David Davis the Brexit minister in the UK government published a white paper in February offering to set quotas by sector and region for immigration in the future scenario.
The North’s agrifood sector recently warned a Westminster committee that only migrant workers will do its shop-floor jobs. The agrifood sector does not believe that any amount of training or benefit cuts will produce a viable pool of local recruits for their jobs. This is seen as an argument for a high sectoral quota.
With the political scene in the North in flux again, it will be interesting to see how the demands for migrant labour will be met in the post Brexit scenario.
