UK plans fast-track visa to draw scientists after Brexit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he plans to introduce a brand new fast-track visa to draw extra of the world’s greatest scientists to the U.Ok.

Johnson stated Thursday he wished to “guarantee our immigration system attracts the easiest minds from world wide.”

Few particulars have been introduced. Johnson stated the federal government would work with the scientific neighborhood on the brand new visa, “with a view to launching it later this yr.”

Britain is going through its greatest immigration shakeup in many years after it leaves the EU, presently scheduled to occur on Oct. 31.

After Brexit, EU residents will lose the automated proper to stay and work within the U.Ok., and Britons to settle within the bloc’s 27 remaining nations.

That has sparked fears Britain could face shortages in key job areas.