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‘Soft’ Brexit would mean continued massive levels of immigration
A ‘soft’ Brexit means in practice that the UK would remain in the Single Market; and net immigration from the EU would stay at well over 100,000 a year for at least a decade. This would mean our having to build the equivalent of a city the size of Birmingham
Soft’ Brexit would mean continued massive levels of immigration | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 17 July, 2017 Talk of a “soft” Brexit, sometimes dressed up as a “Brexit for jobs” or for “prioritising the needs of the economy” is thoroughly misleading. In practice it can only mean continued membership of the Single Market. That, in
A halfway-house Brexit would let EU immigration continue unchecked | Migration Watch UK
By Alanna ThomasExecutive Director of Migration Watch UKThe Times, 17 July, 2017 A number of widely-reported commentators argue that the UK should seek a Norway-style “halfway-house” Brexit to protect jobs and the economy. This would involve the UK remaining in the single market as a member of the European Economic
A temporary Norway-style Brexit risks permanent loss of control of our borders
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 14 July, 2017 Labour MP Stephen Kinnock made news in the last few days with his claim that he was in conversation with around 15 Conservative MPs about a transitional arrangement which he believes should involve EEA membership. Enough support, of
A temporary Norway-style Brexit risks permanent loss of control of our borders | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 14 July, 2017 Labour MP Stephen Kinnock made news in the last few days with his claim that he was in conversation with around 15 Conservative MPs about a transitional arrangement which he believes should involve EEA membership. Enough support, of
MW414 : Immigration appeals from abroad: An important Supreme Court case | Migration Watch UK
The case is a judicial review by the Supreme Court in two cases taken together of two appellants, one from Kenya and one from Jamaica, The reference is [2017] UKSC 42. 2. Both appellants had been sentenced to periods of imprisonment for drug offences and deportation orders were made against
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