Britain has crushed immigration, and harmed itself

Britain has crushed immigration, and harmed itself

Nobody seems to have noticed

A postcard of the Cotswolds saying 'Welcome to Britain'. The postard is covered in DENIED stamps.
Illustration: Carl Godfrey

A few years ago Britain’s door was wide open to immigrants. It was possible to hire foreign workers “from the other side of the world” and pay them just £26,000 ($35,000) a year, marvels Dawood Ibtehsam, who owns a McDonald’s restaurant franchise in Warwick, a county town in the West Midlands.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Quantity not quality”

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