Video: Damian Green: 'we only want the brightest immigrants' The Government has pledged to cut net migration from the current 242,000 a year to the "tens of thousands," with planned overhauls of every immigration route including work, study, family visas and settlement rights. Mr Green said it is not just about numbers and is time to also move the debate on to ask how immigration can be a positive for the country. It makes no sense at a time of high unemployment for us to be bringing in a large number of unskilled workers. But to become a dymantic and susessful economy we need to do is get, not just our fair share, but more than our fair share of the brightest and the best," he said. Government's new "selective" immigration policy that will give preferential treatment to investors, entrepreneurs and world-class artists, dancers, musicians and academics. Mr Green said: "We'll actively go out and look for them, scientist, researcher and so on, but at the same time we shouldn't be bring in large numbers of relatively unskilled workers because they will be doing jobs that British people can do."