After the Barracks: Emigrant employment will be 60% to 30% of domestic worker employment • If approved, the policy will block 70% of EU nationals • Opposing business owners: "British are not interested in low-wage jobs"

• Barracks supporters in the UK // Photo: IPA

בר The Berkazit is beginning to give its economic signals in the field. In recent days, the British government has issued a policy document on immigration, the purpose of which is to re-prioritize the next foreign workforce at the island's gates.

"From 1 January 2021, EU citizens will be treated equally, as non-EU nationals," a document published by the British Interior Ministry said, "for too long the British immigration system has been distorted by European Free Movement rights and has failed to adapt to public needs. the British".

The British, officially separated from the EU about three weeks ago, are actually adopting Australian immigration policy and want to help British workers with relatively low skills integrate into the labor market, including in the restaurants, hotels, traditional industries and agriculture. According to the new plan, the minimum wage for a foreign worker will move in amounts equal to NIS 110-90,000 per year, depending on the profession to which the applicant is applying. It should be noted that the annual minimum wage for a British worker is currently about NIS 70,000 - meaning that a British employer who wants to take a foreign worker will have to pay him a minimum wage of 60% -30% higher than that of a low-skilled British worker.

"We intend to create a system that will work for the benefit of the UK as a whole and prioritize the skills that people have to offer, not the geographical location from which they come," the document states. "We will reduce the scope of immigration to the UK and give the highest priority to the most talented and highly skilled."

226,000 migrants

The plan, if approved by Parliament during the year, would block some 70% of EU immigrants to the British Isle. Last year some 226,000 new immigrants entered the UK. However, 3.2 million EU citizens residing in the UK will be allowed to stay under the new plan and additional restrictions.

The Interior Ministry's proposal is based on "credits" granted to anyone applying for a work visa on the British Isle. The candidate will need to discover English-language skills and prove receipt of a job offer from a British employer. Applying for a job that requires high skills, especially in the high-tech, engineering and science fields, will greatly help the candidate.

Some UK business owners oppose the scheme by claiming that the British public has no supply of workers in low-earning industries, such as those offered in the restaurant, hotel and public transport industries. On the other hand, British Home Secretary Frit Patel, who conceived the plan, expressed confidence that business owners would be able to adapt to it: "We need to change the UK's economic focus on cheap European labor and concentrate on investment in technology and automation. Employees and employers will have to adapt."