The number of EU citizens given British citizenship doubled between 2016 and 2017 as people sought to assure their status before Brexit LONDON NEWS PICTURES/REX/SHUTTERSTOCKNet EU migration fell last year to its lowest level in five years, prompting warnings of labour shortages from business leaders. Figures published yesterday showed that fewer EU citizens were coming to Britain, including those seeking work, while the number leaving rose. Net migration from around the world fell by 29,000 to 244,000, still more than twice the Conservatives’ promised target of 100,000. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that migration from the EU fell by 75,000 to 90,000 in the year to September 2017, the first time in five years that it has been below 100,000. There were falls in net migration from the countries of the original EU, such as France and Germany, the eight eastern European nations that joined in 2004,…

Source: The Times February 23, 2018 00:00 UTC