UK Government between 2010 - 2019:
"The Eu is the root of all evil. They are taking £350 million form US that could be spent on the NHS. Also, those people from the EU are stealing our jobs!. We need to take back control. We need to leave the EU!"
UK Government in 2021:
"We have hundreds of thousands of job vacancies in the hospitality, retail, warehousing, logistics and care sectors - we want our British citizens to take up those jobs, rather than sitting idle on welfare benefits!"
At the same time - the UK care sector:
"Our care homes are at the breaking point. 95% of the our EU workers left. We currently have a 40% vacancy. The British government needs to do something!"
UK Government 2022:
"To ease labour shortages, our government decided to ease visa restrictions of certain countries, particularly the cream of the Commonwealth, Nigeria- a country that is know for its honest, peaceful and compassionate people. We need to ease the visa restrictions and welcome these people with open arms."
What could possibly go wrong..right, Mr Home Secretary?
A year later, in 2023, the tip of the iceberg: