Should the plans for migration outlined become law, Britain would not be part of Europe in a meaningfully similar way that it is today. Britain attracted EU migrants because they viewed it as an industrious, technologically advanced and socially liberal place open to all. EU migrants would be subject to an income test and would be stopped from bringing some family members. However, the prime minister’s Brexit plans ignore such reasonableness, opting to echo instead the hardline, economically damaging policy on immigration she retailed as home secretary. Thanks to Brexit fears and a falling pound, net migration from the EU is falling anyway but too slowly to hit Mrs May’s target.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2017 18:33 UTC