Britain | Brexit and immigration
Raising the drawbridge
Hopes of a cost-free cut in European Union migration are illusory
HOSTILITY to immigration was a key driver of Britons’ vote on June 23rd to leave the EU. Theresa May has duly said that freedom of movement from the EU cannot continue as before. Yet curbing migration will be both tricky and costly.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "Raising the drawbridge"
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