Getting the balance right in legal immigration is the key challenge of our time, and there are myriad medium- and long-term benefits to be seized, says James Price
Following the ping pong grudge match between the Commons and the Lords on Monday, we may finally start to see the end of the beginning of the saga that has been Rwanda.
Perhaps this will give us the space to think about the even greater numbers of people who have been crossing (at least ostensibly) legally in recent years. Legal net migration topped 700,000 last year, meaning that something like one in 60 people you will meet in Britain today arrived here in the last year or so. These are staggering numbers that are difficult to put into context, not least when you factor in a pre-existing housing crisis.
My purpose here is not to debate, ad nauseam, the benefits and costs of immigration. Suffice........