Will post-Brexit immigration policies prevent key workers from migrating to the UK in future? Our new report "Locking out the keys?" asks which key workers wouldn't meet the new requirements for salary and skills: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/locking-out-the-keys-migrant-key-workers-and-post-brexit-immigration-policies/
Our new report shows the industries (including health, IT and manufacturing) in which migrants are over-represented. Full analysis see: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/locking-out-the-keys-migrant-key-workers-and-post-brexit-immigration-policies/
...and our new report also shows that half of EU key workers would not meet skills and salary thresholds. Full report, see: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/locking-out-the-keys-migrant-key-workers-and-post-brexit-immigration-policies/
But nearly half of non-EU key workers would not meet the new skills and salary thresholds proposed by the government, either (these are lower than existing requirements for non-EU workers). Shows that work visas aren't the only way key workers enter the UK https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/reports/locking-out-the-keys-migrant-key-workers-and-post-brexit-immigration-policies/