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Bear in mind as well that people on working visa are now tied to their employer for 5 years and so pretty easy to overwork and abuse in other ways.
It may avoid the abuse in low wages roles where people were laid off in fake redundancies and minimum wage immigrants rehired (yes that's a UK problem but...I don't get anywhere explaining that to Brexys)
Or create the same problem in another wage band cos you better shut up if you don't want to lose your job and visa? Maybe not?
I don't know for sure if it's going to give the nativists what they want or the law of unintended consequences will come into effect and they'll still complain.
JWestland-
Bear in mind as well that people on working visa are now tied to their employer for 5 years and so pretty easy to overwork and abuse in other ways.
When I went through the system, the 5 year work visa was issued to the person, not the company, but with the company instigating the application on behalf of the person. Within my first 5 years here I managed to change jobs twice and each time my employer took on the cost of transferring the sponsorship. (~£1500 at the time). Now the system may have changed in the intervening years, but I don't think it's the indentured servitude model you think it is.
Aroogah
Bingo.
The paradox:
Brexit was popular on the promise to ‘get back control’ of borders in order to reduce costly immigration. Opening borders to (relatively costly) non-eu migration in order to fill roles previously taken by (relatively un-costly) eu migrant workers.
Brexit may slow immigration. That might be enough for Leave voters. But I doubt it. They’ll still not really like brown people.