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End low-skilled immigration. Work permits are the way to secure Brexit Britain’s borders | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonFounding Chairman of Migration Watch UKThe Telegraph, 19th September, 2016 Today, Theresa May will warn global leaders assembled at the United Nations of the dangers of “uncontrolled mass migration”. It is hardly in doubt that such migration from the EU was one of the key drivers of
Migration Watch UK press release: Immigration and trade in the Brexit negotiations | Migration Watch UK
Making concessions on immigration in exchange for Single Market membership would contradict the outcome of the Referendum Any UK concessions on free movement in the upcoming Brexit negotiations would have to be so large that they would betray the democratic mandate for controlled and reduced immigration delivered by the British
MW351 : Britain is Open for Business – Quick Guide (September 2016) | Migration Watch UK
Yet, even with net migration at record levels, the business lobby still complains.
An ‘Emergency Brake’ on EU Migration?
Summary 1. There is no viable and timely trigger for an emergency brake on EU migration. To be consistent with the outcome of the referendum, a decision to apply such a brake would have to be at the British government’s discretion, an outcome that is unlikely to be negotiable. Furthermore,
EU Migration – An Emergency Brake is a Non-Starter | Migration Watch UK
An “emergency brake” on EU migration to the UK is clearly a non starter. That is the conclusion of a paper issued today by Migration Watch UK in the run up to the Chequers Ministerial meeting on Brexit. The report examines the EU’s arrangements with Norway and Switzerland. It then outlines the
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