EU - one step closer to federal dictatorship...

I know what I said .
It was no less uncontrolled because it came from the EU.
Dont let that shoulder chip turn you into a  pedant . Oops too late .

Of course it's a major change.

EU nationals were never subject to immigration control and therefore never required hold an official clearance to enter the UK issued by HM Gov or one of its immigration officers. A national identity card was all that was required.

Since Brexit all foreigners except Irish are subject to immigration control and must present on demand a valid international travel document as well as, in most cases, a visa (but not EU nationals).

So the change is one where 100% 'control' of immigration is claimed to be practised but also one where the barriers to entry have been largely dismantled.

Actually among the very first changes made to the post-Brexit labour migration system was to lower the qualification and salary thresholds, and to remove all numerical caps.

And yet the numbers of EU migrants has always been lower than non-EU migrants for as long as the EU and its predecessor organisations have been in existence.

Since migration of continental Europeans has now more or less ceased, it is clear that the European-descended proportion of the population is likely to diminish significantly in the coming years. As of the last census, of the almost 15 million in England and Wales who did not identify as white British, just 3.6 million (24%) were of continental European background.

The point being thz numbers wont change. They will just come from somewhere else.
And for those who blather about losing UK identity, nothing Brexit changed will prevent that.

In fact cultures from outside the UK/the West will become more prevalent.