{"id":982,"date":"2018-02-01T17:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=982"},"modified":"2018-02-01T17:35:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:35:15","slug":"migration-watch-uk-comment-on-post-brexit-transition-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2018\/02\/01\/migration-watch-uk-comment-on-post-brexit-transition-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration Watch UK comment on post-Brexit transition period"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cThe PM is absolutely right to insist that those who arrive after Brexit should no longer acquire the automatic right to permanent residence. The EU demand is unreasonable. With half a million adult\u00a0EU citizens registering for a National Insurance number in the UK\u00a0every year this is an important issue.&#8221; <\/span><\/i><\/strong><i><br \/>\n<\/i><i><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Note to editors:<br \/>\nEU citizens who arrive before Brexit day have already been given the right to apply for permanent residence in the UK after five years here.\u00a0That right stems from the Lisbon Treaty which will no longer apply once we have left\u00a0the EU and the transition period has begun.<\/span><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">See our recent\u00a0paper: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/briefing-paper\/440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Implications for immigration of a post-Brexit transition period&#8217;<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">, January 2018. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said:\u00a0 \u201cThe PM is absolutely right to insist that those who arrive after Brexit should no longer acquire the automatic right to permanent residence. 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