Immigration security

British Borders Post Brexit

Since 2012, Britain has received an average of 300,000 immigrants each year. In 2015, more than half of the year’s 333,000 migrants arrived from outside the EU. With the flood of refugees coming into Europe, immigration was clearly a decisive factor in many voters’ choice to vote to Leave the Union.

Numerous officials in favour of Brexit have promised the public that migration would be cut significantly post-Brexit. There are now indisputable signs that this will not be the case, with several pro-Leave politicians signalling that cutting immigration would be unlikely. However, so far the promise remains that stricter controls on who can enter the country will be implemented.