UK issued one million Visas last year: https://workpermit.com/news/uk-visas-issued-one-million-people-last-year-20220531 https://workpermit.com/news/uk-visas-is

UK issued one million Visas last year: https://workpermit.com/news/uk-visas-issued-one-million-people-last-year-20220531 https://workpermit.com/news/uk-visas-issued-one-million-peop... New Visas are being introduced for skilled/semi skilled: https://aristonesolicitors.co.uk/news/new-uk-visas-set-to-launch-in-march-2022/ https://aristonesolicitors.co.uk/news/new-uk-visas-set-to-la... UK is NOT trying to emulate North Korea. This is a bad faith statement. Those countries (USA, China, Singapore) you mentioned are not in the EU Common Travel Area either. On trade, the UK is negotiating new trade deals: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9314/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-... A fair criticism is that this hasn't gone far enough yet.