Despite its Brexit promises, the government is “filling jobs with foreign workers” and has failed to control high immigration numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mass immigration was at the heart of the 2016 referendum campaign and is widely believed to have become a byword for the UK’s exit from the EU, particularly in the country’s more working-class, socially conservative areas known as “left-behind” towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, figures show that there are now more migrants coming to the UK than before the referendum, with non-EU migration continuing to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to New Statesman Britain Editor Anoosh Chakelian, Tory ministers are “embracing” this fact.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Despite its Brexit promises, the government is “filling jobs with foreign workers” and has failed to control high immigration numbers. Mass immigration was at the heart of the 2016 referendum … <\/p>\n