Draft Home Office plans revealed that Britain will introduce curbs on EU migrants after Brexit to force all but the most highly skilled workers to leave after two years Steve Parsons/PA WireBrussels will block a transition deal and impose real limits to single market access if Theresa May presses ahead with the immigration proposals leaked yesterday. EU sources said that residency restrictions on low-skilled migrants and caps on numbers allowed to work in certain sectors would mean Britain being blocked from unfettered trade with Europe. The Times understands that if the government wants single market access transition for two or three years after the March 2019 exit date, then the immigration plan will have to be shelved until the next decade. A future “British jobs for British workers” immigration scheme would then set real limits on future access to the single market. Sources point out that Switzerland, which has bilateral agreements with the EU, was forced…

Source: The Times September 06, 2017 11:03 UTC