Rishi Sunak’s strategy to house migrants and asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge has certainly made headlines -- for all the wrong reasons. Fallout from this botched plan has sparked debate on how best to house asylum seekers, but that’s a secondary concern. More importantly, we should focus on what they do when they’re here.
I do not wish to rehash the arguments around the pros and cons of immigration. However I would point out that immigration is economically beneficial to the UK, the objections and concerns raised against it are misplaced, and attempting to reduce it will cause further damage to the UK economy.
