White paper to set out tough UK immigration regime post-Brexit
2018-12-19 17:02:26 source：The Guardian
December 19, 2018
Sajid Javid is expected to publish a long-delayed white paper on Britain’s tough new immigration regime on Wednesday, as the prime minister seeks to build the case for her Brexit deal by pledging to “take back control of our borders”.
Whitehall sources said final drafts of key passages of the document were still passing between departments on Tuesday night; but it would make clear the government is not prepared to offer EU migrants preferential access to Britain’s labour market.
Instead, the £30,000-a-year minimum salary threshold that is already imposed on non-EU workers will also apply to migrants from the EU27, although there may be further consultation about how the system will operate.
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