Free movement

London’s anti-Brexit progressive mayor, Sadiq Khan, has called for a “pragmatic” debate to once again take place in Britain on the topic of rejoining the EU Single Market, with its associated Free Movement migration regime. 

Pro-border control think tank Migration Watch has warned that the illegal alien amnesty in Ireland will open a “back door to the UK” for migrants via the Common Travel Area. 

Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has accused the haulier industry of being “addicted” to cheap, foreign labour and resisting calls for years to train British drivers and improve working conditions and pay.

The Lord Rose of Monewden, chairman of the official Remain campaign during the EU referendum, has admitted that “Project Fear” was exaggerated and voters did not buy into it. 

Ambassadors from member states of the European Union have backed a proposal to allow international travellers to enter Europe under the proviso that they are fully vaccinated.

BERLIN (AP) – Germany on Sunday implemented tighter border controls on its frontiers with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol province in an effort to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats, which branded the Leave vote a “national humiliation”, is campaigning to bring back freedom of movement with the EU, opening up migration to an unlimited number of Europeans to live and work in the UK.

Two Romanian migrants have been jailed for posing as National Health Service (NHS) workers in order to defraud an 83-year-old widow in her home.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Turkey sees itself as a part of Europe, but he called on the European Union to “keep your promises” on issues such as the country’s membership bid and refugees.

Kent police arrested five people in connection with the alleged trafficking and exploitation of Romanian fruit pickers.

An agri-business advertising for jobs under the government’s ‘Pick For Britain’ farm job scheme for furloughed workers required applicants to speak a foreign language to pick vegetables and fruit.

The Migration Watch think tank and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage have warned that a new Immigration Bill sold to the public as bringing migration under control could actually increase arrivals, by lowering barriers to entry.

The European Union is threatening legal action against the United Kingdom for alleged failings in its obedience to Free Movement migration rules, despite the country’s supposed break with the EU in January. 

The European Commission is set to present a plan in Brussels on removing border controls within the visa-free Schengen zone.

In his meeting today in Brussels, Sadiq Khan, the Europhile mayor of London, will lobby for the European Union to grant “associate citizenship” for Britons, allowing continued free movement within the bloc.

The middle class are finding it harder to draft in cheap foreign au pairs from the European Union to look after their children and homes since the Brexit vote.

Think Tank: Boris Plan to Scrap £30k Salary Requirement Will See Migration ‘Spin Out of Control’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has once again promoted himself as a “pro-immigration politician” and refused to commit to reducing it below its current near-record highs.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has suggested that he will continue freedom of movement in a new renegotiated soft-Brexit treaty if he becomes prime minister.

Scottish National Party (SNP) Westminster leader Ian Blackford backed the Free Movement migration regime and said Scotland actually needs even more migrants, to replace its “declining population”.

The British government cannot put an end to the Free Movement migration regime after Brexit because it will have no means of telling which EU nationals have a right to be in the country and which do not, experts say.

Poland is abolishing income tax for millions of young people, in order to discourage “brain drain” and encourage young emigrants who have abandoned the country for other EU member-states under the Free Movement migration regime to come home. 

The Eritrean refugee charged with killing a child by pushing him in front of a train was a ‘poster boy’ for successful integration in Switzerland.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has cast doubt on Boris Johnson’s proposed points-based immigration system, with the Migration Watch UK think tank pointing out that it may be a ruse to increase the current influx.

The European Commission has begun pushing for Albania and North Macedonia to be absorbed into the European Union.

While immigration to Britain remains near record highs, modest reductions in the inflow from the European Union have led to bosses increasing pay and drawing more heavily on native workers.

Guy Verhofstadt, the former Prime Minister of Belgium and the European Parliament’s chosen representative in the Brexit talks, has demanded a “common European migration policy” and a “Blue Card” for economic migrants.

A poll has found that a quarter of Londoners feel they have “no choice” but to move out, with some citing the high cost of living, stress, and low quality of life in the city.

Romanian migrant Florin Ion has been sentenced for kicking a mother of two to death in front of horrified onlookers after just four months in the United Kingdom.

Ronny Gottschlich, who ran the discount supermarket giant Lidl in the United Kingdom for six years, has admitted that bosses have used European Union migrants to hold down wages.

The Labour Party has abandoned its 2017 manifesto commitment to ending Britain’s participation in the European Union’s Free Movement migration regime after Brexit, according to Shadow Attorney-General Sharmishta ‘Shami’ Chakrabarti.

Post-referendum Britain is a land of opportunity, according to James Reed, one the country’s top business recruiters.

The UK’s population has hit its highest ever level on record and is projected to grow to 73 million by 2041, mainly thanks to immigration, new data has revealed.

A decade of mass migration of low-skilled workers from EU nations has provided “no clear benefits” to British citizens, MPs have been told, as corporate interests fight to keep the border wedged open.

Theresa May’s plans to prioritise immigrants’ skills, rather than their country of origin, in a post-Brexit shake-up of the visa system could bring numbers up, experts have warned.

Civil servants have told ministers that attempts to respect the referendum result and reform the UK immigration system after Brexit could cause a “Windrush-style” crisis.