FILE - Brexit supporters celebrate Britain’s departure from the European Union in London on Jan. 31, 2020. FILE PHOTO: Eastern European workers pack asparagus at Cobrey Farm in Ross-on-Wye, Britain, March 11, 2019. It estimates that 70% of European Union workers currently in Britain would not have met the new requirements, and that therefore the overall number of immigrants should fall in the future. The Institute for Economic Affairs, a free market research institute, said that a points-based immigration system was likely to have unintended consequences. Writing on Twitter, she added that it was a “conjurer’s trick” because most net migration to Britain was now from outside the European Union.

Source: bd News24 February 19, 2020 17:29 UTC