Former diplopmat Ameer Kotecha – ‘Brexit has given Britain the tools it asked for’
Brexit has had important benefits: on legal immigration to the UK, Brexit’s great advantage has been giving us greater control and flexibility. It enabled us to introduce a points-based system that we can use to prioritise skills shortages that meet our labour market needs and be more choosy about the salary thresholds that people who come here must meet. Withdrawal from the shared EU asylum regime also gives us more control over who we choose to take in. The fact that successive governments have failed to get tough on the small boats is not a consequence of Brexit, it is a consequence of political cowardice and ineptitude.
