Short-sighted, undemocratic, and not evidence-based: the new points-based system’s hostile approach towards Europeans

The proposed post-Brexit immigration system will likely produce an inefficient and unstable economy, facilitate worker exploitation, push some migrants into undocumented status, and lead to a decline in the UK’s standing as a global player and a defender of human rights. In this blog, Dr Dagmar Myslinska (Goldsmiths) presents a summary of key findings from her recent policy brief ‘EU Immigrants in the UK: Their Future under the Points-Based System’.