UK immigration system.

Read the full article from i News here.