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ONS bulletin on immigration and the labour market | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Mr Alp Mehmet, Vice Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: Today’s release confirms that some sectors of the economy employ large numbers of EU migrants, with EU14 nationals, generally, in the higher skilled jobs and the EU10 at the the lower end. Previous analysis suggests that EU migrants are
Arrangements for skilled Britons seeking to work in the European Union after Brexit
Summary 1. It is likely that, following Brexit, British citizens who wish to take a job in a European Union member state will be required to obtain a work permit in order to do so. Although the EU’s “Blue Card” scheme is currently far from complete (87% of such cards
Good prospects for skilled British workers in a post-Brexit EU | Migration Watch UK
The UK is in the process of leaving the European Union just as the EU is working to considerably increase inflows of highly skilled workers from outside the bloc. This would provide opportunities for British nationals to work in the EU even without any special agreement following the Brexit negotiations.
We must reduce EU migration, not just control it | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonChairman of Migration Watch UKBrexit Central, 8 April, 2017 The Prime Minister may be right to suggest that there could be a need for a transitional phase as a new system for EU migration is brought into effect. Much depends, of course on what that system turns
The Rights of EU Nationals in the UK Post-Brexit
Summary 1. Calls to offer a unilateral guarantee to EU nationals and indeed the House of Lords amendment to the Article 50 Bill only scratch the surface of the issues involved. They also ignore the fact that approximately 85% of the 3.6 million EU citizens now in the UK will
A unilateral legal guarantee for EU nationals in the UK could only undermine the position of our own citizens living in the EU | Migration Watch UK
A House of Lords amendment to the Article 50 Bill is to be considered in the House of Commons today. If passed, it could severely undermine the Prime Minister’s ability to secure the rights of nearly a million UK citizens living in the European Union. Those campaigning for this amendment
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