Migrants from the EU may face different rules depending on which sector of the economy they are coming to work in, the immigration minister suggested yesterday.
Robert Goodwill said that the UK would need a “bespoke” immigration system after it leaves the European Union as part of the effort to increase control over the numbers coming in.
He stressed, however, that the government was not looking at an Australian-style points-based system or to imitate the US green card scheme, and ruled out allowing regions of the UK to adopt their own immigration systems.
“It may be different for different sectors. It may reflect shortages in our economy,” he told the House of Lords economic affairs committee. “But that is, sort of, speculation, which I think