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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new fast-track visa to attract elite scientists to live and work in the UK, in light of the nation leaving the European Union later this year.
“I want the UK to continue to be a global science superpower, and when we leave the EU we will support science and research and ensure that, far from losing out, the scientific community has a huge opportunity to develop and export our innovation around the world,” Johnson says in a statement posted yesterday (August 8).
Immigration is a major concern for the scientific community post-Brexit, Science reports. The worry is that once the UK leaves the European Union (EU), scientists and technicians from EU countries will no longer get automatic rights to live and work in the UK and will need to navigate Britain’s current visa process, which is slow and ...
