How will immigration change after Brexit?
Beyond Today
BBC
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Brexit is in a state of confusion. But one thing the government says it’s sure about is that leaving the EU would allow us to have more of a say over how many people come here and why. Theresa May has promised to reduce net migration, the difference between the number of people coming and going, to the tens of thousands. But how easy will it be to get from a high to a low-migration economy? Colin Campbell and Mark Easton tell us about the many different types of migrants who come to the UK.
Producers: Harriet Noble and Callum May Editor: John Shields
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.8 | Hi, I'm Tina Dehealey. |
| 0:07.0 | You're listening to Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:10.4 | A space to ask one big question about one big story every day. |
| 0:15.0 | Today we're asking how will immigration change after Brexit. |
| 0:27.0 | While we may not have much of an idea what's happening with Brexit at the moment, |
| 0:36.2 | one thing that hasn't changed throughout is Theresa May's promise to drastically |
| 0:42.2 | reduce the number of people coming over here and that's |
| 0:45.3 | what a lot of people want for many Brexit is all about more control more |
| 0:49.7 | control of our borders control of immigration But is it that straightforward? Who are we trying to |
| 0:56.3 | control exactly? There isn't one typical migrant. There are people who come here |
| 1:01.8 | to work, refugees or asylum seekers, university students. |
| 1:06.0 | And what about illegal migration, the one that's always hitting the headlines? |
| 1:10.0 | What we've seen in recent weeks is totally unprecedented. |
| 1:14.4 | There have been boats almost turning up on a daily basis. |
| 1:18.1 | That's Colin Campbell, who's been following the story of migrants crossing the channel for the past decade for the BBC. |
| 1:24.8 | So at the moment we estimate that there have been about 110 migrants who have arrived |
| 1:31.0 | in the Dover area since the 3rd of November on around 13 maybe 14 boats. |
| 1:36.2 | There was another small inflatable boat that was rescued last night by the border force. |
| 1:41.8 | And on that boat, two men claiming to be from Iran were found. |
| 1:46.1 | So it's about 110 and 120. |
| 1:48.8 | That figure could be higher because some of these boats are arriving and the individuals are not being |
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