With the UK’s net migration rising to a record high of 606,000, it’s been suggested that work-ready immigrants could help with skills shortages.
REC Deputy Chief Executive, Kate Shoesmith, explained, “These numbers are higher for understandable reasons such as those arriving from Ukraine, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.
“But today’s statistics are a great opportunity to look again at our immigration-to-work strategy in the face of unprecedented labour and skills shortages. We should use our language, flexible labour laws and high-quality training to attract and help work-ready immigrants to fill some of the 1.7 million jobs advertised across the UK.”
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