Tag: post-Brexit immigration

• Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  UK leaked paper targets cutting low skilled migrants from Europe in post-Brexit

  

  Proposals aimed at cutting the numbers of low-skilled migrants from Europe following Brexit have been disclosed in a leaked Home Office paper. The document, obtained by The Guardian, suggests free movement will end upon exit in March 2019 and the UK will adopt a “more selective approach” based on the UK's economic and social needs.

• Friday, August 25th 2017 - 09:52 UTC

  UK net migration falls to its lowest in three years; EU citizens leaving following Brexit

  

  Net migration has fallen to the lowest level for three years after a surge in the number of EU nationals leaving the UK since last June's Brexit vote. Net migration - the difference between those entering and leaving the UK - fell 81,000 to 246,000 in the year to March 2017.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 07:24 UTC

  PM May's office denies freedom of movement will continue once UK leaves EU

  

  Suggestions that freedom of movement will continue after the United Kingdom leaves the EU are wrong, Downing Street has said. Last Friday, Chancellor Philip Hammond warned full controls could take “some time”, prompting speculation free movement may continue in all but name after the UK leaves in March 2019.