Damian Green: 'brightest and best' immigrants given priority Damian Green is this week expected to outline the principles behind the Government's new "selective" immigration policy that will give preferential treatment to investors, entrepreneurs and world-class artists, dancers, musicians and academics. He added: "We want permanently to make Britain the most attractive country in the world for the brightest and the best. The era of mass immigration is over. According to Mr Green, the UK turned down 385,000 visas last year, detected 27,000 forged documents and is currently stopping 1,000 people getting on a UK-bound plane each month.