May's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric No Good for Business
We are astonished by the irresponsible rhetoric and pandering to anti-immigration sentiment from the Home Secretary.
It is yet another example of the Home Secretary turning away the world’s best and brightest, putting internal party politics ahead of the country, and helping our competitor economies instead of our own.The myth of the job-stealing-immigrant is nonsense.
Immigrants do not steal jobs, they help fill vital skill shortages and, in doing so, create demand and more jobs.If they did steal jobs, we wouldn’t have the record levels of employment we currently do.
It is about time the Home Office stopped undermining business and our own government’s efforts to secure productivity growth.
Political leaders should stop vilifying migrants and acknowledge the hugely important contribution they make to this country’s economy.
While employers recognise public concerns, heated rhetoric cannot be allowed to prevail over cool-headed leadership.
We need a Comprehensive Immigration Review to set out a sensible plan for managing inward migration in a way that supports our economy, works for our businesses, and addresses public concerns.
Half of all IoD members employ people from overseas.
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