This morning’s ONS release, showing there has been a large recent rise in short-term EU immigration, will probably lead to exaggerated claims about the UK needing to regain control of its borders. While we think claims that EU immigration has been detrimental to the UK economy are overdone, a Brexit would give an opportunity to implement a more sensible skills-based migration policy.
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