{"id":49297,"date":"2019-08-21T14:54:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=49297"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:54:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:54:33","slug":"uk-to-end-eu-free-movement-immediately-after-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/uk-to-end-eu-free-movement-immediately-after-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"UK to end EU free movement immediately after Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3159\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/EU-UK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"502\" \/>Britain said Monday it will immediately end freedom of movement for people from the European Union after Brexit on October 31, in a policy shift under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.<br \/>\n\u201cFreedom of movement as it currently stands will end on October 31 when the UK leaves the EU,\u201d a Downing Street spokeswoman said.<br \/>\nShe added the government planned \u201ctougher criminality rules for people entering the UK\u201d as part of the new hard-line stance.<br \/>\n\u201cDetails of other changes immediately on October 31 for a new immigration system are currently being developed,\u201d the spokeswoman said.<br \/>\nThe change comes amid growing fears Britain is set to leave the 28-member bloc without a divorce deal in two and a half months.<br \/>\nAround 3.6 million EU citizens already in Britain have been told to apply for \u201cpermanent settled status,\u201d under an interior ministry scheme started by Johnson\u2019s predecessor Theresa May.<br \/>\nSo far only around one million have signed up for the status.<br \/>\nMay\u2019s government said in January that it would end free movement \u201cas soon as possible\u201d after a no-deal Brexit, but keep allowing EU arrivals \u201cfor a transitional period only.\u201d<br \/>\nLegislation drawn up to deal with the issue is stuck in parliament in the House of Commons gridlock over Brexit.<br \/>\nJohnson has said he favors a skills-based immigration system post-Brexit, but Downing Street is yet to unveil full details.<br \/>\nCritics representing EU citizens claim he is trying to evade parliamentary scrutiny of his changed stance toward new arrivals after Brexit \u2014 and fear those already in Britain could get mistakenly caught out.<br \/>\n\u201cEnding freedom of movement abruptly on Oct 31st will lead to mass discrimination against potentially over 2 million EU citizens,\u201d the3million lobby group said on Twitter, calling the move \u201creckless.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/uk-to-end-eu-free-movement-immediately-after-brexit\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain said Monday it will immediately end freedom of movement for people from the European Union after Brexit on October 31, in a policy shift under Prime Minister Boris Johnson. \u201cFreedom of movement as it currently stands will end on October 31 when the UK leaves the EU,\u201d a Downing Street spokeswoman said. 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