British Officials: Britain and Eu

british officials: Immigration was a key issue during Britain EU referendum in June, when Britons voted by 52 per cent to leave the 28-nation bloc, according to Metro News. Many who voted Leave backed Brexit because they want Britain to have more control over immigration, which is difficult under the EU freedom-of-movement principle. The agency said an unprecedented 284,000 EU citizens are estimated to have arrived in the year to June right before Britain voted to leave the European Union. British officials have vowed to take back control and curb the movement of EU nationals to Britain, but so far it is not clear how that can be achieved. The government has been clear that we are committed to reducing migration to sustainable levels, she said. Helen Bower, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May, said the government stands by its ambition to reduce net migration below 100,000 a goal the Conservative government set several years ago, but appears increasingly unlikely to meet. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.