Why Britain’s public finances will suffer if Brexit reduces migration

International migrants are on the whole the sort of productive, economically motivated individuals that governments ought to be keen to attract. Making the United Kingdom a less welcoming place and adding bureaucracy to economic relations with its nearest neighbours is not a promising route to attracting the most fiscally lucrative migrants.

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

United Kingdom: House of Lords: Library: Library Note LLN 2016/61 (18.11.16): Leaving the European Union: NHS and Social Care Workforce http://www.europeansources.info/record/leaving-the-european-union-nhs-and-social-care-workforce/

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