Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has accused the haulier industry of being “addicted” to cheap, foreign labour and resisting calls for years to train British drivers and improve working conditions and pay.
The Lord Rose of Monewden, chairman of the official Remain campaign during the EU referendum, has admitted that “Project Fear” was exaggerated and voters did not buy into it.
Trade talks between the European Union and Switzerland have collapsed as a result of Brussels’ demands to include aspects of its Free Movement migration regime in the deal.
Ambassadors from member states of the European Union have backed a proposal to allow international travellers to enter Europe under the proviso that they are fully vaccinated.
Immigrants from the European Union will have to wait for five years before claiming benefits from the British government following the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31st.
The Migration Watch UK think tank described the introduction of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s points-based immigration system as a “total surrender to big business”, warning that the despite leaving the EU, the UK will see a rise in migration. Starting
Kent police arrested five people in connection with the alleged trafficking and exploitation of Romanian fruit pickers.
The Migration Watch think tank and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage have warned that a new Immigration Bill sold to the public as bringing migration under control could actually increase arrivals, by lowering barriers to entry.
Ronny Gottschlich, who ran the discount supermarket giant Lidl in the United Kingdom for six years, has admitted that bosses have used European Union migrants to hold down wages.
The UK’s population has hit its highest ever level on record and is projected to grow to 73 million by 2041, mainly thanks to immigration, new data has revealed.
Theresa May’s plans to prioritise immigrants’ skills, rather than their country of origin, in a post-Brexit shake-up of the visa system could bring numbers up, experts have warned.
Civil servants have told ministers that attempts to respect the referendum result and reform the UK immigration system after Brexit could cause a “Windrush-style” crisis.
Unemployment in the UK fell by 65,000 to 1.36 million in three months to June, reaching the lowest level since 1975, with a notable fall in migrant workers particularly from Eastern Europe.
Theresa May’s government is secretly considering keeping free movement with the European Union (EU) and implementing “no more checks at the border,” even if the UK walks away from the bloc in a “No Deal” Brexit.
Remainer Chancellor Phillip Hammond is pushing for “labour mobility” and “preferential” treatment for European Union (EU) migrants after Brexit, hoping to appease Germany’s Angela Merkel and win a trade deal.
Theresa May’s “endgame” for Brexit talks is keeping the UK tied to the bloc’s Single Market and its rules, and effectively continuing open borders by conceding “freedom of movement by another name”, sources have claimed.
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has attacked the Labour Party for moving towards supporting the continued free movement of people after Britain leaves the European Union (EU).
As many of four million Brits cannot get a job or the work they would like because they are forced to compete with a “virtually unlimited pool” of migrant workers from the European Union (EU), a report has said.
European Union (EU) migrants who were “illegally” detained and deported after sleeping rough on British streets are set to be paid hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation.
Two Romanian brothers who were sentenced to 12 years in prison for the brutal rape of a London woman had been released from a French prison in 2016 after serving a sentence for rape.
German Business leaders are launching the ‘New Deal for Britain’ campaign, in a last-ditch attempt to reverse Brexit and keep the UK in the European Union (EU), belatedly acknowledging EU migration rules need changing.
Germany and France are demanding the European Union (EU) allows them to reintroduce border controls within the free movement Schengen zone for as long as four years to help them fight terrorism.
A Romanian car washer with a history of sexual offences in his home country took advantage of European Union Free Movement to enter the UK where he attempted to rape a grandmother. Cezar Florea, 29, was described as “a violent
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for tighter European Union rules to protect workers in France and other prosperous countries in Western Europe from cheaper labor stemming from the continent’s eastern nations.
Immigration is the British public’s top concern when it comes to Brexit talks, a new poll has revealed.
Freedom of movement will continue after Brexit, with migrants able to fly straight from Europe without a visa and no immigration controls along Irish border, new government plans have revealed.
The head of the third largest trades union in the UK has demanded ending free movement is prioritised over retaining European Union (EU) Single Market membership after Brexit.
After days of confusion and contradicting statements on Brexit and limiting immigration after 2019, the government has been slammed for acting too slowly and indecisively.
Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond has indicated that it will be years before Britain has new border controls, as Home Secretary Amber Rudd says EU citizens will still be allowed to migrate to the UK after Brexit.
The Minister of State for Immigration claims that Britain will no longer be subject to European Union’s migration regime after Brexit, contradicting widespread reports of “transition deal” provisions which would see Free Movement continue for several years. Announcing a Migration
Statistics reveal that 1.3 million ‘EU8’ citizens live in the UK compared to just 14,100 UK citizens living in the EU8. More than half of EU migrants from those states work in low-skilled employment.
One year after the Brexit Vote, National Insurance (NI) numbers registered to migrants from eight Central and Eastern European countries have fallen to the lowest level since the states joined the EU 13 years ago, new analysis shows.
The Brexit Secretary and Shadow Chancellor have insisted the UK will leave the European Union (EU) Single Market, as Tory and Labour MPs call for a so-called “soft Brexit” after the general election.
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government says it will temporarily limit the number of workers from European Union member states Bulgaria and Romania who can access Swiss jobs, after an influx from the countries in recent months. The Federal Council’s decision
One in seven of millions of working-age European Union (EU) migrants in the UK are out of work – more than the population of a city the size of Coventry or Leicester.
Britain’s borders could stay open with uncontrolled mass migration continuing from the European Union (EU) for years after Brexit, the Prime Minister has said.
Tony Blair has admitted he had no idea how many people would migrate to Britain when the European Union (EU) expanded to include former Communist Eastern Europe states such as Poland.
The UK and Australia should create a free movement zone after Brexit as they share “western norms of behaviour”, former right-wing Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said.
PARIS (AFP) – The Paris region has passed a new rule obliging labourers on public building sites to use French, copying action taken elsewhere in France to squeeze out foreign workers.
The European Union (EU) wants the UK to keep its borders open to free movement and uncontrolled mass migration from the bloc for another two years.
