Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has suggested conditions on immigration would save the system and benefit the wider UK. In an interview for a Bloomberg UK podcast episode, he noted crypto trading as being one example of a draw for talent in particular.
“What we’re talking about is not to have overall population explosion due to immigration. So there’s still plenty of room for people to come on either work visas or, in some cases, come to settle … We are not putting up the barriers entirely. What we are saying is that low skilled migration and those people bringing dependants has – net – been a negative for the UK economy.”
Farage also said higher skilled immigration results in better levels of integration in the country than among the lower skilled immigrant population. He also claimed that 22% out of 3 million non-EU citizens are still out of work after moving to the UK.
