Scrap Migration Cap, Bring in New Controls After Brexit Says CBI
An official inspects a Union Jack flag next to the European Union flag, ahead of a meeting between Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 19, 2018. François Lenoir/Reuters
Britain should drop “blunt” net migration targets after Brexit, and instead filter migrants by potential economic contribution, states a report by leading British business organisation, CBI.
The free movement of people from the EU across its borders is a central tenet of the trading bloc treaty (although the treaty still allows certain national controls of borders).
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