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Summary The suggestion that Belgium has shown that inflows of EU citizens can be controlled despite free movement is simply wrong. While EU law makes provision for certain restrictions on entry and stay, the scope is limited and both technical and practical issues severely restrict its application in practice. Context

The government has consistently said that it will do everything in its power to avoid a hardening of the Irish border whatever the circumstances (although it has also been argued that, in the event of a no deal Brexit, a ‘hard border would be inevitable’). The government said in December 2018 that

Summary: On 21 March, the EU agreed to give the Prime Minister an unconditional extension of Article 50 until 12 April. In the event that her deal is approved by MPs, Brussels will give the UK until May 22 to pass the legislation that would implement Brexit. However, if the deal is

Summary:Depending on the primary salary threshold for skilled workers that is finally implemented as part of the post-Brexit immigration system, between 6.2 million and up to 8.8 million full-time jobs held by UK-born employees would be exposed to the potential for new or much increased global recruitment. This is based on analysis of the number of full-time jobs held by

The Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Deal If the UK leaves the European Union with the Prime Minister’s withdrawal deal, free movement for EU workers will come to an end after a transition period. Nearly four million EU citizens who are already here, as well as those who arrive in the UK

Home Office asylum statistics show that there were, on average, 2,530 asylum applications by Iranian nationals each year in the period 2008-2017. Of these, an average of 925 – or 37 per cent – were rejected, including after appeal, each year During that period, there were, on average, only 81 enforced removals of