![]() That will cause devastation in the health service."Īnd slightly sarcastically, he said: "Or you, I don't know, come up with a workforce plan for the National Health Service, you pay social care workers better, and you actually create the circumstances in which more domestic workers want to work in that sector." "You have two choices - you either just ban immigration. ![]() ![]() He said banning all workers coming in would get the numbers down, but that would be a "dangerous" policy - it's all about where ministers choose to "tinker". He says the government shouldn't worry about current numbers and should focus on the long term, saying that no doing so would result in "perverse policy".Īsked if it is actually possible to bring down net migration by a specific number, he says: "In one sense it is absolutely possible because the government has control of the immigration system."īut the difficulty, he says, "is getting that past all the other government ministers that might have other priorities." Professor Bell told Sky News: "I think there is a problem that if the government says we have an objective to get net migration down to a certain level - and they haven't actually come up with an explicit number - but if they are committed to doing that, you can't then say we need more visas on this route, we need more visas on that route. It comes as Suella Braverman demands that net figures are drastically reduces, while other ministers call for a balance to ensure there are enough workers to fill key roles in sectors like the NHS and education Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sophy Ridge on Sunday, professor Brian Bell, who is chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, called for consistency from ministers on what their plans are for the border.
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