The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has caused a stir with the release of his White Paper on immigration, Restoring Control over the Immigration System.

The story has apparently gone under the radar in Australia, but it should not have. In short, the White Paper sets out the Labour government’s plans to rein in levels of net migration (Starmer said he wants to ‘reduce immigration significantly’) and reform the immigration system so that it better serves both the interests of Britons who are already there along with the public services, economy, and society they rely on.

The foreword to the...